Paris St-Germain eyeing move for Tottenham man after Champions League loss
Barcelona fans celebrating their team’s stunning 6-1 victory over Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday night caused a “minor earthquake”. Seismographs at The Jaume Almera Institute of Earth Sciences, located 500 meters from the stadium, measured a 1.0 tremor on the Richter scale after Sergi Roberto scored the sixth goal, which sealed Barcelona’s historic comeback win in the round of 16 series.
He said in AS: “I was there for Iniesta’s goal at Stamford Bridge, but what happened today has no comparison. This is dedicated to them because this isn’t the Harlem Globetrotters, this is football”, the Barcelona manager said. The Blaugrana beat Sporting Gijon 6-1 last Wednesday and then thrashed Celta Vigo 5-0 at the weekend. The English club has been eliminated in the Round of 16 the last six seasons, and another setback will add even more pressure on coach Arsene Wenger.
On an incredible night in Catalonia, Barca became the first time in Champions League history to overturn a 4-0 first-leg deficit and advanced 6-5 on aggregate.
Barcelona showed they can not be a team from this universe, by defying logic and belief to produce the comeback that will beat all comebacks in a insane, crazy Champions League last 16 second leg against PSG at the Camp Nou.
Thomas Meunier dived head-first to stop Neymar getting around him and, when the Brazilian ran into his head and tumbled, the Barcelona players were convinced they had a penalty.
Barcelona naturally have received many plaudits for their extraordinary performance but it remains to be seen how much of it was due to them or the ineptness of the French champions. “We always had two players open to play the ball to and the players executed the game plan to perfection, performing with huge desire”. “I threw myself at the ball with everything I had”, said the midfielder. “It was more than a thriller”, Luis Enrique said. The last to do so was Barcelona’s bitter rivals Real Madrid more than 30 years ago.
Speaking after the game to BT Sport, Ivan Rakitic described the result as “crazy” and likened it to the New England Patriots’ recent comeback in Super Bowl LI.
“If we pull it off it will be the greatest game of my career”.
The Netherlands improved to 2-0 in Pool A and clinched a spot in the second round along with Israel, which also has a 2-0 record. He scored, not only making the deficit two, but giving PSG an away goal.
That may be going too far but the joy of the Catalans would need some outlet for the next three days. The Gabon striker leads the Bundesliga scoring chart with 21 goals.