Lionel Messi scored a superb long-range effort and had a penalty saved as Paris St-Germain held off his spirited Barcelona side to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a 5-2 aggregate win.
The result sees Barca fail to advance into the last eight of the competition for the first time in 14 years.
Messi’s stunning equaliser had given the visitors hope of staging a remarkable comeback after Kylian Mbappe had earlier put the hosts in front against the run of play with a penalty.
Ronald Koeman’s side had arrived at the Parc des Princes seeking to become the first side to overturn a three-goal deficit from the first leg at home by delivering a performance on the scale of ‘La Remontada’.
But some wasteful finishing, including Messi’s penalty that was deflected on to the bar by PSG goalkeeper Keylor Navas on the stroke of half time, sealed their fate.
More to follow.
Player of the match
MbappéKylian Mbappé
Paris Saint Germain
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Squad number7Player nameMbappé
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Squad number6Player nameVerratti
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Squad number1Player nameNavas
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Squad number5Player nameMarquinhos
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Squad number3Player nameKimpembe
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Squad number23Player nameDraxler
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Squad number27Player nameGueye
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Squad number9Player nameIcardi
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Squad number12Player nameRafinha
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Squad number8Player nameParedes
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Squad number31Player nameDagba
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Squad number24Player nameFlorenzi
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Squad number22Player nameDiallo
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Squad number20Player nameKurzawa
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Squad number11Player nameDi MarÃa
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Squad number15Player nameDanilo Pereira
Line-ups
PSG
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Navas
- 24FlorenziSubstituted forDagbaat 77′minutes
- 5Marquinhos
- 3Kimpembe
- 20KurzawaBooked at 8minsSubstituted forDialloat 45′minutes
- 27GueyeBooked at 50minsSubstituted forDaniloat 59′minutes
- 8ParedesBooked at 50mins
- 6VerrattiSubstituted forRafinhaat 84′minutes
- 23DraxlerSubstituted forDi MarÃaat 59′minutes
- 9IcardiBooked at 89mins
- 7Mbappé
Substitutes
- 4Kehrer
- 11Di MarÃa
- 12Rafinha
- 15Danilo
- 16Rico
- 19Sarabia
- 21Herrera
- 22Diallo
- 25Bakker
- 31Dagba
- 32Pembele
- 38Michut
Barcelona
Formation 3-4-1-2
- 1ter Stegen
- 28MinguezaBooked at 25minsSubstituted forFirpoat 35′minutes
- 21de JongBooked at 38mins
- 15LengletBooked at 30mins
- 2DestSubstituted forMachado Trincãoat 66′minutes
- 5BusquetsSubstituted forKourouma Kouroumaat 79′minutes
- 16GonzálezSubstituted forPjanicat 78′minutes
- 18Alba
- 7Griezmann
- 11DembéléSubstituted forBraithwaiteat 79′minutes
- 10Messi
Substitutes
- 8Pjanic
- 9Braithwaite
- 12Puig
- 13Murara Neto
- 17Machado Trincão
- 19Fernandes Siqueira
- 23Umtiti
- 24Firpo
- 26Peña
- 27Kourouma Kourouma
- 29De la Fuente
Live Text
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Match ends, Paris Saint Germain 1, Barcelona 1.
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Second Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 1, Barcelona 1.
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Attempt missed. Junior Firpo (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Colin Dagba.
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Attempt missed. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Mauro Icardi following a fast break.
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Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint Germain).
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Jordi Alba (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Rafinha (Paris Saint Germain).
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Foul by Miralem Pjanic (Barcelona).
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Rafinha (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Miralem Pjanic.
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Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Rafinha replaces Marco Verratti.
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Attempt missed. Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
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Substitution, Barcelona. Ilaix Moriba replaces Sergio Busquets.
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Substitution, Barcelona. Martin Braithwaite replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
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Substitution, Barcelona. Miralem Pjanic replaces Pedri.
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Offside, Barcelona. Jordi Alba tries a through ball, but Ousmane Dembélé is caught offside.
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Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Colin Dagba replaces Alessandro Florenzi because of an injury.
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