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Rampant Paris Saint-Germain obliterates Barcelona in historic win

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Barcelona made history Tuesday, but there won't be any plaques at the Camp Nou to commemorate this record.

The Blaugrana were eviscerated by Paris Saint-Germain, the French side battering Luis Enrique's men in every facet of the game to claim an astonishing 4-0 victory in the opening leg of the heavyweight Round of 16 encounter.

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The crushing setback equals Barcelona's record for the heaviest defeat ever suffered by the Catalan side in European competition.

Birthday boys Angel Di Maria and Edinson Cavani combined for three goals - the Argentine winger netting a pair of sweet tallies on either side of the half-time interval - while Julian Draxler also found the back of the net on a memorable, somewhat surreal evening in the French capital.

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The return leg is slated for March 8 at the Camp Nou, and the Catalan club will need an equally historic showing to dig itself out of this enormous hole.

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