It was a night not to forget in a hurry for Barcelona, PSG and the world of football as history was made out of the impossibility. Barcelona overturned a 4-nil goal deficit in the UEFA Champions League, a feat, no team has ever achieved since the 185 history of the competition.
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| Barcelona celebrating their historic comeback against PSG |
Fewer comebacks have been made, but from a very possible and low goal deficit with an away goal advantage maybe but yesterdays night was "historic' .Barcelona lost at the Parc de Princes fortnight ago by 4 goals to nil and the whole world of football wrote them off except of course Luis Enrique, the FC Barcelona Manager and the Barcelona fans and players themselves.
Here's what Luis Enrique said before the game on Wednesday.
"If PSG can score 4 in one leg, we can score 6." -Luis Enrique
Neymar, the Barcelona Player with the most believe had his campaign and sights set for the impossible.
"As long as there is a 1% chance, we have 99% faith." -Neymar
Que Deus nos abençoe e nos proteja 🙏 ⚽ pic.twitter.com/g1jX1vR8l8— Neymar Jr (@neymarjr) March 8, 2017
Guess who? The former FC Barcelona legend and ex-manager, Josep 'Pep" Guardiola also had his own fair share of faith in the team. And of course, he was proven absolute right.
Guardiola after Barça's 4-0 loss in Paris: "Don't criticize Barça and Luis [Enrique] too much - because they'll end up proving you wrong."
The Club fans who started a campaign on Monday for the team with the theme, "Yes, We Believe" promised to flag the banner all over Nou Camp and come out en mass to intimidate the away fans and lend their support to their darling team.
🔴🔵 'Everyone behind the team'— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) March 5, 2017
Camp Nou to show its support with large banner and 80,000 flags ahead of #FCBPSG 👉 https://t.co/RA43IgfxZ5 pic.twitter.com/jp6LI3J1R5
Well, what more could be said? Barcelona did the impossible and overturned their 4-nil goal deficit and beat PSG by a massive scoreline of 6-1leaving the game at 6-5 on aggregate. This win saw Barca extend their 100% home record in Champions League under Luis
Enrique - won all 15 games at Camp Nou in his 3 seasons at the club.
The highlight of the historic comeback was: Barcelona's 95th min goal came from a free-kick given after a foul on goalkeeper Marc-André Ter Stegen on the opposition half.
The highlight of the historic comeback was: Barcelona's 95th min goal came from a free-kick given after a foul on goalkeeper Marc-André Ter Stegen on the opposition half.
Social Media went crazy and Barcelona was the leading trend in the whole wide world.
Funny, how everything turned out, right from the first whistle to the last, Barcelona had faith in themselves.
The both team managers had their say after the game.
Emery: "We lost everything in the closing minutes. Barcelona are capable of doing that. It was all or nothing for them.”
Enrique: "This is a crazy, unique sport. I dedicate this win to all Barça fans who kept faith in us."
"The faith of the team was key"
However, reactions fueled in as everyone was caught by surprise at Barcelona's huge achievement in the UCL.
Social media reactions
This is just UNBELIEVABLE! Barcelona have made it. They have made another history. Football just loves them and they played it very well. 👊🏾— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) March 8, 2017
Ex-Barca Arsenal and Barcelona Player Thierry Henry.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW— Thierry Henry (@ThierryHenry) March 8, 2017
The best turnaround ever in football bar none #Barca— Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5) March 8, 2017
Mamma mia ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ #BarcaPSG #uefachampionsleague— Claudio Marchisio (@ClaMarchisio8) March 8, 2017
Cannot believe what I've just seen. RASSCLART 😳— Ian Wright (@IanWright0) March 8, 2017
Soccer Pundits and Coaches had their heart in their mouth
Never saw an ending like this in my life .PSG let it get away but fair play ,Barca they kept plugging and plugging and it came good for them— Tommy Smyth (@TommySmythESPN) March 8, 2017
WHHOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!! #barca— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 8, 2017
This Barcelona 6-1 victory is one game I will tell my grand kids about, if God permits.I don't think there has ever been a game like this !— Sunday Oliseh (@SundayOOliseh) March 8, 2017
Watching Barca and PSG like... #UCL pic.twitter.com/8SwaDFP6JO— Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en) March 8, 2017
Reactions from Barcelona and her players
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) March 8, 2017
INCREIBLE !! Entre tots ho hem aconseguit !!!!! Enorme equip i afició!!!!! 🔴🔵FORÇA BARÇAAA !!!! pic.twitter.com/bTep06fHQr— Sergi Roberto (@SergiRoberto10) March 8, 2017
You call it "football team", we call it "Barça". You call it "miracle", we call it "normal" #ForçaBarça pic.twitter.com/vaa30IgnMd— Arda Turan (@ArdaTuran) March 8, 2017
— Samuel Umtiti (@UmtitiSam) March 8, 2017
VAMOSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 💪💪💪💪💪 gracias a todos todos todos todos VISCA BARCA y todo el mundo 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/4ITJIVDtoa
— Luis Suarez (@LuisSuarez9) March 8, 2017
Respeita nossa história, entendeu? 😂 🔵 🔴 pic.twitter.com/xIIjX7Fgvy— Neymar Jr (@neymarjr) March 8, 2017
Its no mean feat, it has happened and the world of football was a stand still yester night. We wait to see what happens next when the teams will be drawn for the next round on 17th, March.
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