Sunday, 12 March 2017

THE MOST MEMORABLE AND REMARKABLE COMEBACK IN UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE HISTORY


                                                         UEFA Champions League logo 2.svg

The UEFA Champions League is an annual continental club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top European clubs. It is one of the most prestigious tournaments in the world and the most watched club competition in European football. the competition replaced the European Champion Clubs' Cup, or simply European Cup, which had run since 1955. Nevertheless we have witness so many exceptional season of the UEFA champions league every year which bring some memories that worth noticing for fans all around the globe.. example of such memories is the latest record set by BARCELONA against PSG in 2016-17 season.

Though 16 teams have lost the first leg of a knockout match with three goals, but still managed to retain themselves for the next round, however lets take a look at the most spectacular and memorable of all.

2 October 1957                                         AC MILAN  4VS 1 RAPID WIEN
9 October 1957                                         RAPID WIEN 5 VS 2 AC MILAN
                                                                    Milan 6-6 Rapid Wien on aggregate.
                                                                            Milan won play-off 4-2.

1975-10-22                                                    DERBY COUNTY 4 VS 1 REAL MADRID
1975-11-05                                                    REAL MADRID 5 VS 1 DERBY COUNTY
                                                                             Real Madrid won 6-5 on aggregate.

2 April 1986                                                  GOTHENBURG 3 VS 0 BARCELONA 
16 April 1986                                               BARCELONA 3 VS 0 GOTHENBURG
                                                 Gothenburg 3-3 Barcelona on aggregate. Barcelona won on penalties 

23 March 2004                                         AC MILAN 4 VS 1 DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA 
7 April 2004                                             DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA 4 VS 0 AC MILAN
                                                                            Deportivo won 5-4 on aggregate.

Only one team has lost the first leg of a knockout match by 4 goals, but still managed to qualify for the next round, BARCELONA THE RECORD BREAKER

14 February 2017                                            PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN 4 VS 0 BARCELONA
8 March 2017                                                    BARCELONA 6 VS 1 PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN
                                                                                    Barcelona won 6-5on aggregate.

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