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Barcelona were four goals down to PSG—and with the clock running out, still needed three more to pull off a Champions League comeback no team had managed before. After a 4–0 defeat in the first leg, the confident prediction that Barcelona could score six seemed far-fetched.

This match story follows the dramatic second leg at Camp Nou: Barcelona’s early goals, PSG’s crucial away goal, and Neymar’s late push to keep the comeback alive. Relive the Barcelona vs. PSG Champions League classic, the pressure of the knockout stages, and the last-minute goal that sent Barcelona through to the quarterfinals.

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00:00They didn't score a single goal and they lost the game 4-0.
00:03It's not Barcelona's night.
00:05It was an embarrassing performance.
00:06And it became even stranger when their coach spoke at the post-game press conference
00:11with an absurd amount of confidence in his failing team.
00:14If a rival is capable of scoring four goals against us,
00:16then we're capable of scoring six against them.
00:18Many people laughed at his apparent disconnection from reality.
00:22See, in the UEFA knockout stage, each team plays against each other twice,
00:26one match at each home stadium.
00:27And the total score across the two matches determines which team advances to the next round.
00:33No team had ever overturned a 4-0 first match deficit in the history of the UEFA Champions League.
00:39It just wasn't something that happened.
00:41So when Barcelona and PSG returned to Camp Nou, Barcelona's home ground,
00:45the crowd was hopeful but prepared for what was likely to be the end of Barcelona's chances
00:50to progress to the quarterfinals.
00:52Well, if Paris Saint-Germain don't go through to the quarterfinals tonight,
00:55this is a match we'll be talking about for quite some time.
00:59However, two minutes into the second match,
01:01it was clear that Barcelona weren't about to go down without a fight.
01:05They had quickly scored the first goal of the game,
01:07and the home crowd boomed with support.
01:09But after that first goal, it was hard to get anything else to pay off.
01:13Until, right before halftime,
01:14they got another,
01:16and then, as they entered the second half of the match,
01:19they scored a third.
01:20Barcelona were only one goal away from potentially ending the game in an aggregate tie,
01:26which would force extra time,
01:27allowing them another 30 minutes to make a fifth goal happen and secure victory.
01:32But PSG weren't going to let that happen.
01:34I thought it was a goal!
01:36This wasn't just any goal,
01:38it was an away goal.
01:39And in UEFA's rules,
01:40if the aggregate score ends in a tie,
01:42the team with more away goals advances to the next round.
01:45So now, extra time was no longer an option.
01:48Barcelona weren't just chasing one goal anymore,
01:51they now needed three goals in 20 minutes.
01:54That certainly wasn't unheard of,
01:55but it was going to be a challenge.
01:57However, as the game came down to its final minutes,
01:59What a goal!
02:00What a goal by Neymar!
02:02Neymar continued desperately fighting against the odds.
02:05It's a penalty!
02:07He scored two quick goals for Neymar!
02:10The aggregate score was now 5-0,
02:12and there were only a few minutes left in the game.
02:14If Barcelona was going to move on to the quarterfinals,
02:17they were going to have to make something happen right now.
02:20The ball came back out to Neymar,
02:22he lined up the shot,
02:23and he chipped it,
02:26softly,
02:27over the defence,
02:28towards the goalkeeper.
02:31For Sergei Roberto to score the final goal.
02:37The home crowd cried tears of happiness,
02:40and Barcelona made it through to the quarterfinals.
02:42That was...
02:42that's good for us,
02:42Nick to see us.
02:42Thank you Lord,
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