Gennaro Gattuso: I Can mark Messi only in my dreams
Updated On: 08 August, 2020 11:54 AM IST | Milan | AFP

Barcelona's Lionel Messi during a Spanish League match against Deportivo Alaves last July. PIC/Getty Images
Gennaro Gattuso's reign as Napoli coach may have started amid turmoil but the former Italy international has put the Serie A club on the path towards a potential Champions League triumph against Barcelona. The southern Italians head for the Camp Nou tonight with a first ever Champions League quarter-final berth beckoning. "We certainly want to write an important page in our history," said Gattuso of a feat which not even Argentine legend Diego Maradona managed to achieve with the club.
Both sides are 1-1 after the Last-16, first leg in the San Paulo Stadium in February. But Lionel Messi's Spaniards have not been beaten at home in the Champions League in seven years as they target a 13th consecutive quarter-final berth.
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