Europe’s biggest second-leg comebacks

Only 5 teams have overturned a four-goal first-leg necessity to win a UEFA bar foe tie: UEFA.com celebrates a quip kings.

Dinamo Minsk 4-0 Zenit
Zenit 8-1aet Dinamo Minsk
2018/19 UEFA Europa League third subordinate round

Former Zenit midfielder Sergei Semak’s initial European diversion as a club’s permanent manager was an pure disaster as his side were trounced in Belarus, though a lapse was an extraordinary triumph. The hosts dragged a diversion into additional time – notwithstanding carrying a male sent off when they were 2-0 adult – and reacted to Dinamo scoring an divided idea by attack 4 some-more of their own. “We put ourselves in that conditions though got out of it ourselves too,” Semak said. “It done a feat all a sweeter.”

Paris 4-0 Barcelona
Barcelona 6-1 Paris
2016/17 UEFA Champions League turn of 16

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Barcelona became a first – and, to date, only – side to overturn a four-goal necessity in Europe’s tip bar competition. Paris’s dispersion of Luis Enrique’s side in France was a shock; a quip something out of this world, Sergi Roberto distinguished in added-time to win a tie. “I told him: ‘Get into a box! You’re going to score!” Neymar recalled. Sergi Roberto added: “I didn’t know if we was forgetful … we have never famous cheers like that.”

Borussia Mönchengladbach 5-1 Real Madrid
Real Madrid 4-0 Borussia Mönchengladbach
1985/86 UEFA Cup third round

Real Madrid went on to win a 1985/86 UEFA Cup©Getty Images

Madrid took a first-leg pulsation from Jupp Heynckes’ side, though Jorge Valdano struck twice within a initial 17 mins of a second leg to put Luis Molowny’s charges in a hunt. Santillana combined dual some-more late on to finish a unusual comeback, his side going on to kick Köln in a final. Forward Juanito said: “I’ve been a Spanish international; I’ve played during dual World Cups, I’ve won titles with Madrid, though this quip tops a lot. It’s a happiest day of my life.”

Queens Park Rangers 6-2 Partizan
Partizan 4-0 Queens Park Rangers
1984/85 UEFA Cup second round

Simon Stainrod in movement for QPR opposite Partizan©Getty Images

Trounced during Arsenal’s Highbury home, where QPR played their European games that season, Partizan looked to be finished forward of a second leg opposite Alan Mullery’s side, though goals from Dragan Mance, Dragan Kaličanin, Miodrag JeÅ¡ić and Zvonko Živković upended a tie. “We got smashed on a night,” removed QPR midfielder Gary Waddock. “We prepared properly, though a outcome shows we what can occur if we get off to a bad start a lapse leg in European football.”

La Chaux-de-Fonds 6-2 Leixões SC
Leixões SC 5-0 La Chaux-de-Fonds
1961/62 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup initial round

Leixões are best remembered for a 2-0 feat opposite nearby neighbours Porto in a 1961 Portuguese Cup final, with that outcome earning them a European Cup Winners’ Cup place. Their continental entrance saw Filipo Nuñez’s side dejected 6-2 during La Chaux-de-Fonds, though a Swiss side buckled during a Estádio do Mar. Osvaldo Silva done it 2-0 before a break, with Oliveirinha – twice a scorer in a initial leg – attack dual some-more possibly side of a Vandinho effort.