Barcelona endured one of the worst nights in their European history three weeks ago when they suffered a 4-0 defeat at French club PSG in the last-16 of the Champions League.
The pair meets again on Wednesday night at the Nou Camp in the second leg of the tie. The four-goal deficit looks impossible to overcome, but as the Champions League has proven in the past anything can happen.
Blaugrana boss Luis Enrique has announced that he will leave the Catalan club in the summer. His team’s performances have improved since that first leg disaster, as they have recorded four consecutive wins, scoring 15 goals in the process.
In their last game, Enrique’s side hammered Celta Vigo at the Nou Camp 5-0 in La Liga. A similar result in this game would see the Spanish champions progress to the quarter-finals of this competition.
However, PSG are not Celta Vigo. Unai Emery’s side were fantastic in the first leg and have won their last three games in all competitions. In fact, the French champions have won 14 of their last 16 games in all competitions.
In what could be a crucial factor in this tie, the French champions have conceded just one goal in their last six outings.
That defensive record will be majorly put to the test by the competition's top scorer Lionel Messi, who has scored ten times in just six appearances in this competition. The Argentinian superstar has hit form in recent weeks, scoring six times in his last four games since the last meeting with PSG.
Barcelona will need Messi and his strike partners Luis Suarez and Neymar to be at their best to have any chance of recovering this tie. Forebet predicts that Barcelona will win the game in Catalonia, but will not progress to the quarter-finals of the competition.