Newspaper Player Ratings Napoli vs Barcelona 2020 Champions League 1-1 | How did Griezmann, De Jong and co fare?

Here is a look at how the big European newspapers rated Napoli and Barca’s players following their 1-1 draw in the first leg of their Champions League Round of 16 tie at Stadio San Paolo. Dries Mertens put Napoli ahead in the 30th minute, with Antoine Griezmann equalising for Barca in the 57th minute.

Napoli starting lineup vs Barca 2020 CL: Ospina, Manolas, Maksimovic, Mario Rui, di Lorenzo, Demme, Zielinski, Ruiz, Mertens, Callejon, Insigne

Barcelona starting XI v Napoli 2020 UCL: Ter Stegen, Umtiti, Pique, Semedo, Firpo, Rakitic, Vidal, Busquets, de Jong, Messi, Griezmann

L’Equipe player ratings Napoli vs Barca 25 February, 2020

Arturo Vidal, who got sent off late in the game, and Ivan Rakitic both got player ratings of 3/10 from L’Equipe, as did defender Junior Firpo. Barca got a team rating of 4.8/10, while Napoli were given a 5.3/10.

Napoli goal scorer Mertens was their highest rated player with a 7/10, while on the Barca side, it was goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen.

Napoli Barca 2020 Player Ratings Champions League L'Equipe

AS paper ratings Napoli 1-1 Barcelona

Like L’Equipe, AS were disappointed with Junior Firmo, deeming his performance as unrateable. A single star for both Lionel Messi and Frenkie de Jong, as can be seen below.

Napoli vs Barcelona Player Ratings 2020 Champions League AS

Sport player ratings SSC Napoli v Barca

Ratings from another Spanish publication- this one from Sport, based in the city of Barcelona.

Sport player ratings Naples Barca 2020

Gazzetta dello Sport player ratings Napoli-Barca

Italian publication Gazzetta gave Gattuso a manager rating of 7/10, as opposed to Setien’s 5.5/10. Like L’Equipe, they were quite happy with German referee Felix Brych’s performance.

Player Ratings Napoli Barcelona Gazzetta dello Sport 2020

Napoli player ratings vs Barca UCL 2020 GDS

Barca player ratings vs Napoli 2020 Gazzetta

FCB player ratings vs Napoli GDS

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