The FC Barcelona has put an end to his participation in the UEFA Champions League after falling eliminated against PSG in the round of 16. A round that the culé team had become accustomed to overcoming, and that is that they did not fall in the first round since 2007, when Frank Rijkaard led the team and Ronaldinho, Samuel Eto’o led on the field a team in which Leo Messi began to shine.
That year was the last in which the culés were second in the group, behind Chelsea, a circumstance that has been repeated this season after that 1-3 against Juventus on the last day of the group stage that ended up being decisive.
Liverpool eliminated Barcelona that year after winning 1-2 at the Camp Nou and holding on at Anfield with a 0-1 that ended up being insufficient for the Catalans. There began a streak of victories in the round of 16 that has been ruined this season, in which the 1-4 defeat against PSG in the first leg was decisive.
In this order, Celtic, Olympique de Lyon, Stuttgart, Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen, Milan, Manchester City (two years in a row), Arsenal, PSG, Chelsea, Olympique de Lyon y Nápoles. In all these 13 seasons, the Catalans managed to reach at least the quarterfinals, leaving behind them historic victories.
Among them stands out that double victory against City, 4-0 at Milan in 2013 or, above all, the historic comeback against PSG. Luis Enrique’s men responded to Paris 4-0 with a 6-1 at the Camp Nou that he could not have his reflection this Wednesday in the Park of the Princes.
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