Forget about Istanbul miracle, there is Camp Nou miracle now
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| Barcelona players and stuff embrace each other after beating PSG 6-1 on the night to complete the miracle comeback in sports in Barcelona (Le quip foot) |
Now you can safely forget
about the Istanbul miracle as five times champions league winners F.C Barcelona
produced one of the best comebacks in sports and entertainment at a rocking
Camp Nou, in Barcelona on Wednesday night. The odds were up against Louis
Enrique’s men in this tie as they had to overcome a four goal deficit that they
suffered on a faithful valentine’s day in Paris three weeks ago, a feat that
had never been achieved by any club in the history of the competition.
Going in to the match they
still believed that they can still achieve the impossible dream. After their
first leg drubbing, Enrique thought, if Paris Saint-Germain can score four
goals, what can stop them from scoring six goals?
The rocking Camp Nou was
sent to early raptures when Louis Suarez headed home with two minutes on the
clock. PSG were rattled, they even
failed to string a few passes together. Barcelona’s tactical discipline was
amazing, the pressing, desire and zest was all there for everyone to see as PSG
were just allowed to only take speculative efforts at goal. On the stroke of
half time calamites defending from PSG handed Barcelona their second to make it
4-2 on aggregate and 2-0 on the night.
It was disastrous for PSG as
they again succumbed to Barcelona’s sleek passing by conceding a penalty early
in the second half. Lionel Messi made it 3-0 on the night and 4-3 on aggregate
from the spot. Now the world believed it can be done, on the 61st
minute Edinson Cavani restored parity for PSG with a thumping finish to make it
5-3 on aggregate and further stretched the tie away from Barcelona.
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| Sergio Roberto stabs the ball past Traap to complete the memorable comeback in what was the last kick of the match (Le quip foot) |
PSG grew stronger as the
match progressed. They initiated a few attacks of their own and they were able
to bridge the Barca defence on a few occasions but two things stood in their
way: poor finishing and shot stopper Marc-Andre ter Stegen who was a spectator
for much of the match. Barcelona was going through their paces but nothing
happened until the 87th minute when Neymar produced something
magical; a curler that left Traap rooted in his goalpost. They again started to
believe and on the 89th minute Marquinhos fouled Louis Suarez on the
box. Neymar made it 5-1 on the night and 5-5 on aggregate to revitalise the
Camp Nou to a live arena once again.
Barcelona only had five
minutes to find a winner and complete the perfect fairy tale or watch PSG walk
into the quarter finals on their expense. On the stroke of optional time Neymar
found a lurking Sergio Roberto on the back post who finely flicked the ball
with the outside of his right boot in what was the last touch of the game to
deliver a classic in the night skies of Barcelona. The best come back in sports
history was written and the rest is history.
On other results, Borussia
Dortmunt F.C dismantled Benfica 4-0 to progress to the quarter finals on a 4-1
aggregate win.
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