Barcelona survived an early scare and tied PSG 1-1 to advance to the Champions League semifinals on away goals today.
Lionel Messi — who got hurt in the 2nd half against PSG last week — did not start.
But he was forced to come on in the 60th minute after PSG took a shock 1-0 lead.
After Messi came on, Barca took control and tied it up.
Here's the PSG goal that put them in front in the 53rd minute:
But in the 73rd minute Pedro buried a rocket-powered shot into the back of the net:
So Barcelona never beat PSG, but the two away goals they scored last week in Paris were enough to send them through.
The Champions League semis: Barca, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund. The draw for who plays who is Friday.
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