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Barcelona: ter Stegen, Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Joao Cancelo, Gonzalez, de Jong, Gundogan, Yamal, Lewandowski, Raphinha.
Subs: Martinez, Torres, Pena, Joao Felix, Lopez, Alonso, Romeu, Vitor Roque, Astralaga, Casado, Guiu, Fort.
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PSG: Donnarumma, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Hernandez, Nuno Mendes, Zaire Emery, Vitinha, Fabian, Dembele, Mbappe, Barcola.
Subs: Navas, Ugarte, Goncalo Ramos, Asensio, Danilo Pereira, Lee, Muani, Mukiele, Carlos Soler, Lucas Beraldo, Skriniar, Tenas.
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Referee: Istvan Kovacs (Romania).
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Since Barcelona won the Champions League in 2015 under Luis Enrique, they’ve been on the wrong end of three second-leg comebacks in Uefa’s flagship competition. A 2-0 defeat at Atlético Madrid in 2016 after a 2-1 home win. A 3-0 capitulation at Roma in 2018 after a 4-1 home win. That four-goal mauling by Liverpool in 2019 after a 3-0 victory at Camp Nou. Would it complete a narrative arc if they somehow threw away a first-leg lead yet again, against a Paris Saint-Germain team now managed by Luis Enrique? Well, no, not really. But it would still be something. Barça are favourites to progress to a semi-final against either Borussia Dortmund or Atlético Madrid having won 3-2 in Paris last week; the French champions require a superstar performance from Kylian Mbappé if they’re to stop Barça gaining revenge for their 5-2 aggregate victory over the Catalans in 2021. Whatever happens, one big team will be crashing out tonight, so with everything on the line this promises to be a cracker. Kick-off at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona is at 8pm BST, 9pm local. It’s on!
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Key events
Barcelona have five players who will miss the first leg of the semi-final if they pick up a booking this evening. Of the starters, Ronald Araújo, Frenkie de Jong and the 16-year-old sensation Lamine Yamal are on the punishment precipice; Ferran Torres and João Félix also need to watch themselves if they come on. PSG also have five players teetering on the brink of a suspension: Ousmane Dembélé, Vitinha and Lucas Hernández from their starting XI, plus subs Manuel Ugarte and Milan Škriniar.
A reminder of what happened in that first leg. Presented to you in both minute-by-minute and traditional match report formats, you extremely fortunate people.
Barcelona make one change from the first leg. Pedri replaces the suspended Sergi Roberto. Andreas Christensen, who came off the bench to win the match at the Parc des Prince, also misses out through suspension.
PSG make three changes. Achraf Hakimi, Warren Zaïre-Emery and Bradley Barcola replace Lee Kang-in, Marco Asensio and Lucas Beraldo, who all drop to the bench.
The teams
Barcelona: ter Stegen, Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Joao Cancelo, Gonzalez, de Jong, Gundogan, Yamal, Lewandowski, Raphinha.
Subs: Martinez, Torres, Pena, Joao Felix, Lopez, Alonso, Romeu, Vitor Roque, Astralaga, Casado, Guiu, Fort.
PSG: Donnarumma, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Hernandez, Nuno Mendes, Zaire Emery, Vitinha, Fabian, Dembele, Mbappe, Barcola.
Subs: Navas, Ugarte, Goncalo Ramos, Asensio, Danilo Pereira, Lee, Muani, Mukiele, Carlos Soler, Lucas Beraldo, Skriniar, Tenas.
Referee: Istvan Kovacs (Romania).
To be fair to Barcelona, on the subject of post-2015 comebacks, there’s also this. Not totally irrelevant, given the opposition.
Preamble
Since Barcelona won the Champions League in 2015 under Luis Enrique, they’ve been on the wrong end of three second-leg comebacks in Uefa’s flagship competition. A 2-0 defeat at Atlético Madrid in 2016 after a 2-1 home win. A 3-0 capitulation at Roma in 2018 after a 4-1 home win. That four-goal mauling by Liverpool in 2019 after a 3-0 victory at Camp Nou. Would it complete a narrative arc if they somehow threw away a first-leg lead yet again, against a Paris Saint-Germain team now managed by Luis Enrique? Well, no, not really. But it would still be something. Barça are favourites to progress to a semi-final against either Borussia Dortmund or Atlético Madrid having won 3-2 in Paris last week; the French champions require a superstar performance from Kylian Mbappé if they’re to stop Barça gaining revenge for their 5-2 aggregate victory over the Catalans in 2021. Whatever happens, one big team will be crashing out tonight, so with everything on the line this promises to be a cracker. Kick-off at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona is at 8pm BST, 9pm local. It’s on!