In the past five years, a lot has evolved in European football, and few clubs exemplify this better than Barcelona.
\nOn this day in 2017, Barcelona demolished Paris Saint-Germain 6-1 in the greatest extraordinary Champions League comeback ever, being the only club in the championship\u2019s history to recover a four-goal deficit in the first leg.
\nNeymar and Lionel Messi, the 2 superstars of that Blaugrana team, are now set to play for PSG versus Real Madrid.
\nMeanwhile, Barca isn\u2019t even in the knockout stages of the Champions League, rather meeting Galatasaray in the Europa League last 16 as they seek to return to UEFA\u2019s premier competition next season.
\nIndeed, Barca is on the flip side of the coin of dramatic Champions League comebacks in recent years, but the PSG classic ranks one of the game\u2019s best two-legged comebacks.
\nBarcelona created Champions League history by becoming the first side to bounce back from a 4-0 deficit in the first leg to proceed to the quarter-finals again for the tenth time in a row.
\nConsidered one of the greatest European encounters of all time, the Spanish kings trailed 5-3 behind on aggregate in the 88th minute, then tallied three goals in the closing seven minutes to win.
\nOn an astonishing night at the Nou Camp, Neymar\u2019s free-kick and penalty, backed by Sergi Roberto\u2019s 95th-minute goal, sealed the triumph.
\nBarcelona led 2-0 at halfway, thanks to Luis Suarez\u2019s three-minute header and Layvin Kurzawa\u2019s strike.
\nThey grabbed another goal shortly after halftime when Neymar was tripped in the box by Thomas Meunier, and Lionel Messi netted the penalty.
\nPSG\u2019s Edinson Cavani struck on 61 minutes, and the quarter-finals seemed to be out of grasp for Barca, but they had not watched this show.
\nSuarez won a debatable penalty and handed it to the Brazilian to execute \u2013 which he did, leaving Bar\u00e7a just one score to find in injury time. Neymar, who had put in a magnificent display, turned playmaker for sub-Roberto, who netted his first goal of the season, as the Nou Camp exploded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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