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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
Barcelona 1-1 Napoli :
Barcelona go behind in their first-ever Europa League game as Piotr Zieliński fires Napoli into the lead 
Barcelona’s first Europa League game ended in a 1-1 draw after coming from behind against Napoli in the first leg of their knockout round play-off.
Xavi’s side travel to the Stadio Diego Maradona next week needing a win to advance to the last 16.
Zielinski fired Napoli ahead against the run of play but Torres equalised from the spot after Barcelona were awarded a controversial penalty.
Xavi Hernández’s calming words at half-time had the desired effect and the home side always looked the more likely to win after Ferran Torres rolled in a penalty following Juan Jesus’ handball. The closing stages were a siege as Luciano Spalletti’s side hung on, Ferran Torres missing the target with two more presentable openings and substitute Luuk De Jong so close with an overhead kick.
Goal! Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) fires the rebound into the top right corner after the ball breaks to him in the box. The score is 0:1.
Goal! Ferran Torres (Barcelona) wins the battle of wills and sends an unstoppable penalty past Alex Meret into the bottom left corner.
Torres equalised from the penalty spot to score his first goal for the club at the Camp Nou.
But as the former Manchester City forward wheeled away in celebration, many spotted an issue with his Barça shirt… that it didn’t contain neither the Nike logo (the brand that manufactures the kit) or Barcelona’s official badge on the shirt.
It remains unclear as to why the Spaniard was the only one in the side to have a kit like this but it didn’t go unnoticed as fans pointed out the error on social media.
Dembélé was brought on as a substitute in Barcelona’s game against Napoli
Ousmane Dembélé was booed by sections of the Barcelona crowd during their game against Napoli in the Europa League on Thursday night.
The Frenchman is set to leave Barça at the end of the season after failing to agree to a new contract multiple times over the course of the season and tried to leave the club in the January window.
Barça boss Xavi has persisted with continuing to select Dembélé, but fans of the Catalan club have made their feelings well known as to what they think of the winger.
