Fourth time that the Barça is deleted in chambers of Champions

With this, already go four the eliminations that has suffered the FC Barcelona along his history in the round of quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, since the Glass of Europe advanced to this format. Of these four occasions, the FC Barcelona has sucumbido in the two last to the competitive power of the Athletic of Madrid of the "Cholo" Simeone, that has known to take out a lot of party to the two victories that has fraguado against the culés in the last years, shelving the multiple ties in Supercopa of Spain, League and Champions.

Before the colchoneros, the hangmen of the FC Barcelona in quarter-finals of UEFA Champions League had been Paris Saint-Germain and the Juventus of Turín, the French in the season 1994-95 and the Italians in the campaign 2002-03. This course, after having obtained a good result in the Camp Nou when winning in the gone by 2-1 thanks to the goals of Luis Suárez, the FC Barcelona could not do at all for countering two valuable goals of Antoine Griezmann, the first of head and the second from the penalty spot.

In the season 1994-95, the Barcelona of Johan Cruyff began playing the phase of groups against the Galatasaray, Göteborg and Manchester United. It surpassed the round and, in quarter-finals of the competition, confronted to Paris Saint-Germain. In the Camp Nou both teams empataron to one, whereas in the Park of the Princes the Barça sucumbió by 2-1.

In the course 2002-03, the Barça began surpassing a previous (Legia Warsaw) and in the phase of groups attained to advance of round in a group in which it found with Galatasaray, Lokomotiv Moscow and Witches. In a second liguilla also showed his power and surpassed to the Bayer Leverkusen, Newcastle and Inter of Milan, whereas in quarter-finals could not with the Juventus: 1-1 in Delle Alpi and 1-2 in the Camp Nou.

It does two seasons, the FC Barcelona of Gerardo Martino began the liguilla beside AC Milan, Ajax of Amsterdam and Celtic. It imposed to these three teams and in the eighth of final of the competition confronted to the Manchester City, to the that also won 0-2 in the Etihad Stadium and 2-1 in the Camp Nou. In quarter-finals, however, lost in front of the Athletic: 1-1 in the Camp Nou with golazo of Diego for the Athletic, and 1-0 in the Calderón with goal of Koke Resurrection, that commanded to the FC homeward Barcelona before the planned.