Antoine Griezmann's goal was his 14th in all competitions for Barcelona since his £107m move from Atletico Madrid in July. There are moments of tension that players who experience the game with his temperament can have.” @2019 - Cyprus-mail.com.

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On a night when Lionel Messi was expected to put on a show in the stadium that was once Diego Maradona’s, the Barcelona forward did relatively little in a 1-1 draw at Napoli in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 on Tuesday.Dries Mertens tied Napoli’s all-time scoring record by curling in a first-half shot and Antoine Griezmann equalized for Barcelona near the hour mark after being set up nicely by Nélson Semedo for the visitors' only shot on target.Mertens matched former Napoli captain Marek Hamík with 121 goals in all competitions for the club -- six more than Maradona.This result leaves a bitter taste, because we played on level terms and showed sacrifice, Napoli captain Lorenzo Insigne said. A superb curling strike from Dries Mertens put the home side in front after half an hour and saw the Belgian draw level with Marek Hamsik as Napoli’s all-time top scorer with 121 goals. The Frenchman is the first player after Leo Messi to score an away goal in the Champions League's final stage for Barcelona since 2015. It may use a set of cookies to collect information and report website usage statistics without personally identifying individual visitors to Google. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again. Antoine Griezmann's second-half equaliser cancelled out a fine opener from Napoli midfielder Dries Mertens to give Barcelona the upper hand in their Champions League last-16 tie.Belgian Mertens had made the most of the Italians' solid start to curl home an effort after 30 minutes.However, after the midfielder was forced off with injury following a heavy challenge from Sergio Busquets, Barcelona drew level when Griezmann lashed the ball in from close range.Neither side was able to conjure a winner, Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen making two smart saves as the first leg finished 1-1 at San Paolo.The visitors finished with 10 men after Arturo Vidal was shown two quick yellow cards following a tackle on Mario Rui and then pushing his head into the face of the Napoli man during the closing stages.Lionel Messi, who scored four goals in the 5-0 win over Eibar which put Barcelona top of LaLiga, sent an early chance over before Napoli made a breakaway count as Mertens swept them in front.Piot Zielinski won possession from Junior Firpo and charged down the right before cutting the ball across the edge of the Barcelona area.Mertens took a touch before curling a wonderful finish over a static Ter Stegen and into the top corner - a strike which saw the Belgian become Napoli's joint record scorer, level on 121 goals with Marek Hamsik.Barcelona looked for a swift response before half-time but failed to stretch the home defence or test keeper David Ospina.The Partenopei could have been further ahead after 42 minutes when a free-kick was only partial cleared, Fabian Ruiz fed Jose Callejon and his cross was fired just wide by centre-back Kostas Manolas.Barca came out with more intensity at the start of the second half.Busquets caught Mertens with a high tackle which saw the defensive midfielder shown a yellow card and the Belgian eventually hobbled off, to be replaced by Arkadiusz Milik in the 54th minute.Napoli continued to be pushed back by Barcelona's press and Griezmann equalised after 57 minutes.Nelson Semedo beat the offside trap from Busquets' pass when he darted into the right side of the area and crossed for the French World Cup winner to smash the ball in from close range.Napoli, who finished second in Group E behind holders Liverpool, soon threatened again.Captain Lorenzo Insigne weaved his way into the left of the Barcelona area and forced Ter Stegen into a low save.The German was alert again to come off his line and block from Callejon.At the other end Messi looked to get on the end of an exchange with Vidal and collided with Ospina as the Napoli keeper made a brave save, which saw both players need treatment.Umtiti headed over a corner from Messi before Vidal saw red, meaning he will be suspended for the return at the Nou Camp next month.Defender Gerard Pique also limped off during stoppage time with what looked like an ankle problem.RTÉ.ie is the website of Raidió Teilifís Éireann, Ireland's National Public Service Broadcaster. A superb curling strike from Dries Mertens put the home side in front after half an hour and saw the Belgian draw level with Marek Hamsik as Napoli’s all-time top scorer with 121 goals. Designed and Developed by The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. Our site uses [Google Analytics] which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the sites functionality.We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below.

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