Barcelona star Ivan Rakitic reacts to sensational Paris St-Germain win
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique was hailed for masterminding Wednesday’s incredible comeback to overturn a 4-0 deficit against Paris St Germain and book the Spanish side’s place in the Champions League quarter-finals.
The Blaugrana looked to be out of the tie after the first leg at Parc des Princes, but an early Luis Suarez goal gave them hope.
The problem is no one told Barcelona that, so they came out firing and cut the PSG lead to 2-0 before halftime.
“The way they played in the first game, pressing high, it worked so well, why go away from that?” the former Manchester United defender said.
“I was brought to my knees”. It is not yet known who they’ll face. Anyone who stopped believing should go back and try again.
“We risked everything and it paid off”.
“It is a hard night to explain with words”, said Barca boss Luis Enrique, who will leave the club at the end of the season. The key was our efficiency. Coach Luis Enrique, who announced he would leave the club this summer, embraced Neymar and any other player or staff member within reach.
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“I can not believe it”.
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“I advise the hospitals of Barelona to start hiring nurses because a lot of love is going to be made tonight”, he said.
“We believed we could do it”, Neymar continued.
So the omens were not good when the Catalans came home to the Nou Camp to face PSG in what most people saw as mission impossible.
Blanc is the most decorated coach in PSG’s history, winning three consecutive Ligue 1 titles at a canter, but Al-Khelaifi grew exhausted of the Frenchman’s failure to get beyond the Champions League quarter-finals three years in a row. Cavani’s away goal assured there would be a victor when the regulation whistle blew.
“Their goal to make it 3-1 was a big blow but a miracle occurred”. In the second, we got to play better. “We will have our chances against PSG”.
Barcelona had five minutes of stoppage time to find a victor, and it found it in an unusual place. Barcelona are capable of this in their stadium. It was all or nothing for them. “What happened on the pitch is a negative experience”, Emery said.
“We have witnessed a historic act”, said the captain. But that is what Barcelona did: Sergi Roberto’s 95th minute finish from a handsome Neymar pass sent the football world into a frenzy. Unused subs: Cillessen, Alcacer, Jordi Alba, Digne.