In a complicated night in Dortmund, Barcelona managed to capitalize on its advantage in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Champions League and signed its classification to the semifinals of the tournament.
Barcelona suffered, resisted and agreed to the semifinals despite Lose this April 15 In the return of the quarterfinals in front of Borussia Dortmund (3-1), thanks to the outcome (4-0).
The Barça painting He was out of start And he fit two goals from striker Serhou Guirassy, penalty (1-0, min.11) and in a corner kick (2-0, min.49), but the script of the duel changed with the 2-1 of Bensebaini in his own door (min.54) and the entrance of Pedri, after which the Barsa went on to dominate the game.
The Catalan team and an error of Araujo forgave several occasions allowed the 3-1 of Guirassy (min.76), after which Barcelona just defended in the last third of the field to ensure the pass to the semifinals.
Semifinals six years later
After eliminating Borussia Dortmund for a total of 5-3 in the quarterfinals, Barcelona has qualified for a semifinals of the Champions League six years later.
Then he fell to Liverpool, who was champion of the 2018-19 edition, in an infamous memory tie for the Catalans, who won 3-0 in the first leg played at the Camp Nou and fell 4-0 in Anfield in a disastrous game.
In the following season (20-21), the team trained by Quique Setién fell in a quarterfinals played by single match in Lisbon (Stadium da Luz) by a scandalous 2-8, the largest win embedded in its European history by the Barca team.
On the bench of Bayern Munich was Hansi Flick, who had long replaced Niko Kovac. Setién had been chosen in Barça after the dismissal of Ernesto Valverde.
In the next two campaigns, the 21-22 and 22-23, Barcelona went through the worst moments in its recent European history, since it did not exceed in either case the group stage of the maximum continental competition.
In the last campaign, with Xavi Hernández on the bench, Barsa reached the quarterfinals.
He won in the first leg in the PSG field 2-3, but lost in the return 1-4, in a game that played an hour with one less for the expulsion of Uruguayan Ronald Araujo.