File photo showing Barcelona's Sergi Roberto celebrating scoring their sixth goal with team mates in the Champions League match against PSG in Barcelona March 8, 2017. — Reuters pic
Barcelona were on the right side of history two years ago, becoming the first team to come back from a four-goal first-leg deficit in the Champions League on a dramatic night at the Camp Nou when Neymar punished his future side PSG with two goals. “I didn’t know if I was dreaming — I have never known a noise like that,” said a shell-shocked Roberto after the final whistle.Second leg: Roma 3 Barcelona 0Barcelona’s luck ran out in dramatic style 12 months after their PSG heroics with Edin Dzeko’s away goal at the Camp Nou proving crucial.
Liverpool are no strangers to fightbacks in Europe, producing arguably the most staggering in a final against a mighty AC Milan side in Istanbul 14 years ago. Rafael Benitez’s underdogs hung on to force a penalty shootout, and Andriy Shevchenko, who had scored the winning spot-kick in the 2003 final against Juventus, saw his effort saved by Jerzy Dudek to confirm Liverpool’s fifth, and most recent, Champions League title.Second leg: Deportivo La Coruna 4 AC Milan 0After his side were trounced 4-1 at the San Siro, Deportivo coach Javier Irureta admitted there was no rational reason to believe in a miracle.
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