BARCELONA stunned football with an incredible comeback against Paris St Germain this week in the Champions League.
But Scottish teams have a history of never say die recoveries in European football too. Here's five of the best.
Dunfermline 6-2 Valencia (Fairs Cup, 1962).
Four goals down from the first leg in Spain, the Pars produced one of Scottish football's great comebacks. A pulsating tie saw goals from Harry Melrose, a double from Jackie Sinclair, Jim McLean, George Peebles and Alex Smith level the tie on aggregate. Dunfermline lost the play-off in Lisbon 1-0.
Kilmarnock 5-1 Eintracht Frankfurt. (Fairs Cup, 1964).
Killie looked to have no chance with the Germans 3-0 up from the first leg and it got even worse when Eintracht scored after just two minutes. But a double from Ronnie Hamilton and goals from Brian McIlroy, James McFadzean and John McInally produced Rugby Park's finest hour.
Hibernian 5-0 Napoli (Fairs Cup, 1967).
After a 4-1 defeat in Italy, Hibs were written off, but managed to produce a magnificent display to stun Napoli, who had Dino Zoff in goals. Bobby Duncan set the ball rolling with an early goal and further strikes from Pat Quinn, Peter Cormack, Pat Stanton and Colin Stein routed the Serie A side.
Celtic 5-0 Sporting Lisbon (UEFA Cup, 1983).
The Hoops trailed to a 2-0 deficit after the first leg in Portugal, but proceeded to destroy Sporting. Tommy Burns netted the all-important early goal, before Tom McAdam levelled the tie. Second half strikes from Brian McClair, Murdo MacLeod and Frank McGarvey handed the Hoops a famous win against future manager Jozef Venglos' side.
Aberdeen 3-0 Ujpest Dozsa (Cup Winners' Cup, 1984).
Aberdeen missed a hatful of chances in Hungary and faced an uphill task to reach the semi-finals again of the Cup Winners' Cup. But a Mark McGhee double took the game into extra
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