Our series “Once upon a time, the remontada”
How Barça pulled off the heist of the century thanks to refereeing
The passion of PSG stronger than the trauma
Luis Enrique, the man of the Barcelona miracle
A match that changed the face of football
Can the flapping of a butterfly's wings in Brazil cause a tornado in Texas? In 1972, the American meteorologist Edward Lorenz was a bit provocative when he asked this question. And if the answer is “no”, in this very specific case, the famous “butterfly effect” questions more broadly the influence that the infinitely small can have on the infinitely large. To what extent could history, with a capital H, have been disrupted by very particular events which had a snowball effect? To what extent did Sergi Roberto's goal, in the 95th minute of the Champions League round of 16 second leg on March 8, 2017, shake up the world of football?
Luis Enrique has his own opinion on the subject. “The comeback was of no use because it did not allow us to win the Champions League,” said the former Barça coach at a press conference on March 16, the day after the draw for the quarter-finals. of the current edition. From a
Barcelonista
point of view
, purely sporting, it's difficult to contradict him. In the grand scheme of things, on the other hand, “Luis Enrique knows perfectly well that putting the emphasis back on this match is detrimental to his team, because no one at PSG, his current club, wants to stir up these memories,” believes Roger Xuriach, co-founder from the Catalan magazine Panenka. This is why he tries to minimize his impact. But this was clearly a match for the history books and he knows it. »
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