Barcelona claimed a scarcely believable
Champions League victory against Paris Saint-Germain that will go down
in history as one of the all-time great comebacks, Sergi Roberto netting
in the fifth minute of stoppage time to seal a sensational 6-5
aggregate triumph after they had trailed 4-0.
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rollercoaster tie was settled in the dying seconds with Sergi Roberto’s
strike to send the Catalans into the last-eight in memorable fashion It had looked as though Edinson Cavani’s away goal would prove
pivotal after Barca had raced into a three-goal lead, but the hosts
scored three times from the 88th minute onwards at Camp Nou to complete
the biggest turnaround ever seen in the competition.After being thrashed in the first leg of the last-16 tie, Barca
appeared set to fall agonisingly short of a famous recovery in what
transpired to be a classic encounter.Luis Enrique’s side were three goals up within 50 minutes and did not
allow Cavani’s intervention to foil their bid for a slice of history,
Neymar scoring twice before setting up Roberto in astonishing scenes,
the second leg ultimately finishing 6-1.Two scrappy first-half goals – one from Luis Suarez in the third
minute – and a Layvin Kurzawa own goal gave a rocking Camp Nou hope of a
reversal in the tie.The home side reduced the deficit further early in the second half
when Lionel Messi scored his 11th goal of the competition this season
from the penalty spot after Neymar was fouled by Thomas Meunier.But a great finish from Cavani just after the hour mark – his eighth
of a Champions League campaign that has been his most prolific – seemed
to have made the difference, before the late heroics from Neymar and
Roberto.The crushing defeat sees PSG beaten by Barca in the knockout stages again having suffered the same fate in 2013 and 2015.Barca, meanwhile, reach the quarters for the 10th straight season,
meaning they are still in with a chance of a treble in Luis Enrique’s
last season at the helm.Hopes of a remarkable comeback were stirred after only 150 seconds, Suarez getting the goal.
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