Barcelona 6 -1 PSG: The Game in Tweets
After an unforgettable night in Barcelona, we give you a play by play account of the game courtesy of Twitter…
On Wednesday night we witnessed history, as Barcelona recovered from a 4-0 first leg deficit to send PSG crashing out of the Champions League and themselves into the quarter-finals.
Below, we’ve sourced the best tweets during the craziest 90 minutes of football ever for your viewing pleasure…
We shared the starting XIs pre-match, with the Barcelona team looking very attacking and PSG missing one of their star players in Angel Di Maria:
Barcelona XI vs. PSG: Ter Stegen; Pique, Mascherano, Umtiti; Busquets, Iniesta, Rakitic; Messi; Rafinha, Suarez, Neymar.
— Coral (@Coral) March 8, 2017
PSG XI vs. Barcelona: Trapp; Meunier, Marquinhos, Silva, Kurzawa; Rabiot, Verratti, Matuidi; Lucas, Cavani, Draxler.
— Coral (@Coral) March 8, 2017
Former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez got the game’s first goal…
Surely not! Suarez puts Barca 1-0 up pic.twitter.com/xBWJQgiDOG
— Coral (@Coral) March 8, 2017
An own goal from PSG defender Kurzawa before half time had us all dreaming of a comeback. None more so than former Barcelona forward Gary Lineker…
2-0 Barça and the impossible might just be possible.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) March 8, 2017
Lionel Messi then calmly dispatched a penalty to make it 3-0 to the hosts and we were all beginning to suspect we could be witnessing history…
Barca 3-0. We could be about to see the greatest comeback in @ChampionsLeague history. @btsport 2 now.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) March 8, 2017
Meanwhile in Manchester…
Man City 0-0 Stoke. Join us for the half time analysis on Sky Sports 1 ?
— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) March 8, 2017
Then, the moment all Barca fans were dreading. Edinson Cavani scored a crucial away goal which meant the home side now needed to score 3 more instead of just 1…
62′ GOOOOOOOAAAAAALLL PSG!! @ECavaniOfficial !! #FCBPSG pic.twitter.com/8yYTmJucW1
— PSG English (@PSG_English) March 8, 2017
Lineker is not impressed with the away goals rule, as it happens…
Always hated the away goals rule. Kills so many games. @UEFA time for change?
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) March 8, 2017
The game crept into the last 10 minutes and PSG thought they’d got the job done…
Phew!! @ECavaniOfficial to the rescue!! #FCBPSG pic.twitter.com/cQqvkWejCa
— PSG English (@PSG_English) March 8, 2017
Then, the craziest 6 minutes of Champions League football since Instanbul in 2005. Neymar fires in a free kick on the 88th minute to leave Barca needing two goals to progress…
88 min: GOAL GOAL GOAL GOAL GOAL GOAL! @neymarjr scores on a free kick!
FCB 4-1 PSG (agg. 4-5) #FCBPSG #FCBLive #ForçaBarça! ??? pic.twitter.com/VgRIReQK9Z
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) March 8, 2017
In the 91st minute, Suarez is “pulled down” in the box and the referee awards a penalty to Barca. Replays suggest the Uruguayan dived…
Suarez diving tonight…like pressing R2 on This is Football 2005. pic.twitter.com/txwzvjgxPa
— Coral (@Coral) March 8, 2017
Nevertheless, Brazilian forward Neymar stepped up and slotted home to make it 5-1 to Barcelona, leaving them just over 4 minutes to find that essential sixth goal…
90 min: 5 minutes of injury time! Barça need one more to go through! ??????
FCB 5-1 PSG (agg. 5-5) #FCBPSG #FCBLive #ForçaBarça! ???
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) March 8, 2017
We had some words of encouragement for Barca…
FIVE added minutes.
GET IT IN THE MIXING BOWL
— Coral (@Coral) March 8, 2017
Then, it happened. A lovely chip into the box from Neymar saw substitute Sergi Roberto latch onto the ball and score to make it 6-1. Here’s how the lads in the BT Sport studio reacted…
Got a little over excited at @FCBarcelona winning goal. https://t.co/7B9eDX5QGn
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) March 8, 2017
Just seconds later, the final whistle blew and history was made…
FULL TIME! THE GREATEST COMEBACK EVER!!!! BARÇA INTO THE QUARTERFINALS! HISTORY!
FCB 6-1 PSG (agg. 6-5) #FCBPSG #FCBLive #ForçaBarça! ??? pic.twitter.com/r86KnmylCy— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) March 8, 2017
The result has already prompted many to argue the case for the greatest ever sporting comeback and we gave you the chance to have your say…
The best ever sporting comeback?
— Coral (@Coral) March 8, 2017
Whether it is or isn’t the greatest comeback is surely a matter of opinion, but it’s highly unlikely we’ll see a 90 minutes quite like that for a long time, if ever again. Where were you when Barca came back from the abyss?
