5 biggest deficits overturned in the Champions League Round of 16

#1 Barcelona v PSG (2016-17)

What a night of football it was

La Remontada will go down as one of football’s greatest and most memorable games ever. Arguably, it is the greatest footballing comeback ever achieved.

Paris Saint-Germain’s 4-0 win over Barca at Parc des Princes seemed to have secured their spot in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. The Catalans were in the midst of a run of poor form and could not claim to have deserved anything else but a heavy defeat in the French capital.

Angel Di Maria got a couple, Julian Draxler another and Edinson Cavani the final strike, which seemed to have set the seal on PSG’s progress.

What occurred in front of nearly 100,000 rapt spectators at Camp Nou three weeks later was magical.

Within three minutes of the second leg, Luis Suarez had gotten Barca back in the tie. An own goal from Layvin Kurzawa before the break gave hope of a comeback before a Lionel Messi penalty early in the second half made the dream tangible. Cavani, though, seemed to extinguish it with an away goal after the hour mark.

There were three minutes left to play as Neymar, in irrepressible form that night, stood over a free kick with his side needing three goals to progress. He scored to spark an incredible meltdown from the guests, who thereafter completed only four passes, conceded a penalty and then a sixth from Sergi Roberto.

It was truly a match that everyone remembers where they were as they watched the drama unfold. In another 100 years of European football, there will not be such a tie.

If PSG were to overcome Real Madrid on Tuesday, it would only begin to undo some of the damage.

First Leg: PSG 4-0 Barcelona

Second Leg: Barcelona 6-1 PSG

Final Scoreline: Barcelona 6-5 PSG