A chance to relive Barcelona's bittersweet 2-2 attract with Paris Saint-Germain in the first-leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals At the least we didn't drop, right? Considering that Barcelona retrieved from a two-goal debt to attain this level of the competition, at face value yesterday's effect must be classified as a fruitful evening at any office. With two away goals to their name, the Blaugrana must have the upper-hand - especially when one considers their home report at this time of the competition - but with equally Lionel Messi and Javier Mascherano likely to miss the return-leg in a time; well, that significantly less than ideal. In Lionel Messi, Barcelona have dropped their talisman, their head, and crucially, their major supply of targets. And with Mascherano at the opposite end of the area, Barcelona have likely lost their best centre-half. On the other hand, Paris Saint-Germain will also be without essential players - Thiago Motta is injured, and he will be registered on the sideline with a suspended Blaise Matuidi who picked up his next yellow card of your competition. Zlatan Ibrahimovic could have scored, but the Swede appeared a shadow of his normal self - and irrespective of Thiago Silva, one might argue that the majority of the star names did not perform. It is been five years since Barcelona last won a Champions League knock-out fit without Lionel Messi in the beginning XI - a 1-0 make an impression on Schalke at the Camp Nou. The goal was got by yaya Toure, and Barcelona progressed to the semi-finals. When all is done and said, we are likely to need certainly to figure out how to perform without Messi in the course of time, so we should begin next week... Follow us on Twitter
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