Paris vs Barcelona: UEFA Champions League background, form guide, previous meetings Friday 26 February 2021
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Paris Saint-Germain have one foot in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals thanks to Kylian Mbappé s hat-trick at Barcelona.
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Paris Saint-Germain hold a three-goal cushion thanks to Kylian Mbappé s stunning hat-trick at the Camp Nou as Barcelona come to the Parc des Princes for the second leg of this UEFA Champions League round of 16 tie.
• Although Barcelona produced a famous fightback against Paris at this stage in 2016/17, that second leg took place at their home stadium, where Lionel Messi s 27th-minute penalty opened the scoring in the first leg of this tie. Mbappé quickly levelled, however, and struck twice more in the second half either side of a Moise Kean goal to make the final score 4-1 and become the first visiting player to score three times in a UEFA Champions League match at the Ca
Barcelona vs Paris: UEFA Champions League background, form guide, previous meetings Friday 8 January 2021
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Despite the absence of Neymar, there will be plenty of sub-plots as Paris Saint-Germain return to the Camp Nou to take on Barcelona.
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There will be plenty of sub-plots as Barcelona welcome Paris Saint-Germain to Spain, not least the memory of a record UEFA Champions League comeback the last time the sides crossed paths.
• Barça – with Neymar, now of Paris, playing a leading role – overturned a 4-0 first-leg defeat at this stage of the UEFA Champions League four years ago, a 6-1 second-leg success completing a remarkable comeback in one of only five UEFA competition ties in which a side has won on aggregate having lost the first game by a four-goal margin – and the sole instance in the UEFA Champions League knockout phase.