Team news and stats ahead of Barcelona vs PSG in the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday; kick-off 8pm. Emery survived the Camp Nou collapse and also added Kylian Mbappe to his squad, meaning there was no danger of Monaco repeating their spectacular 2016-17 Ligue 1 success. Barcelona made Champions League history by becoming the first team to overturn a first-leg 4-0 deficit as they knocked out Paris St-Germain to reach … His performances have generally been excellent. Barcelona knocked out PSG during the quarterfinals in 2012-13, the quarterfinals in 2014-15, and the round of 16 in 2016 … ), 2016/17 round of 16 (6-5 agg.). The Bayern Munich striker has also played 68 more games than Neymar, underlining the regularity with which the 29-year-old has been forced to grapple with injury. 38 Women, Kids Kidnapped From Rajasthan Over Bike Theft, Char Dham Project – The Speed Of Destruction, Virat Kohli Plays Down ICC World Test Championship Hype, Says It is A 'Distraction', 30 Wickets Fall Inside Two Days, Rohit Sharma Says Motera Pitch 'Interesting', Ishant Sharma Set To Play 100th Test Match In Motera Stadium Vs England, Worked On Batting During COVID Times, This Chennai Century A Dream: Ravi Ashwin. The last time Barcelona and PSG met was in the 2016-17 Champions League … Why's No One Talking About It? CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FIXTURE Odisha's Simlipal Is Up In Flames. A battered, terrified Paris Saint-Germain defence pushed out, or some of them did. Barcelona vs PSG: Champions League preview, team news, stats, kick-off time, Barcelona will welcome back defender Gerard Pique against PSG on Tuesday, Neville: Liverpool beyond a dip - it's a collapse, Neville: 'Surprising win' a platform for Man Utd. They did. Paris SG's Neymar has scored as many goals at Camp Nou (16 goals in 20 games) as he has at the Parc des Princes (16 in 14) in the UEFA Champions League. Jose: 100 goals - not bad for a negative team! ), 2016… 44% of Barcelona's goals in this season's UEFA Champions League group stages came from set-piece (7 out of 16), the highest ratio among the 16 teams left in the competition. But the allure of moving out of Messi's shadow when his €222million clause was activated served as a stirring factor. It was one of the rare, glorious moments in his Barcelona career where Lionel Messi found himself as a member of the supporting cast. The only previous time Paris SG overcame the Catalans in a UCL knockout tie was in the 1994/95 quarter-finals (3-2 agg.). The victory in the 2017 Champions League Final against Juventus made Real Madrid the first team ever to repeat in the Champions League era, and the first to win consecutive titles in the competition since A.C. Milan in 1989 and 1990, when the tournament was known as the European Cup. Barcelona have experienced centre-back Gerard Pique available; PSG will be without Neymar and Angel Di Maria; follow with our dedicated live blog across Sky Sports' digital platforms and on Gillette Soccer Special live on SSN and Sky Sports Premier League from 7pm. The last time Barcelona and Paris SG met was in the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League round of 16. The only previous time the French side overcame the Catalans in a Champions League knockout tie was in the 1994-95 quarter-finals (3-2 agg.). Apparently, that feeling appealed to Neymar. In the very next round, the 4-0 loss in Paris was almost matched in Turin, where Juventus were 3-0 winners. Do not miss your chance to land the £250,000 in Saturday's Super 6 round. Of Demons And Wrong Cues - How Imagined Terror Wreaked Havoc, Online Gaming Industry In Doldrums, How Central Government Can Make A Big Difference. From the wreckage of a 4-0 first-leg humiliation, Barcelona had won 6-1 at a delirious Camp Nou and reached the quarter-finals of the 2016-17 Champions League. He's failed score in his last three knockout games in the competition - he's never gone four in a row without a goal. The team has faced off with Barcelona three times in the UEFA Champions League since 2012, losing all three matches. Ernesto Valverde came in, sifted through the wreckage of the Neymar saga with impeccable dignity and delivered back-to-back league titles. Heading into Tuesday's match, PSG will be fighting history. With Neymar in harness, they plotted a path to the rearranged 2020 final in Lisbon, coming back to beat Tuchel's ex-employers over two legs before scraping past Atalanta and defeating RB Leipzig. Madrid also wrestled LaLiga from their bitter rivals' grasp in 2016-17, heralding the end of Luis Enrique's tenure. Surely, they couldn't. Follow Barcelona vs PSG with our dedicated live blog across Sky Sports' digital platforms and on Gillette Soccer Special, live on Sky Sports News and Sky Sports Premier League from 7pm. Barcelona and PSG last met in the 2016/17 Champions League Round of 16. Knocked out one of last season's semi-finalists to make this round. He will miss his Camp Nou return due to a groin problem, just as he missed showpiece last-16 encounters against Real Madrid in 2018 and Manchester United in 2019. Barcelona forward Antoine Griezmann has more yellow cards (2) than goals or assists (1 goal) in his seven UEFA Champions League appearances at Camp Nou. 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Barcelona have only lost one of their last 33 home games in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League (W25 D7), a 0-3 defeat against Bayern Munich in the semi-finals of the 2012/13 edition. Laporta wins Barcelona presidential election, Serena sends Markle support: 'Women are vilified and demonised'. Barcelona; Manchester United ... will be slight favourites to progress to the quarter-finals at Leipzig's expense due to their recent history in the Champions League, … Barcelona's attackers, joined by goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen, bustled about searching for room. Barcelona have knocked out Paris SG in each of their last three UEFA Champions League knock-out ties: 2012/13 quarter-finals (3-3 agg. Sergi Roberto found some and flung out a leg as the ball dropped towards him. Paris SG have reached the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League for the ninth consecutive season, matching the record for a French club set by Lyon between 2003/04 and 2011/12. As Messi and Suarez have shown more recently, there can be numerous reasons for generational talents to decide their best interests are served away from a deeply dysfunctional Barca. Gianluigi Buffon, Leonardo Bonucci, Georgio Chiellini, and the rest were never going to be as obliging as Emery's men and locked down a 0-0 draw to progress. When these two wounded giants face off on Tuesday, back at the scene of that historic heist, they would be forgiven for shuddering at the sight of one another. He was majestic and unplayable, especially in those closing moments. "This is the best game I've ever played," Neymar told beIN Sports afterwards. It is hard to imagine a similar clarification being needed during any other stage of the Messi era. The gauche execution of the transfer coup means Neymar has often been a figure of ridicule during his time in Paris. ", ð @3gerardpique and @MartinBraith have received the medical green light and are called up for #BarçaPSG pic.twitter.com/Nq7jhB0Uv0. Even more frustratingly for Barca, the Bianconeri lost that season's final to Real Madrid. This includes winning 13 of their last 15 k/o games at Camp Nou (D2), setting a goal difference of +33 over those 15 matches (41 goals for, 8 against). The era PSG hoped would wash away their night of Catalan shame, that of Neymar, splutters on with their talisman booted to the sidelines once more. Since 2012/13, only Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid have faced each other more often (10 times) than Barcelona and Paris SG (8) in the UEFA Champions League. 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UCL: Barca scripted history when these two met in 2016-17 . They've made it past the round of 16 once in the last four seasons (2019/20). away goals), 2014/15 quarter-finals (5-1 agg. Barcelona will attempt to reach the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League for the 14th consecutive season, a record. Paris SG's only away win against a Spanish side in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League came eight years ago against Valencia (2-1, February 2013). As the clock ticked into the 88th minute, it was 3-1 and PSG appeared to have staggered through the storm. A Barcelona on the brink of financial ruin are only beginning to reckon with the sizable cracks Roberto's goal did so much to help paper over. The Blaugrana's jitters in continental knockout matches has seeped into their domestic business - see Athletic Bilbao's success in this season's Supercopa and last week's Copa del Rey semi-final first leg defeat to Sevilla. There was no shame in losing 1-0 to a magnificent Bayern, but PSG's path to the final still leaves them aching for a major scalp in the final stages of the Champions League. Maybe he could have more of it. Earlier in the campaign, during the group stages, Barcelona were beaten 3-1 at Manchester City despite Messi giving them the lead. ), 2016… The former Borussia Dortmund boss hammered collective responsibility into a lavishly assembled but unbalanced squad, although their next big European night suggested a club still haunted. The teams closest to defending the trophy in the Champions League era but who were unsuccessful, all making it to the final: If Barcelona believed their feat of logic-defying escapology was something to weave into their Mes que un club mythology then the subsequent years have disabused them of that notion. In the overall scoring charts during this period Neymar is 16th, with exactly half of Lewandowski's astounding 166. Who starred as Team LeBron hammered Team Durant? Champions League is back and Barcelona will take on Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in what promises to be an exciting contest as the knockout stages of Europe's premier club competition begin. The Blaugrana, having lost the chance to win their first title under Ronald Koeman, will be on red alert after Real Madrid were knocked out of the … "This can only happen once in a lifetime.". A pattern had started to emerge of chronic vulnerability against opponents of comparable quality. They’re third in the league and struggling to put together a consistent run of form both domestically and in Europe, and have just lost the final of the Supercopa de Espana against Athletic Bilbao.. Barca then confirmed on Tuesday morning that Pique - along with Martin Barithwaite - had been given the go-ahead to join up with the squad. From the wreckage of a 4-0 first-leg humiliation, Barcelona had won 6-1 at a delirious Camp Nou and reached the quarter-finals of the 2016-17 Champions League. Pandemonium. That effectively left the team with only the Copa del Rey to play for. "It's a negative experience for me and for the club. The last time they were knocked out in the round of 16 was in 2006/07 against Liverpool (2-2 agg. Ole: Man City too far ahead to mount title challenge, Mauricio Pochettino is leading PSG for the first time in the Champions League. Only one French club has beaten Barcelona at Camp Nou - it was FC Metz in the first round of the Cup Winners Cup in October 1984 (4-1). Across 103 games for the capital club in all competitions, he has 83 goals and 42 assists. But midfielder Marco Verratti is recovering well from a hip issue. But a meek, Neymar-less defeat to Madrid meant regaining domestic supremacy did not stop PSG from moving him on in favour of Thomas Tuchel. History is not on the club's side, however, as Barcelona has knocked PSG out in the last three UCL meetings: 2012-13 and 2014-15 quarterfinals and 2016 … Those eight games have produced 32 goals, an average of four per match. In his pre-match news conference, head coach Ronald Koeman stated: "That's what we like to show, that we can compete with the best teams in Europe." Paris Saint-Germain will be without Brazil forward Neymar and Argentina international Angel Di Maria, with both players suffering from thigh problems. That result didn't do for Valverde, but a Supercopa de Espana semi-final loss to Atletico Madid midway through last season did. Roberto might have scored the goal for the ages, but Neymar was unquestionably the man of the hour for Barcelona. away goals). Liverpool were beaten 3-0 in the first leg of the 2019 semi-final, only to roar back and pulverise Barca 4-0 at Anfield. From the wreckage of a 4-0 first-leg humiliation, Barcelona had won 6-1 at a delirious Camp Nou and reached the quarter-finals of the 2016-17 Champions League. Barcelona have knocked out Paris SG in each of their last three UEFA Champions League knock-out ties: 2012/13 quarter-finals (3-3 agg. Boss Ronald Koeman was hopeful about the player's fitness at his press conference on Monday, telling reporters: "He is fine and has been training with the group for four or five days. Celebrating Rishabh Pant: How Gloriously The Laughing Assassin Is Treading Virender Sehwag’s Path! All that is small beer compared with the multi-directional catastro-shambles that was a doomed Quique Setien leading Barcelona to an 8-2 Champions League quarter-final mauling at the hands of Bayern Munich. No French side though has ever beaten FCB on their own patch in the UEFA Champions League (D2 L8). (More Football News). The last time PSG triumphed in an elimination series against Barcelona was in 1994/95. Neymar checked in field and floated a measured chip towards the chaos, at which point time seemed to slow down. They have lost the last three-such visits to Spain in the competition by an aggregate scoreline of 11-2. Liverpool Vs Chelsea, Live Streaming: When And Where To Watch Premier League Showdown, Shocking! An authoritative 2-0 win at Manchester United pointed a simple path to the quarter-finals in 2019, only for them to stumble to a 3-1 loss on home soil, knocked out on away goals. A 4-1 first-leg advantage in the 2018 quarter-final against Roma dissolved as a 3-0 defeat in the Italian capital saw them dumped out on away goals. away goals), 2014/15 quarter-finals (5-1 agg. Can Meghalaya’s New Ordinance To Regulate Online Gaming Become A Model For Other States? Barcelona will have experienced centre-back Gerard Pique available again following a long-term knee problem. "It's a … We need to learn from it," said shellshocked PSG boss Unai Emery on an evening that overwise lacked for understatement. Of the 28 attempts in the Champions League era: 2 successful (7.14%) The only team to successfully defend the trophy in the Champions League era is Real Madrid (twice), who won in 2015–16, 2016–17 and 2017–18. Surely, they couldn't. Europe continued to spin spectacularly out of Barcelona's control, however, as they swallowed bitter repeat doses of their own "Remontada" medicine. We have good confidence about his condition, but I have one more day to decide if he's going to be in the team. Then the Brazil superstar whipped a free-kick from the left into the net, converted a dubious Luis Suarez-won penalty and crafted the decisive goal. His minutes-per-goal ratio of 105.5 is the sixth best in Europe's top five leagues since his world-record move, behind Erling Haaland, Robert Lewandowski, Sergio Aguero, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi. Sergi Roberto found some and flung out a leg as the ball dropped towards him. Barcelona have knocked out PSG in each of their last three UEFA Champions League elimination matchups. Barcelona have knocked out Paris SG in each of their last three UEFA Champions League knock-out ties: 2012/13 quarter-finals (3-3 agg. away goals), 2014/15 quarter-finals (5-1 agg. Barcelona take on PSG in Champions League Tie. Australian Open: Novak Djokovic Ends Zverev Hopes And Smashes Racket On Way To Semi-finals, Veteran Indian Athlete Ishar Singh Deol Dies At 91, Atletico Madrid 1-1 Real Madrid: Karim Benzema Leaves It Late But Leaders Still Waiting For Derbi Win, Liverpool Fire More Anfield Blanks To Set Unwanted Premier League Record, Vijay Hazare Trophy: Rawat-Sangwan Partnership Takes Delhi To Quarter-final, Tendulkar Writes: How We Held The ‘Final Frontier’. Hits & misses: Is Klopp's legacy unravelling? The first leg of the round of 16 clash will be played at the Camp Nou on Tuesday night, with the kick-off at 1:30 AM IST on Wednesday. How Gloriously Pant Is Treading Sehwag’s Path! Barcelona can’t afford an upset. Both times PSG were eliminated. Find out more about Pulse's products and advertising opportunities at pulse.africa We inform & engage - 24/7 Koeman is certain to be missing fellow central defender Ronald Araujo due to an ankle issue. Now under Mauricio Pochettino, a beaten finalist with Tottenham in that glorious 2018-19 edition, it can be debated whether this Barcelona still rank as one.