Barca goes for miracle win against PSG in Champions League

Barca had exited the Champions League and could only claim a league title that had looked to be sewn up on the final day of the season.

His representative Giuliano Bertolucci told Mundo Deportivo that PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi refused to engage with €60million interest from Barcelona a year ago but talks over a prolonged stay in the French capital have not progressed.

Barcelona have a very hard task at hand on Wednesday night as they try overturn a 4-0 deficit against PSG in their second-leg UEFA Champions League Round of 16 encounter.

“If a team can score four times against us, we can score six times against them”.

Simply keeping the famous “MSN” triumvirate out at the Camp Nou will not be enough.

“Thiago Motta will not play”, Emery told reporters”.

Those two results have lifted morale around the club and the Catalan press are talking about nothing other than fighting back against the PSG, but the fact is that Wednesday presents a totally different challenge given Barca’s lack of an away goal.

It maybe that Luis Enrique has fixed the hole in the hull with the good ship Barça already on the seabed. “Our focus is on us and what we have to do”.

The 30-year-old has missed Barcelona’s last five games due to injury. You never know what will happen, it’s not only up to me.

Barcelona, however, are no ordinary team and if there is any side that can complete the monumental task, it is them.

However, manager Luis Enrique has left Denis Suarez and third keeper Jordi Masip out of his 18-man squad alongside injured duo Jeremy Mathieu and Aleix Vidal. The Valentine’s Day drubbing in Paris marks a before and after in the club’s season.

Barcelona will need one of the biggest comebacks in Champions League history to advance to the next round, as PSG visit the iconic Camp Nou with a four-goal lead. And, with a front three of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar, they are more than capable of scoring four goals against any side. We have to do everything really well, both in defence and in attack.

Depending on whether or not PSG can ride the inevitable early wave of Barcelona pressure, Cavani might not need to score in order for the Ligue 1 giants to advance to the quarterfinals. If a team can overcome such a score, it is Barca.