Luis Suarez headed Barca into the lead in the second minute, spurred on by an electric atmosphere which Luis Enrique said was the best he experienced in his three years as coach and eight years as a player. For the past week I have been insane to play this match, and we have made history.
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However, the Spanish champions looked down and out when Edison Cavani volleyed home what seemed to be the clinching away goal for PSG.
“We believed we could do it”.
“When they scored the goal we had a little dip but then there was the fourth and the penalty”. We know the path to the Champions League is long for those clubs trying to challenge the established hierarchy. “We made the impossible possible”. A team like this can do anything.
“We played with responsibility, with joy, with pressure and with the ball”.
“What defines this victory is the faith that the players and fans had”. We are going to speak with him about the changes that will be needed during the offseason.
An electric atmosphere gripped the Nou Camp before kickoff after Suarez and Luis Enrique had said they truly believed a comeback was on and the players caught the wave of optimism by swarming all over PSG from the first whistle.
Sergi Roberto’s victor sealed a 6-5 aggregate victory for the Spanish giants and sent the Nou Camp into a frenzy.
“I could see that [Gerard] Pique hadn’t reached it and I threw everything at it”. “We have nothing to lose and a lot to win”. Layvin Kurzawa’s own goal five minutes before the end of first half gave even more breathing space to the Catalans with the belief of making a comeback growing even stronger. Four more teams are expected to join the quartet by March 15, before the quarter-final draws will be made. Roberto did not start the second leg, with Enrique opting for Brazilian midfielder Rafinha, but he came off the bench late in the second half to score the decisive sixth goal.
Chelsea target Marco Verratti will not be allowed to leave Paris St Germain in the summer, the French giant’s sporting director Patrick Kluivert says.
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“This comeback has given us new life to deal with what we have left of the season”.
