Barcelona and Arsenal broke the deadlocks of Napoli and Porto, with both teams progressing to the Champions League quarter-finals.
Both Barcelona and Arsenal – each in a different way – made it past the “16” of the Champions League and booked their ticket to the quarter-finals of the competition.
Either way, the Blaugrana and the Gunners will join Manchester City, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain.
Barcelona came out against Napoli and Xavi's team played excellent football and won 3-1.
Fermin López in the 15th, Joao Cancelo in the 17th and Robert Lewandowski in the 83rd before Rahmani's Napoli goal in the 30th sealed victory for the Catalans.
In general, Barcelona was excellent from the beginning to the end of the competition and got a well-deserved victory that qualified for the “8” of the Champions League, the first time the Catalans reached the quarter-finals of the competition. From 2020 onwards.
In the other game, Arsenal struggled against the better Porto, with the Londoners winning 1-0 to equalize the score of the first leg.
The game went to extra time, where the score remained unchanged and a penalty was inevitable.
The home side, whose hero was David Raya, who saved two shots, won 4-2 and secured their emphatic qualification for the “8” of the Champions League, a stage they will meet for the first time in 14 years.
The first games
Copenhagen – Manchester City 1-3
Leipzig – Real 0-1
Paris – Real Sociedad 2-0
Lazio – Bayern 1-0
Inter – Atletico 1-0
Eindhoven – Dortmund 1-1
Napoli – Barcelona 1-1
Porto – Arsenal 1-0
Rematch
Real Sociedad – Paris St. Germain 1-2
Bayern Munich – Lazio 3-0
Real Madrid – Leipzig 1-1
City of Manchester – Copenhagen 3-1
Barcelona – Napoli 3-1
Arsenal – Porto 4-2 pen., 1-0
13/03 22:00 Atletico – Inter
13/03 22:00 Dortmund – Eindhoven
The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals will be held on March 15.
