Barça ends its 'curse' as a visitor in the Champions League

The victory of the FC Barcelona in front of Paris Saint-Germain (2-3) was the first to domicile for the culés in the last polish in the UEFA Champions League. The ones of Xavi Hernández cut the Wednesday a series of five years without winning like visitor in the phase of 'KO' of the maximum European competition, something that did not attain from the triumph in Old Trafford in 2019 in front of the Manchester United, also by fourth (0-1).

The then directed team by Ernesto Valverde imposed in the 'theatre of the dreams' in front of some 'network devils' that came to delete to the PSG in eighth with a goal in own door of Luke Shaw in the minute 12. The turn in Camp Nou was a Barcelona party (3-0) with so many of Leo Messi (doublet) and Philippe Coutinho. Since, the Barça accumulated three ties (two in front of the Naples and one in front of Paris) consecutive like visitor, considering that the club remained out of the decisive crossings in 2022 and 2023 and that the fall in front of the Bayern Munich in 2020 produced in neutral terrain (Lisbon).

The Barça went back to hacerce big in Paris

Besides, the Barcelona revived good memories in the French capital nine years after his last victory in the Park of the Princes. In 2015, with Luis Enrique in the bench, the Barcelona group imposed with authority (1-3) thanks to a doublet of Luis Suárez and another so much of Neymar Jr. The culés had equalised in 2021 (1-1) and fallen by goleada in 2017 (4-0) in his two last visits to the PSG.

In the turn contested in Catalonia, 'Ney' was again appears with a doublet that sealed in 5-1 global. Casually, that crossing also gave in the quarter-finals and, in 'semis', the culés surpassed to the Bayern Munich by a global of 5-3. This year, the way to Wembley can mark a crossing in front of Athletic of Madrid or Borussia Dortmund. In the gone, the 'colchoneros' took advantage home (2-1), being the only team that could win as local this week in Champions.