Napoli and Barcelona demonstrated opposition to Russia’s full-scale invasion of neighbouring Ukraine ahead of their Europa League tie on Thursday.
Ahead of kick-off at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, the two sides came together to hold a banner displaying the message “STOP WAR” after Russian president Vladimir Putin launched military action into Ukraine on Thursday.
UEFA are set to move this season’s Champions League final, which was due to be played in St Petersburg.
Meanwhile, Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic have all called for Russia to be stripped of the right to host their forthcoming World Cup qualifiers.
The knockout round play-off second leg between Napoli and Barca was finely poised following a 1-1 draw at Camp Nou last week, where Ferran Torres cancelled out Piotr Zielinski’s earlier effort.