Magical Neymar sparks greatest European comeback of them all

Barcelona 6 - PSG 1 (6-5 on agg): Neymar was the hero for Barcelona last night as the Catalans made history by becoming the first team ever to overcome a 0-4 first leg deficit — beating Paris Saint Germain 6-1 on the night with the last few minutes of the game seeing the Brazilian score twice and set up a 95th winner for substitute Sergi Roberto.

Magical Neymar sparks greatest European comeback of them all

Barca’s win looked very unlikely before kick-off, and almost impossible as the clock ticked towards the 90 minutes — until Neymar then took over.

His superb free kick on 88 minutes seemed at the time just the last dying kick from a team who had won on the night, but paid for their awful showing in being hammered 4-0 in Paris in last month’s first leg.

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