BIG MATCH FEATURE: Barca v PSG

Paris Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique returns to Barcelona needing to mastermind a memorable Uefa Champions League comeback with the Spanish side defending a 3-2 advantage from the first game in the French capital.

Luis Enrique guided Barça to their most recent European Cup triumph in 2015 but his current charges fell behind to their Spanish opponents after 37 minutes at the Parc des Princes on 10 April, Raphinha slotting in. Paris came back strongly in the second half, quick goals from former Barcelona winger Ousmane Dembélé (48) and Vitinha (51) turning the game in their favour but Raphinha levelled two minutes past the hour and substitute Andreas Christensen struck with 13 minutes left to give Barcelona an advantage to take back to Spain.

This is the fourth time the clubs have met in the Champions League quarterfinals. Barcelona have won the last two of those three previous last-eight meetings, in 2012-13 and – under Luis Enrique – in 2014-15 and also earned a record Champions League comeback win against Paris in the 2016-17 round of 16. The French team, however, triumphed in the 1994-95 quarterfinals and also won the last tie between the sides, in the 2020-21 last 16, thanks to an inspirational display from Kylian Mbappé at the Camp Nou.

Paris are in the last eight for the first time in three seasons, while Barcelona reached the quarterfinals in every campaign between 2007-08 and 2019-20 but have not featured at this stage since the latter campaign – when they suffered a record 8-2 defeat by Bayern München in a one-off tie in Lisbon.

The French side were group F runners-up behind Borussia Dortmund in the autumn but eased past Barcelona's domestic rivals Real Sociedad in the round of 16. Barça, meanwhile, were Group H