QF 2nd Leg AS Roma beat FC Barcelona 3-0
Roma pulled off a sensational
second-leg comeback to beat Barcelona 3-0 and reach the Champions League
semi-finals on away goals.
Defender Kostas Manolas scored the crucial third goal, heading in at the near post with eight minutes remaining.
Edin Dzeko struck early to give Roma hope and Daniele de Rossi added a second-half penalty.
The crowd at the Stadio Olimpico erupted at the final whistle as the Roma substitutes and coaching staff piled on to the pitch to celebrate with the players.
There were tears in the stands from those watching, not quite believing what they had witnessed.
Roma became only the third team in Champions League history to overturn a first-leg defeat of three goals or more - Deportivo La Coruna against AC Milan in 2004 and Barcelona against Paris St-Germain last season.
On this occasion, runaway Spanish league leaders Barcelona were on the receiving end of an unthinkable result.
They had no answer to Roma's high-tempo, energetic performance which brought a richly deserved victory.
- Roma have kept five consecutive clean sheets in five matches at Stadio Olimpico in this season's Champions League, their best run without conceding on home soil in the European Cup/Champions League
- Barcelona conceded as many goals on Tuesday as in their previous 10 Champions League games combined
- Barcelona are without a win in their past five away knockout matches in the Champions League (D1, L5), conceding 13 goals and scoring one
- Edin Dzeko has scored three goals in his past three Champions League games against Barcelona, more than he has netted against any other club in the competition
- Dzeko has scored in three consecutive Champions League appearances for only the second time, and the first since December 2009 with Wolfsburg
- Daniele de Rossi scored his first Champions League goal since bagging a brace against Bayer Leverkusen in October 2015
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