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Watch: Verratti tees up Draxler to extend lead over hapless Barca

Paris Saint-Germain is swarming Barcelona at the Parc des Princes, and even Lionel Messi is getting stung.

Julian Draxler scored his fifth goal in eight competitive outings since his January switch from VfL Wolfsburg in Tuesday’s Champions League Round of 16 tie, exchanging passes with Marco Verratti before smacking the ball home. Adrien Rabiot robbing possession off Messi epitomised the host’s superb pressing game in the opening stanza.

The 23-year-old doubled Les Parisiens' advantage after Angel Di Maria's lush free-kick on 18 minutes. Barcelona has never won any of the 20 Champions League fixtures in which it has fallen 2-0 behind.

Related – Watch: Di Maria curls in perfect free-kick to rock Barcelona

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Watch: Di Maria, PSG pile misery onto Barcelona with another beauty

5 photos that capture Barcelona’s horrible, no good, very bad day

5 photos that capture Barcelona’s horrible, no good, very bad day


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Di Maria's birthday brace vs. Barcelona has football world in raptures

Barcelona is getting outclassed by a Paris Saint-Germain outfit that has been condemned more than lauded this term, with ex-Real Madrid man Angel Di Maria helping himself to a sensational double in Tuesday’s Champions League tie.

His first, a beautiful free-kick, was followed by Julian Draxler lashing home after some superb pressing from PSG. His second on 55 minutes was arguably the best, as he finished off a superb team move after beating Andres Iniesta in a dance-off.

Related – Watch: Di Maria, PSG pile more misery onto Barcelona with another beauty

Here’s how the football world reacted to Luis Enrique’s lot being shamed in the French capital’s last-16 first-leg bout:

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Red hot Cavani draws closer to Ibrahimovic's PSG scoring record

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If Edinson Cavani doesn’t seek the lucrative wages on offer in China, he could go on to set a goalscoring record at Paris Saint-Germain – and it was only set nine months ago.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic bagged the last of his 156 strikes in the Coupe de France victory over Marseille on May 21, 2016, but his old Uruguayan teammate is closing in on that tally after claiming the fourth in Tuesday’s Champions League 4-0 humiliation of Barcelona.

The near-post bash is Cavani’s 115th strike for Les Parisiens, as the former Napoli hitman revelled in the excellent work behind him from Marco Verratti, Blaise Matuidi, Adrien Rabiot, Julian Draxler, and, until his 61st-minute substitution, two-goal Angel Di Maria in a famous last-16 first leg.

It capped off an absolute rout and public shaming of Luis Enrique’s star-studded Barcelona at the Parc des Princes. Cavani’s extended his tear to seven straight appearances with a goal; he’s found the net 10 times in that spell.

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