Barcelona need another Nou Camp ‘miracle’ after thrashing by Juventus

Barcelona’s Champions League bid hit the rocks for the second time and coach Luis Enrique has called for another salvage operation after a stunning 3-0 Champions League quarter-final defeat by Juventus.

“Until tomorrow, I don’t even want to think about how we can come back from this,” Luis Enrique raged after Tuesday’s first leg loss in Turin where Argentina midfield starlet Paulo Dybala fired the hosts into a 2-0 lead by the 22nd minute.

Centre back Giorgio Chiellini, famously bitten by Barca striker Luis Suarez during a tense Italy v Uruguay first-round clash at the 2014 World Cup, headed Juve’s third to wrap up a deserved win in the 55th minute.

“If we get our act together, we can put four goals past anybody,” added Luis Enrique. “But right now, I’m so angry I don’t even want to think about it.”

Juventus, humbled 3-1 by the Spanish league giants in the 2015 final, were deserved winners on the night and while Luis Enrique was quick to berate his misfiring side, he offered plaudits to counterpart Massimiliano Allegri.

“I don’t know if I can see the difference between this Juventus side and the one we beat in 2015. But this is a great looking Juve team that played a really top quality game tonight,” he said.