The brilliant Barcelona crushes Napoli at the Maradona stadium and advances in the European League

Barcelona put in a great performance to win 4-2 at its host Napoli on Thursday, and qualifies for the quarter-finals of the European Football Championship, after winning 5-3 on the aggregate score.

At the Diego Armando Maradona stadium, the stronghold of Naples, the players of Barcelona and Napoli before the match raised a large banner that read: "Stop the war."

The irony is that the match was run by a Russian referee team led by Sergey Karasev, who was standing several meters behind the two teams.

Jordi Alba gave Barcelona the lead in the eighth minute of the play-off second leg, and Frenkie de Jong boosted the visitors' lead with a superb shot after a back-heeled pass from Ferran Torres.

Lorenzo Insigne revived Napoli's hopes with a penalty kick, but Gerard Pique restored Barcelona's lead by two goals before the break.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang added Barcelona's fourth goal, scoring his fourth goal in two matches, after his hat-trick against Valencia in the league last Sunday.

Matteo Politano reduced the difference for Napoli 3 minutes before the end.

Rangers qualify for Barcelona

Rangers joined Barcelona in the last eight after a 2-2 draw with its guest, Borussia Dortmund, to qualify after winning 6-4 on the aggregate score.

Real Betis also reached the same round, after imposing a 0-0 draw at its guest Zenit St Petersburg, to win 3-2 in the aggregate of the two legs.

Earlier, 6-times champion Seville struggled to qualify for the round of 16 after losing 1-0 to its host Dinamo Zagreb, and survived after a tense end with 10 players, to outperform 3-2 on the aggregate score.

Seville seemed to be on its way to a 0-0 draw in the second leg of the play-off before Marcos Acuña touched the ball with his hand, and Mislav Orcic scored a successful penalty kick in the 65th minute.

Thomas Delaney was sent off in the 91st minute, and Dynamo pressured the Spanish team in the penalty area within 6 minutes of added time, until his goalkeeper advanced in a late free kick, but he was unable to reach extra time.

Porto escaped from extra time to qualify for the round of 16 after a 2-2 draw with Lazio, to win 4-3 on the aggregate score.

Porto's double came through Mahdi Tarmi from a penalty kick in the first half, and Mateus Uribe in the second half, after Ciro Immobile put Lazio in the lead.

The Portuguese team faced a difficult end after its Italian hosts equalized through Danilo Cataldi in the fourth minute of overtime.

Razen Bale Sport Leipzig beat Real Sociedad 3-1 to win 5-3 on aggregate, while Atlanta crushed Olympiacos 3-0 to confirm their 5-1 victory.