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		</div><p>Birthday boys Angel Di Maria and Edinson Cavani helped fire Paris St Germain to a stunning 4-0 victory over Barcelona and take a giant step towards the Champions League quarter-finals.</p>
<p>Five-time winners Barcelona have not failed to reach the last eight since the 2006/07 season but they will need to produce something special to turn this tie around after a PSG masterclass at the Parc des Princes.</p>
<p>Di Maria, on his 29th birthday, got things rolling with an 18th-minute free-kick and Julian Draxler doubled the home side&#8217;s advantage just before the break to leave Barca, champions in 2009, 2011 and 2015, on the ropes.</p>
<p>And things went from bad to worse for the Catalan giants as another fine strike from outside the box by Di Maria made it 3-0 in the 55th minute, before his fellow Argentinian Cavani added a fourth with 19 minutes to go.</p>
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<p>It was Cavani&#8217;s 34th goal in all competitions this season and capped a memorable 30th birthday for the forward.</p>
<p>The result matched Barcelona&#8217;s heaviest defeat in UEFA competition and leaves Luis Enrique&#8217;s men needing one of the biggest comebacks in European history if they are to turn the tie round at the Nou Camp on March 8.</p>
<p>In today&#8217;s other match, Benfica edged to a 1-0 win over Borussia Dortmund in Portugal.</p>
<p>Konstantinos Mitroglou struck the only goal of the first leg early in the second half when he slotted home from close range after a corner had been headed towards the far post.</p>
<p>Dortmund had a great chance to level in the 57th minute &#8211; and earn a valuable away goal &#8211; but star striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang saw his penalty saved by Benfica keeper Ederson.</p>
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