If Barcelona require extra inspiration as they prepare their bid to overturn a 4-0 Champions League semifinal deficit at home to Bayern Munich on Wednesday, they need look no further than La Liga rivals Deportivo La Coruna.
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Depor pulled off one of the most sensational comebacks in Europe's elite club competition back in the 2003-04 season when they thrashed AC Milan 4-0 in their quarterfinal second leg in La Coruna to shock the reigning continental champions and progress to the last four 5-4 on aggregate.
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Uruguayan forward Walter Pandiani scored the opening goal in the fifth minute at the Riazor on that memorable April night, when the Galician club stunned a Milan side featuring Paolo Maldini, Kaka and Andriy Shevchenko.
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Now 37 and playing in the Spanish third tier for Majorca-based Atletico Baleares, Pandiani believes Barca will also need an early goal if they are to have any chance of reaching next month's final at London's Wembley stadium.
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"Scoring so early in the match was key for the team to gain confidence," Pandiani, whose goal-scoring prowess earned him the nickname "The Rifle", said on Uefa's website (www.uefa.com).
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"If you don't manage to score in the first half, as soon as possible, then you start to rush things," he added.
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"That early goal gave us the peace of mind to continue playing well."
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Barca's chances of keeping alive their bid for a third European crown in five years may appear remote, especially as they failed to score in Munich, but Pandiani said Depor were in a similar situation in 2004.
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"Even if we were achieving important things in the Champions League nobody believed in us, especially because it was Milan we were up against," he said.
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"But we believed in ourselves and our fans were also there to spur us on.
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"The excitement in the dressing-room at halftime showed that it would be difficult for them to do us damage that night if we continued with the same mentality."
I really think Barcelona can overturn the scoreline if they put up a fantastic performance tomorrow. Lionel Messi can do that for them again