- Barca thrash PSG 6-1 to reach Champions League quarter-finals
- Late Sergio Roberto volley sends Barca through 6-5 on aggregate
- Edinson Cavani goal looked to have killed tie off in second half
- Neymar scored twice in three minutes before Roberto struck
- Barcelona through to the last eight for the 11th year in a row
“Football, Bloody Hell,” as someone who also enjoyed a very famous night in this evocative stadium once said. This game never fails. Never fails to cut through the hype, the money, the cynicism, the commercialism, to become a sport again. It is why we play it, watch it, talk about it, and why we write about it.
This was a game that will resonate; a match that goes down in history. It was the first time ever in the Champions League that a team had overcome a four-goal deficit. But it was more than that. It was so, so much more than that as the disbelieving looks on the players, the staff, coaches, fans of Barcelona showed. This club, these players, have done everything. But they have never done this.
Even the stoniest of hearts will feel for Paris Saint-Germain, this fledgling team who were overwhelmed, despite their formidable advantage coming into this second leg. They scored a precious away goal, which should have ended it, then missed two golden chances and somehow conceded three times in the final eight minutes, including five added minutes. This will hit them and their coach, Unai Emery, hard. Glory turned to dust.