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Barcelona ease into Europa League last 16

By Vincent Ashitey
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Barcelona put in an impressive performance to beat Napoli and reach the Europa League last 16.

They led by two goals when Jordi Alba finished off a counter-attack from Adama Traore's ball and Frenkie de Jong curled in a stunning shot.

Lorenzo Insigne gave Napoli hope with a penalty to make it 3-2 on aggregate.

But Gerard Pique scored and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang fired into the top corner from Traore's pass, with Matteo Politano netting a late consolation.

Barcelona will discover their last-16 opponents - one of the Europa League group winners - in Friday's draw.

Both sets of players stood with a banner saying 'Stop War' before kick-off in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.