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"Beyond reason. Beyond Roman reality, and in the end, beyond even Barcelona," (Peter Drury, 2018).
On 10 April 2018, Barcelona travelled to Rome with one-and-a-half feet in the Champions League semi-final, in what should have been a run of the mill second-leg success for Ernesto Valverde's side.
What unfolded, however, was one of the greatest comebacks in Champions League history, as Eusebio Di Francesco's men pulled off the shock of the decade, beating their visitors 3-0 at the Stadio Olimpico and ending Barcelona's dreams of European glory.