Biggest Champions League comebacks in history: What Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Aston Villa can learn

The Champions League CV on Tuesday Evening and for three of the eight remaining teams would be what is needed, on the historic: as always you can detect all the action Paramount+ With extra coverage CBS Sports Network and CBS Sports Golazo Network). While Inter’s 2-1 victory in Bayern Munich Everything left behind to play in the San Siro on Wednesday, every other draw seems that it could be quite plausible in the first 90 minutes.

Aston Villa has a shortage of two goals to overcome at home at Paris Saint-GermainReal Madrid needs three against Arsenal to take the draw on extra time, while if Borussia Dortmund Barcelona would eliminate, they would only become the second team in the history of the Champions League to qualify afterwards Losses with a four -purpose margin in the first stage.

But again, it’s done. By Super deper To the best assist The comeback, The history of the Champions League is full of surprising comebacks. Three teams have achieved on Wednesday evening what Real Madrid needs. Villa Knock -Out PSG would make them the 10th team to cancel a shortage of two goals in their home leg. Let’s dive into the history of the Champions League looking for earlier triumphs that can inspire this week’s underdogs:

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James Benge

1. Madrid must match Deportivo

2003-04 Champions League quarterfinals
First stage: AC Milan 4 (Kaka 45 ’49’, Shevchenko 46 ‘, Milanted 53’), DeportVot only 1 (Pandiian 11 ‘)
Second stage: Sports Coruna 4

The biggest defense of their era rocks in Spain with a three goals to defend. Sounds known? For Arsenal 2024-25, read the AC Milan 2003-04 Achterguard Anchored by Paolo Maldini and Alessandro Nesta. To be honest, it is a much intimidating backline for Deportivo La Coruna than the one who will be confronted with Real Madrid on Wednesday. After all, the Rossoneri Were the European champions and the quarterfinals had not been in last place because of their defense, which had only admitted five goals in nine Champions League matches that were on their way. Away from home they were masters of sharpening things, zero goals gave so far on the road in the competition.

Then Walter Pandiani climbed a low shot along Dida and the Riazor, already from the hope, began to believe. Even more important is that the atmosphere seemed to activate Milan. How else to explain all three Cafu, Dida and Maldini, who misjudge the cross from which the Great Juan Carlos Valeron has doubled the lead of Deportivo in the night? Or why Nesta fully estimated a long ball with which Albert Luque left in, so that a 4-1 first leg deficit was turned into a 4-4 where Super Depor goals led? Another Van Fran and the Galicians were impressive to the first (and only to date) European semi -final in their history.

Lessons for Madrid: It will take an early goal. From the start, Madrid will have to be a ruthless energy power, the “crazy Buzz bombs flying around everywhere” that Andrea Pirlo Deportivo would describe as in his autobiography.

2. Villa Park must be in PSG’s heads

2018-19 Champions League semi-final
First stage: Barcelona 3 (Suarez 26 ‘, Messi 75’ 82 ‘), Liverpool 0
Second stage: Liverpool 4 (Origi 7 ’79’, Wijnaldum 54 ’56’), Barcelona 0

The task for Aston Villa can feel heavy, but it is nothing to do as if it seemed like Liverpool had to do when they welcomed Barcelona in Anfield in the semi-final of 2018-19. A 3-0 defeat in the Camp Nou, an exhausted home arrangement without Mohamed Salah or Roberto Firmino: even Jurgen Klopp told his players that this was “impossible” … for someone other than she did. Divock Origi struck early and looked back at the game, it is at that time that Barcelona starts to Jitter.

To understand the magic of that night, we have to return to the previous season and the 4-1 first leg of Barcelona about Roma. Again, it seemed like the hard work was done in the first stage, but Edin Dzeko was in inspired mood, which led from the front, the road beyond the powerful late header of Kostas Manolas. It was as if the team that had carried out the greatest act of escapology of the Champions League was cursed to play the role of Witess Rube from there.

Certainly, Lionel Messi and the company started to fear that then Anfield roared on Liverpool. When Georginio Wijnaldum’s 122 seconds Brace brought them to the level, Barcelona did not know where to look. So much was clear when the 14-year-old Oakley Cannonier quickly rolled the ball to Trent Alexander-Arnold to take a corner. Nobody looked at the six Yard Box, Origi who turned home the historic winner for the team, who would again become cold champions of Europe.

Lessons for Aston Villa: Having a raw atmosphere of the off certainly helps quite a bit, but Unai Emery probably doesn’t have to worry that Villa Park will be something different than electric on Tuesday. It is more intriguing whether there are psg nerves for villa to hunt further.

This is perhaps a very different iteration of the French champions, but those who wear this journey have made a considerable habit of falling apart at the big moments on the European stage in the past. Would memories of 44 Unscored Shots against Dortmund and Karim Benzema’s One Man Wrecking Job come back if this night starts badly for PSG?

3. Dortmund just needs several iconic attackers

2016-17 Champions League round of 16
Paris Saint-Germain 4 (Di Maria 18 ’55’, Draxler 40 ‘, Cavani 72’), Barcelona 0
Barcelona 6 (Suarez 3 ‘, Kurzawa 40’ OG, Messi 50 ‘Pen., Neymar 88’, 90+1 pen., Roberto 90+5), Paris Saint-Germain 1 (Cavani 62 ‘)

Only one team achieved what seemed impossible after 90 minutes was played in the Ronde 2016-17 of 16. Angel di Maria and Edinson Cavani had brought Barcelona in a 4-0 first leg victory, but where Lionel Messi was, was there a chance, right? That certainly seemed to be true when Barcelona was 3-0 with 28 minutes to play, another goal enough to bring them to extra time. Then a deep free kick was taken to Edinson Cavani, a frightening volley that was worth winning a draw. That was certainly what he had done. This was the time of road goals. Barcelona was just away from having it needed to take the draw to extra time to need three in just over half an hour to continue.

The Vechtback was not immediately. Barcelona had to drive a wave of further pressure before Destiny Neymar found. A beautiful free kick bent in the nearby pole, a cooly taken penalty and then a beautiful ball over the backline for Sergi Roberto to poke home. At that time, the young Brazilian was such a brilliant player as everyone in the world. That is what was needed to achieve The comeback.

Lessons for Borussia Dortmund: Have Prime Messi and combine him with a different all time of all time to play the game of his life. Perhaps Dortmund can achieve something miraculous in the Westfalen Stadium, but if they do, it is difficult to see that it is prepared in something like the superstars that Barcelona did.