Deleted of the Champions in the phase of groups by Bayern and Benfica, the Barça remained relegado to the third square of his group, 'condemned' like this to contest the Europe League, a tournament where the income are a lot lower.
It is not the first time that the Barcelona team plays this competition. Already it had to do it in the exercise 2003/04, from the phase of groups, after a disastrous campaign 2002/03 in which it finish sixth in the League. It was the first season of Laporta in the presidential armchair and the first of Ronaldinho and then the Europe League, designated Glass of the UEFA, contested by eliminatory rounds. The FC Barcelona deleted to FK Matador Púchov of Slovakia, Panionios NFC of Greece, Brøndby IF of Denmark before crossing in eighth with the Celtic of Glasgow. In the gone played the Celtic Park the result was of 1-0 whereas in the turn in the Camp Nou, 0-0. Here it finish the history of the Barça in the Europe League...Until this year.
It is true that the Europe League is the second tournament in importance to continental level, but also is necessary to stand out the important fan of teams of undoubted potential that will contest the final rounds. Without going more far, in these eighth will be present Borussia of Dortmund, Naples, Port wine, Lazio, Leipzig, or the others Spanish representatives, Real Sociedad, Betis and Seville.
One of these 'coconuts' will be the rival of the Barça by a note for the eighth of final. The Naples, third in the Series To, finish in the second square in the phase of groups of the tournament, empatado to points with the Spartak of Moscow and by in front of the Leicester. It is the second consecutive year that a team of The League crosses on the way of the team napolitano in the dieciseisavos of final of the Europe League. In the past edition was the Granada of Diego Martínez the one who gave the surprise and left in the ditch to the napolitanos, then directed by Gattuso. The ones of the Campania are one of the big of the continent and although his season in the Calcium is not being of the all regulate, is in the ointment and is not descartado of the all of the fight by the scudetto. It possesses players of undoubted talent, as they are Insigne, Mertens, Osimhen, Lozano, Mertens, Fabián, Politano…
The Barça wants the Europe League
But with all this, can say that the Barça is favourite? Anybody would dare to say that no. The Barcelona is one of the big favourites to litigate by the title. The quality and the atrevimiento of his young talents, the reinforcements in the wintry market and the already consecrated stars to the service of Xavi, are little by little forming an orchestra that with work and sometimes a pinch of luck, are taking out the results forward.
For the main houses of bets, as it can see in Wincomparator and in his comparator of quotas, two of the main operators as they are Bet365 and Bwin coincide in proposing the same podium of favourites to the title: Borussia of Dortmund (quota of 1.40), Seville (quota of 1.45 and Barcelona (quota of 2.11). It does scarce dates Seville and Barça confronted in the Sánchez Pizjuán (0-0) in a meeting where the ones of Xavi offered a very grata image. It will be necessary to see if the signings of winter give the jump of definite quality.