Paris Saint-Germain crushed FC Barcelona by 4-0 to take a lead in the last eight of the Champions League. Stunning performance from Angel Di Maria further supported by Julian Draxler and Edinson Cavani ensured victory for their team PSG.
As written in ESPN, Luis Enrique was visibly agitated with a reporter after Barcelona's humiliation on Tuesday in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie. He admitted that his team was clearly inferior in defeat.
Out of the four goals, Angel Di Maria scores two goals, and Julian Draxler and Edinson Cavani scored one goal each. Now, Barcelona has to climb a mountain next month to move ahead in the tournament.
As written in Euro Sport, the defeat will leave many people questioning the future of a number of Barcelona's stars. On the other hand, PSG will feel that they are capable of going ahead in the tournament.
Barcelona and PSG will meet again for the second leg at the Nou Camp on March 8. The big stars like Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, and Neymar Jr were not able to make an impact in the game and now team's future in this tournament is not bright.
Barcelona is very unlikely to move forward in Champions League after this defeat. Till now, PSG has never lost a last-16 tie in the Champions League. Even if the trio MSN hits 4 to 5 goals in next match, that is not possible that PSG will not reply to that.
This may be the end of an era for some player of Barcelona as it looks like they will lose quarter-finals for the first time in 10 years. Fans are expecting them to make a comeback in the league but they also realize that this is very tough work.
Angel Di Maria won the Man of the Match by scoring two goals against Barcelona. Also, he and Verratti had the highest rating of 9 in that match.
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