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Barcelona won 6â5 on aggregate | |||||||
Date | 8 March 2017 | ||||||
Venue | Camp Nou, Barcelona | ||||||
Man of the Match | Neymar ( Barcelona) | ||||||
Referee | Deniz Aytekin ( Germany) | ||||||
Attendance | 96,290 [1] | ||||||
Weather | Partly cloudy 13 °C (55 °F) 80% humidity [2] |
FC Barcelona 6â1 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. was the result of the second leg of a UEFA Champions League tie which occurred on 8 March 2017 at the Camp Nou in Barcelona. FC Barcelona overcame a four-goal deficit in the second leg of their 2016â17 UEFA Champions League round of 16 tie against Paris Saint-Germain to win 6â5 on aggregate, making it the largest comeback in UEFA Champions League history, which became known in Spain and France as la Remontada (the comeback; Catalan: La Remuntada). [3] [4]
It was the third time Paris Saint-Germain faced Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League knockout phases, having lost the two previous encounters in the 2012â13 on away goals, and the 2014â15 season on aggregate. [5] [6]
Both teams had comfortably qualified from the group stage. Paris Saint-Germain qualified as runner-up in Group A having faced Arsenal, Basel, and having achieved a 9-point lead over 3rd-placed Ludogorets Razgrad. Barcelona qualified as leaders of Group C, far in front of Borussia Mönchengladbach and Celtic and leading 2nd-place Manchester City by 6 points. [7]
The first leg was played on 14 February at the Parc des Princes in Paris; both teams were in good shape with Paris Saint-Germain coming from a 3â0 away win at Bordeaux in Ligue 1 and Barcelona thrashing Deportivo AlavĂ©s in a 6â0 away win in La Liga. [9] [10]
Ăngel Di MarĂa put the Parisians in front on 18 minutes with a free kick after Barcelona's Samuel Umtiti committed a foul. Julian Draxler made it 2â0 with a low shot in the 40th minute, assisted by Marco Verratti. After 55 minutes, Di MarĂa scored once again from a shot outside the box. Edinson Cavani scored the final goal of the game in the 72nd minute, securing the 4â0 win. Barcelona achieved only one shot on target during the whole match. [11]
The second leg was played on 8 March at the Camp Nou in Barcelona. Once again, the two teams came into the match having won their league games, Barcelona 5â0 vs. Celta Vigo and Paris Saint-Germain 1â0 against Nancy. [12] [13]
The game had an attendance of 96,290. [1] Barcelona's Luis SuĂĄrez scored the first goal of the game in the 3rd minute after heading the ball over the line before it was cleared by Thomas Meunier. In the 40th minute, Paris Saint-Germain's Layvin Kurzawa scored an own goal in an attempt to block a shot by AndrĂ©s Iniesta. The third goal came in the 50th minute via a penalty scored by Lionel Messi after Neymar was fouled by Thomas Meunier. Barcelona's hopes were seemingly brought down after Edinson Cavani scored Paris Saint-Germain's only goal in the 62nd minute, leaving them requiring three more to win due to the away goals rule now favoring the away side, PSG. Then Barcelona's Mascherano dragged down Di Maria in Barcelona's penalty area but referee Deniz Aytekin did not blow for a penalty. Neymar scored two goals in the closing stages â a free kick in the 88th minute and a controversial penalty kick when Luis SuĂĄrez fell in the 90+1st â to make it 5â1. In the final seconds of the match, Neymar delivered a cross into the penalty area, and Sergi Roberto scored their sixth and final goal in the 90+5th minute, thus winning the game 6â1 and advancing to the quarter finals 6â5 on aggregate. [14]
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Statistic | Barcelona | Paris Saint-Germain |
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Goals scored | 6 | 1 |
Total shots | 20 | 7 |
Shots on target | 10 | 3 |
Saves | 2 | 4 |
Ball possession | 71% | 29% |
Corner kicks | 6 | 4 |
Fouls committed | 16 | 25 |
Offsides | 2 | 5 |
Yellow cards | 5 | 5 |
Red cards | 0 | 0 |
Paris Saint-Germain's collapse was called a "nightmare" and a "humiliation" in the days following the match. [16] [17] There was speculation that the referee could be demoted from his status by the governing body due to some of the decisions he made during the match, particularly the award of Barcelona's second penalty, and for not awarding a penalty to PSG and a red card for Mascherano. [18] Subsequent analyses suggested that Paris Saint-Germain would have won on aggregate had the VAR system been in use. [19]
In the quarter-finals, Barcelona again suffered a heavy defeat in the first leg of the tie away from home, this time losing 3â0 to Juventus. [20] However, they were unable to repeat their performance of the previous round and were eliminated after drawing 0â0 in the return leg. [21]
One of the tie's main protagonists, Brazilian forward Neymar, was at the centre of a different matter involving the two clubs in August 2017 when he moved from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain for a world record transfer fee. [22]
In October 2022, PSG's striker Edinson Cavani declared to Spanish sports website Relevo that he was so affected by the defeat that he needed psychological therapy to overcome the shock. [23]
In the round of 16 of the 2020â21 UEFA Champions League, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain once again faced off against each other, this time in different circumstances. [24] A major talking point for the media was the return of Neymar to Barcelona, although he was ruled out of the first leg with an injury. [25] [26] Regardless, PSG won the match 4â1 at the Camp Nou, with a hat-trick from Kylian MbappĂ©. [27] In the second leg, a still Neymar-less PSG side managed to hold on to a 1â1 draw, beating Barça 5â2 on aggregate and advancing to the quarter-finals. [28] This match proved to be Lionel Messi's last in the Champions League with Barcelona, as he joined PSG in the following transfer window. [29]
The clubs met again at the quarter-final stage in 2023â24, with Paris Saint-Germain now coached by Luis Enrique; Barcelona won the first leg in France 3â2 and went a further goal ahead at home but lost 4â1 (aggregate 6â4) after having Ronald AraĂșjo sent off in the first half, in an outcome dubbed "Revenge Remontada". [30]
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Event |
2016â17 Champions League Round of 16, second leg | ||||||
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Barcelona won 6â5 on aggregate | |||||||
Date | 8 March 2017 | ||||||
Venue | Camp Nou, Barcelona | ||||||
Man of the Match | Neymar ( Barcelona) | ||||||
Referee | Deniz Aytekin ( Germany) | ||||||
Attendance | 96,290 [1] | ||||||
Weather | Partly cloudy 13 °C (55 °F) 80% humidity [2] |
FC Barcelona 6â1 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. was the result of the second leg of a UEFA Champions League tie which occurred on 8 March 2017 at the Camp Nou in Barcelona. FC Barcelona overcame a four-goal deficit in the second leg of their 2016â17 UEFA Champions League round of 16 tie against Paris Saint-Germain to win 6â5 on aggregate, making it the largest comeback in UEFA Champions League history, which became known in Spain and France as la Remontada (the comeback; Catalan: La Remuntada). [3] [4]
It was the third time Paris Saint-Germain faced Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League knockout phases, having lost the two previous encounters in the 2012â13 on away goals, and the 2014â15 season on aggregate. [5] [6]
Both teams had comfortably qualified from the group stage. Paris Saint-Germain qualified as runner-up in Group A having faced Arsenal, Basel, and having achieved a 9-point lead over 3rd-placed Ludogorets Razgrad. Barcelona qualified as leaders of Group C, far in front of Borussia Mönchengladbach and Celtic and leading 2nd-place Manchester City by 6 points. [7]
The first leg was played on 14 February at the Parc des Princes in Paris; both teams were in good shape with Paris Saint-Germain coming from a 3â0 away win at Bordeaux in Ligue 1 and Barcelona thrashing Deportivo AlavĂ©s in a 6â0 away win in La Liga. [9] [10]
Ăngel Di MarĂa put the Parisians in front on 18 minutes with a free kick after Barcelona's Samuel Umtiti committed a foul. Julian Draxler made it 2â0 with a low shot in the 40th minute, assisted by Marco Verratti. After 55 minutes, Di MarĂa scored once again from a shot outside the box. Edinson Cavani scored the final goal of the game in the 72nd minute, securing the 4â0 win. Barcelona achieved only one shot on target during the whole match. [11]
The second leg was played on 8 March at the Camp Nou in Barcelona. Once again, the two teams came into the match having won their league games, Barcelona 5â0 vs. Celta Vigo and Paris Saint-Germain 1â0 against Nancy. [12] [13]
The game had an attendance of 96,290. [1] Barcelona's Luis SuĂĄrez scored the first goal of the game in the 3rd minute after heading the ball over the line before it was cleared by Thomas Meunier. In the 40th minute, Paris Saint-Germain's Layvin Kurzawa scored an own goal in an attempt to block a shot by AndrĂ©s Iniesta. The third goal came in the 50th minute via a penalty scored by Lionel Messi after Neymar was fouled by Thomas Meunier. Barcelona's hopes were seemingly brought down after Edinson Cavani scored Paris Saint-Germain's only goal in the 62nd minute, leaving them requiring three more to win due to the away goals rule now favoring the away side, PSG. Then Barcelona's Mascherano dragged down Di Maria in Barcelona's penalty area but referee Deniz Aytekin did not blow for a penalty. Neymar scored two goals in the closing stages â a free kick in the 88th minute and a controversial penalty kick when Luis SuĂĄrez fell in the 90+1st â to make it 5â1. In the final seconds of the match, Neymar delivered a cross into the penalty area, and Sergi Roberto scored their sixth and final goal in the 90+5th minute, thus winning the game 6â1 and advancing to the quarter finals 6â5 on aggregate. [14]
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Statistic | Barcelona | Paris Saint-Germain |
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Goals scored | 6 | 1 |
Total shots | 20 | 7 |
Shots on target | 10 | 3 |
Saves | 2 | 4 |
Ball possession | 71% | 29% |
Corner kicks | 6 | 4 |
Fouls committed | 16 | 25 |
Offsides | 2 | 5 |
Yellow cards | 5 | 5 |
Red cards | 0 | 0 |
Paris Saint-Germain's collapse was called a "nightmare" and a "humiliation" in the days following the match. [16] [17] There was speculation that the referee could be demoted from his status by the governing body due to some of the decisions he made during the match, particularly the award of Barcelona's second penalty, and for not awarding a penalty to PSG and a red card for Mascherano. [18] Subsequent analyses suggested that Paris Saint-Germain would have won on aggregate had the VAR system been in use. [19]
In the quarter-finals, Barcelona again suffered a heavy defeat in the first leg of the tie away from home, this time losing 3â0 to Juventus. [20] However, they were unable to repeat their performance of the previous round and were eliminated after drawing 0â0 in the return leg. [21]
One of the tie's main protagonists, Brazilian forward Neymar, was at the centre of a different matter involving the two clubs in August 2017 when he moved from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain for a world record transfer fee. [22]
In October 2022, PSG's striker Edinson Cavani declared to Spanish sports website Relevo that he was so affected by the defeat that he needed psychological therapy to overcome the shock. [23]
In the round of 16 of the 2020â21 UEFA Champions League, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain once again faced off against each other, this time in different circumstances. [24] A major talking point for the media was the return of Neymar to Barcelona, although he was ruled out of the first leg with an injury. [25] [26] Regardless, PSG won the match 4â1 at the Camp Nou, with a hat-trick from Kylian MbappĂ©. [27] In the second leg, a still Neymar-less PSG side managed to hold on to a 1â1 draw, beating Barça 5â2 on aggregate and advancing to the quarter-finals. [28] This match proved to be Lionel Messi's last in the Champions League with Barcelona, as he joined PSG in the following transfer window. [29]
The clubs met again at the quarter-final stage in 2023â24, with Paris Saint-Germain now coached by Luis Enrique; Barcelona won the first leg in France 3â2 and went a further goal ahead at home but lost 4â1 (aggregate 6â4) after having Ronald AraĂșjo sent off in the first half, in an outcome dubbed "Revenge Remontada". [30]