VAR Replay
Replay the Remontada's Final Minutes as PSG
Barcelona 6–1 PSG — Champions League 2016/17 Round of 16, Second Leg
PSG are still ahead on aggregate.
One counterattack can end the comeback.
Drag from the ball — to a teammate to pass, toward the goal to shoot.
Passes are free — the clock only moves when a move ends. Tap a player for their card.
What actually happened
Champions League round of 16, 8 March 2017, minute 85: Barcelona 3–1 up on the night, PSG 5–3 up on aggregate. Mascherano brought Di María down in the box and no penalty was given — Mascherano said afterwards that he had fouled him.
Neymar scored a free kick in the 88th, Suárez won a penalty in the 90th that Neymar converted, and Sergi Roberto scored the sixth in the 95th. PSG sent UEFA a five-page letter; UEFA's president said referees are not suspended.
Why it was disputed
Two decisions in seven minutes at opposite ends: the foul the defender admitted and the penalty critics called a dive. Both are filed as exhibits, both are argued both ways, and the jury scores each.
How the replay adapts it
You take PSG from the 85th minute with the aggregate at 5–3 in your favour, six two-minute beats. History scores three times against you: 88', 91' and 95'.
The score on screen is the aggregate. One PSG goal makes it 6–6 and PSG go through on away goals — that is the win. The referee here is certified, because the jury's verdict on the real incident set him that way.
Questions the court gets asked
- Is this the real 6–1?
- A satirical adaptation of Barcelona 6–1 PSG, from the Di María no-call onward, with the aggregate as the scoreline. Players are fictional stand-ins; the referee parodies the jury's verdict on the incident.
- Why does one goal win it?
- Because at 6–6 on aggregate PSG go through on away goals. One counterattack that survives review ends the Remontada before Sergi Roberto gets his turn.
- Can I stop the scripted goals?
- No. The player never defends in VAR Replay — history scores when it scored. You outscore it, or you relive it.
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