Led to the first leg on his home ground by PSG at 1-4 in the round of 16 of the 2020-2021 Champions League, FC Barcelona must play big this Wednesday March 10, 2021 at the Parc des Princes to hope to win its second comeback facing the Parisians.
Victim of Remontada in recent years, Barça also has a long list of Remontada. Discover the Top 5 of FC Barcelona’s comebacks in the Champions League.
5. Barcelona 3-1 Chelsea (April 18, 2000)
This double confrontation with Chelsea is one of the first turnarounds in Barça history. The Spanish club had never managed to get more than two goals in the European Cup. 3 to 1 in the first leg despite Luis Figo’s goal in the second half, the Catalans managed to create a surprise, a first in the return leg. At that time, Barça was under the orders of Louis van Gaal, the Catalans managed to win 5 to 1 at Nou Camp.
4.Barcelone 4-0 AC Milan (12 Mars 2013)
Although the Barcelona were not able to go to the end of the adventure, the double confrontation with AC Milan will have marked this 2012-2013 edition. The Milanese were already eliminated the double winner of the Champions League (2009, 2011) after a perfect match at San Siro following achievements by Sulley Muntari and Kevin-Prince Boateng (2-0). In the second leg, with a transparent Messi in the first leg, he turns into a real warrior with a double. Barça ended up winning 4-0 at home.
3.AS Rome 3-0 Barcelona (April 10, 2018)
A year after the comeback against Paris Saint-Germain, FC Barcelona crosses paths with AS Roma in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. The first confrontation gives its first truths. Winner in the first leg 4 goals to 1, Barcelona fell heavily in the second leg against the Italians 4 goals to 1.
2.Liverpool 4-0 Barcelone (7 May 2019)
The Barcelona pass the quarter-finals by eliminating Manchester United and reach the last four of the competition. The trauma of Roma last season already seems far behind them but this is underestimating Liverpool, a club capable of incredible feats in its history. Winner in the first leg (3-0), FC Barcelona sinks in the return leg at Anfield (4-0), the list of the comeback is growing for Messi and his teammates.
1. Barcelona 6-1 PSG (March 8, 2017)
March 8, 2017, a date forever engraved in the minds of Catalan supporters. No team has ever managed to score four goals in the Champions League. The Parisians would have done well without such a scenario. Yet no one would have predicted such a comeback. Unai Emery and his players are doing the hard part in the first leg by exploding an amorphous Barça, without ideas and without conviction (4-0). But in the second leg, Leo Messi and his team-mate created the feat by winning 6 goals to 1 at the Nou Camp. It was one of the biggest climbs in football history.
This Wednesday evening, FC Barcelona will try to achieve the same performance of 2017 against the Parisians except hiccup is that this year the PSG has different players from the remountada of 2017. A magnificent evening awaits football lovers this Wednesday evening …
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