Barca paid for mistakes in first leg - Luis Enrique

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Barcelona coach, Luis Enrique, hopes the Catalans will replicate their heroics that confounded Paris Saint-Germain in round 16 when they entertain Juventus in their Wednesday's second leg quarter-final of the UEFA Champions League.

Twice European champions Juve lacked the spark and power of their thrilling first-leg victory in Turin, but there was rarely any doubt they would exact revenge for their defeat to Barca in the 2015 Champions League final by reaching the semis for a 12th time.

Enrique expects the visitors will create more chances to score on Wednesday, so says Barca's approach must be to aim to score five goals.

"In the previous tie we were able to overcome an even more hard result", he said.

Barcelona come in their second leg encounter with Juventus off the rear of inferior form, having lost two of their last three matches in most competitions, while being given a panic in their own recent 3-2 win over Real Sociedad.

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"We will fight until the end". Barca were on the other side of things a couple of years ago when they beat Bayern 3-0 at home in their semi-final before losing the return 3-2 at the Allianz and we think they'll pick up a win here as well.

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And boss Luis Enrique added: "I will remember what happened in the first half in the Juventus Stadium for a very long time".

Barca had chances to score but couldn't find a way past Gianluigi Buffon but Enrique remains proud of his players' display.

Juventus have to their advantage former Barcelona defender Dani Alves who knows Neymar's game and succeeded in keeping him at bay in the first leg.

"Not conceding against a team like Barcelona is not easy", said the forward. Barcelona need to win 3-0 just to take it to extra time, whilst the away goals rule means that a single Juventus goal would put Barcelona in a position where they would need to score five to go through. "That's our mentality. We need a ideal game, tactically, mentally, and physically".

"We had chances to have scored and with better effectiveness we should have scored a goal".

Borussia Dortmund faces an uphill task to overturn a 3-2 deficit against French rival Monaco and keep its minds on football after the first-leg was marred by an attack on the German team's bus.

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