# Don’t call it a remontada: Emery’s Camp Nou comeback focuses European blur

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/dont-call-it-a-remontada-emerys-camp-nou-comeback-focuses-european-blur/
- Published: 2026-11-03T07:30:41+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T23:08:07+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/nov/03/unai-emery-aston-villa-barcelona-camp-nou-champions-league
- Topics: Europe, Football, Sport, World

## Key points

- Emery returns to Camp Nou, where PSG suffered the 2017 comeback.
- Villa have won their first three Champions League matches.
- Emery has lost 21 of 30 managerial meetings with Barcelona.

## Summary

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery is returning to Barcelona’s Camp Nou for a Champions League match, renewing attention on Paris Saint-Germain’s 2017 collapse there. PSG lost 6-1 after leading 4-0 from the first leg, an episode Emery describes as a major learning experience; the return also offers Villa a chance to test their progress against one of the competition’s favourites.

The article places the fixture amid criticism that the expanded 36-team Champions League has made the autumn schedule feel sprawling and predictable. Emery has faced Barcelona 30 times as a manager, with 21 defeats and three wins, while Villa have won their first three matches this season. Camp Nou remains under renovation, and Villa captain John McGinn says he had visited the ground once before as a child.

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