Barcelona and Napoli played to a 1-1

Barcelona and Napoli played to a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League round of 16 tie on Tuesday.

 Barça took the  through a Lewandowski  goal, but Napoli equalized in the   through a Victor Osimhen goal. The result leaves the tie finely poised heading into the second leg at Camp Nou on March 12. 

Napoli started the brighter of the two sides and had the first chance of the game in the 10th minute when   fired a shot over .

Barça grew into the game as the first half progressed and took the lead in the . . Osimhen was played through on goal by Elif Elmas and the Nigerian forward finished confidently past Barça goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen.

Both sides had chances to win the game in the closing stages, but the final score remained 1-1.

 The draw leaves the tie finely poised heading into the second leg at Camp Nou on March 12.

 Barça will be favorites to progress to the quarter-finals, but Napoli have shown that they are capable of causing an upset. 

Here are some of the key talking points from the game

  Napoli were the better side for large periods of the game. 

Victor Osimhen continued his impressive goalscoring form. 

The tie is finely poised heading into the second leg. 

Here are some of the post-match reaction:

 Barcelona manager Xavi: "We are not happy with the result, but we have to be positive. We have a second leg to come and we will try to win the tie." 

 Napoli manager : "We played a great game. We deserved to win. We will go   with confidence." 

The second leg of the tie will be played at berclona on March 12.**