Angel Di Maria scored a brilliant brace on his birthday as Paris Saint-Germain sensationally destroyed Barcelona 4-0 at the Parc des Princes in their Champions League last 16 first leg.
Di Maria, the former Real Madrid star, opened the scoring in the 18th minute and curled in another 10 minutes into the second half to celebrate his 29th birthday in style. January signing Julian Draxler also netted in between while Edinson Cavani marked his 30th birthday by adding his name to the scoresheet in the 71st minute in the French capital.
Barcelona were completely stunned, the defeat their biggest European humiliation since losing 7-0 on aggregate to Bayern Munich in the semifinals in 2013.
They are now staring at a first exit from the competition before the quarterfinals in a decade, unless they can pull off a miraculous escape in the second leg at the Camp Nou next month. This was PSG’s night, though, and Unai Emery’s side will surely go on to secure a fifth successive appearance in the quarterfinals.
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