PSG, AGAINST THE ROPES IN MONTJUÏC
Barça, infallible in Champions League matches after winning the first leg away from home
Published:14/04/2024 - 11:53h
Updated:14/04/2024 - 11:53h
FC Barcelona's victory against Paris Saint-Germain in France puts Xavi Hernández's men in an unbeatable position to advance to the Champions League semi-finals. In the last 11 matches that Barça won the first leg away from home, they always advanced to the next round
The FC Barcelona stepped gigantic to the 'semis' of Champions with his victory in the Park of the Princes in front of Paris Saint-Germain. Further of the result in yes, the history weighs a lot in favour of the culés of face to the turn in Montjuïc, since the Barça has been infalible in the tournament from his current denomination (from the 1992/93) when it wins a crash of gone like visitor.
In total, are 11 the crosses that the Barcelona group has surpassed after taking advantage out of house, without tropiezos that regret in Catalan floor. The last favourable precedent to the culés dates of the quarter-finals of the 2018/19, when the Barça of Ernesto Valverde imposed by 0-1 in Old Trafford. The turn in Camp Nou was a nightmare for the Manchester United saldada with a conclusive 3-0.
The Barça never has failed in Champions after arriving with advantage to Catalonia
The series of the Barça in eliminatory of Champions began with the victory in Stamford Bridge in front of Chelsea by the eighth of the 2005/06 (1-2). The ones of Frank Rijkaard attained to impose in front of the 'blues' and, after the 1-1 in Catalonia, happened to chambers. In 'semis' would repeat the history in front of the AC Milan, doing cost the 0-1 in Saint Siro to advance to the final in front of the Arsenal in Paris.
The own sucedió in the 2007/2008, in eighth in front of the Celtic (2-3 in Scotland, 1-0 in Camp Nou) and in chambers in front of the Schalke (double triumph by 1-0). In the 2010/11 arrived the turn of the historical 0-2 in front of the Real Madrid in 'semis', an eliminatory rounded with a 1-1 home. A year later, the ones of Pep Guardiola would crush to the Leverkusen in eighth (1-3 in Germany and 7-1 in Camp Nou).
The most recent crosses include four victories in England, twice in front of the City in 2014 (0-2) and 2015 (1-2), one in front of the Arsenal (0-2 in 2016) and the already mentioned in 2019 in front of the United, in addition to the remembered triumph in Paris in 2015 (1-3 in the chambers of the 2014/15). This duel is the one who greater similarity saves with the one of this season and, in each one of the mentioned eliminatory, the Barça attained to sustain the advantage like venue.
The last precedents of the PSG that ilusiona to the barcelonismo
Unlike the Barça and others 'big' European, Paris is little die to the traced back in Europe. The penultimate time that the French fell in the gone of a crossing of Champions home was three years ago, in the 'semis' of the 2020/21. The PSG lost home in front of the Manchester City (1-2) and, in the turn in England, the ones of Pep Guardiola imposed by identical result. The past season, the Parisians also lost like venues in the gone of eighth in front of the Bayern Munich (0-1) for afterwards fall again in the turn in Germany (2-0).