Barcelona booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a big 3-1 victory over Napoli on Tuesday.
After being held to a 1-1 draw in the first leg, Barcelona came out hot. Fermin Lopez put Xavi's side ahead after 15 minutes and Joao Cancelo added a second almost immediately after to put the hosts in an imposing position.
Napoli did pull one back in the first half through Amir Rrahmani, but Robert Lewandowski's late strike removed any doubt about the result.
Both sides had half-sights of goal inside the opening minute in what was an electric start to the game. Victor Osimhen found himself racing through at Marc-Andre ter Stegen soon after, but a tame effort and a late offside flag quickly ended the tension.
Fermin fired over the bar after a sensational long ball from Pau Cubarsi but made no mistake on the 15-minute mark, with the young midfielder drilling into the bottom corner from Raphinha's cut-back.
Before fans could even catch their breath, Barcelona doubled their lead. Raphinha crashed against the post on a lethal counter but the rebound fell right to the feet of Cancelo, who tapped into an empty net.
It felt as though the tie was slipping away from Napoli but the visitors clawed their way back into the game thanks to an unlikely scorer. Centre-back Rrahmani was alone in the box and showed the instincts of a striker to drill Matteo Politano's pass into the back of Ter Stegen's net.
The Barca stopper had to make an outstanding save to claw Giovanni Di Lorenzo's header over the bar soon after, with the visitors really growing into the game after a really poor opening period, but there would be no change to the scoreline before the half-time break.
Napoli's energy continued after the break but Barcelona
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