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All big clubs in the soccer world have great historic comebacks become part of the club's history and Barcelona is one of them. Although not too many, the 'Blaugranas' made several remarkable European comebacks that helped build its status as one of the giants in Europe, including little over a month ago when they routed AC Milan at the Camp Nou. Can they do it again against Bayern Munich facing an even larger deficit? The following are the European comebacks made by Barcelona:
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The first great comeback done by Barcelona was in the third round of the 1977-78 UEFA Cup where the team visited Ipswich Town and lost 3-0.
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The second leg, Barcelona, led by Johan Cruyff won 3-0 and took the matchup to the penalty shootout here they won to advance to the quarterfinals.
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In the second round of the 1978-79 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Barcelona played against Anderlecht, losing in Belgium 3-0.
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In the second leg Barcelona made the comeback and won 3-0. The penalty shootout was won by the 'Blaugranas' to advance to the quarterfinals of the tournament that ultimately was won by the Catalans.
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In the 1985-86 season a surprising Swedish club Goteborg pounded Barcelona at home 3-0 in the semifinals, putting the Catalans in a dificult position to advance to the final.
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The game at Camp Nou saw an inspired 'Pichi' Alonso scored a hat trick that took the match to a penalty shootout where Barcelona came out victorious to advance to the final which they lost to Romania's Steaua from the penalty spot.
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In the 1993-94 season the then called 'Dream Team' lost the first leg of the first round against Dynamo Kyiv 3-1.
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The second leg at Camp Nou ended 4-1 with Bakero scoring a brace, with Koeman and Laudrup also scoring, and Barcelona advanced to the second round.
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The last comeback made by Barcelona was against Chelsea in the quarterfinals of the 1999-00 season. The 'Blues' beat Barça at Stamford Bridge 3-1 with 2 goals by Tore Andre Flo and one more of Gianfranco Zola. A goal by Luis Figo gave Barcelona some hope for the comeback at Camp Nou.
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The second leg at Camp Nou ended 5-1 but it went to extra after the regular time ended 3-1. Rivaldo, Figo and Dani Garcia scored for Barcelona while Andre Flo did for Chelsea in the 90 minutes. Then Rivaldo and Patrick Kluivert in extra time, gave Barcelona the ticket to the semifinals.
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In February, Barcelona visited AC Milan in a Round of 16 Champions League match as heavy favorites, but they left the San Siro with a 0-2 defeat after being badly outplayed. The loss had many experts talking about the end of an era for the Catalan club.
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Three weeks after the first leg defeat, however, Barcelona came storming back with a dominating 4-0 win over Milan at the Camp Nou. Lionel Messi, David Villa and Jordi Alba scored in a game that has Barcelona fans hoping they can do the same against Bayern Munich.
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All big clubs in the soccer world have great historic comebacks become part of the club's history and Barcelona is one of them. Although not too many, the 'Blaugranas' made several remarkable European comebacks that helped build its status as one of the giants in Europe, including little over a month ago when they routed AC Milan at the Camp Nou. Can they do it again against Bayern Munich facing an even larger deficit? The following are the European comebacks made by Barcelona:
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