Barça will seek to break their 'curse' as a visitor in the Champions League round of 16

The FC Barcelona will look for this Wednesday break with a 'curse' in the eighth of final of the UEFA Champions League that dates of eight years ago. From the duel of gone of the season 2015/16 in front of the Arsenal (triumph culé by 0-2 in London), the group blaugrana has not been able to win like visitor in this phase of Champions, accumulating a balance of a defeat and four ties in five presentations.

In the middle of this bad series, clear is, it is necessary to do a bracket in the two last seasons, where the ones of Xavi Hernández did not attain to surpass the phase of groups and, therefore, had to 'go down' to the Europe League. This season, the balance like visitor of the Barça in Europe is of a victory (in front of the Port wine) and two defeats (in front of Shakhtar and Amberes).

The antecedents do not help to the Barça in his mission to win in Italy

Between 2017 and 2021, the Barça the gone to domicile with a balance of a defeat (4-0 in Paris in 2017) and four ties (1-1 in front of Chelsea in 2018, 0-0 in Lyon in 2019, 1-1 in front of the Napoli in 2020 and 1-1 in front of the PSG in 2021). In that visit to the today stadium Diego Armando Maradona, the culés survived thanks to a so much of Antoine Griezmann. The Barça went back to visit to the 'partenopeos' in 2022, but by the 'playoff' of the Europe League. This duel saldó with a conclusive victory of the ones of Xavi (2-4).

The good news for the Barça is that, in four of these five eliminatory, was able to advance in Camp Nou. That was the case after the 6-1 to the PSG in the historical traced back of 2017; the 3-0 to Chelsea in 2018; a 5-1 to the Lyon in 2019 and the 3-1 to the Italians to enclosed door by the covid-19. In 2021, the crossing in front of the PSG was the one of turn, since the Parisians finish first of group and had goleado to the Barça in Catalonia (1-4).

The Barça only has fallen in eighth of Champios thrice in this century

Another remarkable data of the Barça since they contest the eighth of final (from the 2003/24) is that the culés alone have fallen in this phase in three opportunities. The first was in the 2004/05, season in which Chelsea took out advantage of the localía to impose with a thrilling 5-4 in the global (2-1 for the Barça in Camp Nou, 4-2 for the 'blues' in London).

In the 2006/07 the Barça, like champion defender, could not surpass to the Liverpool of Rafa Benítez by the rule of the goal visitor (1-2 for the 'reds' in Catalonia, 0-1 for the Barcelona in Anfield). In both eliminatory, Frank Rijkaard was the trainer culé. The last negative antecedent in eighth, the mentioned crossing in the 2020/21 in front of the PSG (2-5 the global).