This article first appeared on ESPN FC on May 9, 2014.
Football doesn't often divert from the predictable, but when it does, it's utterly glorious. Here are 10 of the best comebacks from down the years.
10. Inter 3-2 Sampdoria, 2005
Football can inspire so many emotions, from an appreciation of aesthetics as someone like Thierry Henry glides past an opponent, or simple abject disappointment as once again your team's season sputters out, midtable irrelevance the best outcome one can hope for. However, few things can bring despair like football can, the old cliche about hope being the worst thing can be made to look frankly silly when one thinks of the depths players or fans can sink to at a particular disappointment.