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Barcelona vs Napoli, Champions League: Team News, Match Preview

The biggest match of the season is here. Can Barça finish the job at home and book a place in the Lisbon Playoffs? Competition/Round: 2019-20 UEFA Champions League, Round of 16, Second leg First leg result: Napoli 1-1 Barcelona Barcelona Outs & Doubts: Sergio Busquets, Arturo Vidal, Ousmane Dembélé, Samuel Umtiti, Martin Braithwaite, Arthur (out) Napoli Outs & Doubts: Nikola Maksimovic (out), Lorenzo Insigne (doubt) Date/Time: Saturday, August 8, 2020, 9pm CET (Barcelona), 8pm BST/WAT (UK & Nigeria), 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA), 12.30am IST (India, Sunday) Venue:

World’s Current Top 20 Richest Football Club

Barcelona has overtaken Real Madrid as the richest football club in the world after generating more money than any other club in the last season. Barça earned a whopping £741.1 million in revenue for the 2018-19 season - a considerable increase on the £611.6 million generated during the 2017-18 campaign. Barcelona’s rise to the top of the rich list came as they won the Spanish title for an eighth time in 11 years and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. Meanwhile, Juventus

All you need to know ahead of the Champions…

The Champions League group stage ended on the back of some exhilarating, breathtaking football; the brand of football that left nobody seated. Almost all of the high profile teams, including the defending champions Real Madrid, proceeded to the next round.  Big teams such as Napoli missed out on qualification, while AS Monaco even failed to secure a place in the Europa League. With the group stage over, without further ado, let's take a look at the last-16 draw details, who could each team

Napoli striker Dries Mertens teases Sarri reunion at Chelsea

Things didn’t go down much as planned for Dires Mertens and Napoli as the Italian giants bowed out of Champions League. Paris-Saint Germain and Liverpool proved too much for them in the ‘Group of Death’ as Napoli fell down into the Europa League. However, this didn’t stop their forward Dries Mertens to hint at a possible reunion with former boss Maurizio Sarri at Chelsea. Chelsea are already playing in the Europa League this season, and Maurizio Sarri could possibly face his former side

Kalidou Koulibaly shows why he can be Manchester United’s…

For 34 minutes, Napoli defender, Koulibaly kept Salah in his pockets before squaring him up with his quick turn to score the winning goal. For the rest of the game, he was a towering of strength which kept the likes of Salah and physically dominating Bobby Firmino in check. When Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho travels to Valencia on Wednesday night, in his mind, he would want a solid center back in his first-team squad. With United qualifying for the knockout stages safely,

Jurgen Klopp calls for electric Anfield atmosphere against Napoli

Jurgen Klopp has asked his fans to be full of energy and enthusiasm when their club clash with Napoli in a do or die match in the last group league match of Group C. The Reds Boss has urged his fans to ‘Make Anfield a bear pit.’ While Napoli boss Carlo Ancelotti is already wary of the goal threat of back-in-form Mohamed Salah. https://twitter.com/LFC/status/1072145482430992384 Last year’s runners-up are currently facing elimination in the group stage as The Reds are in wary need of

Chelsea boss Sarri targeting January move for Napoli defender…

The Blues from West London are not having the best of times currently. Tottenham Hotspurs handed the Sarri-ball its first defeat of the season, and just a game after it, Chelsea bowed down again. Wolverhampton edged past Chelsea 2-1 mid-week citing concerns with the squad. And reports have emerged that former Napoli boss is looking to his ex-player Elseid Hysaj, to strengthen his current Chelsea squad. Speaking to Radio Crc about the reported interest from Chelsea, Hysaj’s agent Mario Giuffredi said Chelsea manager

Why Kalidou Koulibaly could be the answer to Manchester…

What's the story? Manchester United's pursuit of Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly has taken too many turns and swerved the rumor mill time and time again of late. Since the start of the summer transfer window, Jose Mourinho's side monitored the center-back in their quest to sign a central defender. Although they failed to land him or the likes of Toby Alderweireld, Jerome Boateng or Harry Maguire, the stories surrounding this supposed transfer never stopped. Speculation further increased post the season' start after Mourinho

Neymar and Mbappe injury concerns ahead of important Champions…

With Liverpool on the horizon in the Champions League, The last thing Paris Saint-Germain wanted would be their star players Neymar and Kylian Mbappe injured in this week of international friendlies. Both the stars came against Cameroon and Uruguay respectively. https://twitter.com/Sportsmonks/status/1065143903525863425 Neymar, muscle injury The first call came in England in a friendly between Brazil and Cameroon. In the 7th minute, Neymar received the ball in the middle of the pitch and took a gesture for a shot. However, Neymar stopped and sat

Maurizio Sarri believes that he has reached the very…

Chelsea head coach Maurizio Sarri remarked that a conversation with Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp helped him realize that he has reached the very top, that is, the Premier League. The Italian also heaped praise on rival managers such as Jose Mourinho, Unai Emery and of course, Klopp. Since making the switch from Napoli to Chelsea, Sarri has injected his eye-catching, high-intensity style of football into the squad. From the change of formation, structure, and shape to the quick build-up, high line, and tactics,