football's Greatest comebacks

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Barcelona became the latest football team to pull off the seemingly impossible.

Here are some other memorable comebacks:

WEST GERMANY-HUNGARY

In 1954 World Cup, West Germany came back from two goals down in the final to beat Austria.

PORTUGAl-NORTH KOREA

North Korea got off to 3-0 lead within the first 25 minutes, but Portugal pulled itself together to eventually win 5-3 .

WEST GERMANY-FRANCE

The 1982 World Cup semifinal,  France led 3-1 halfway through the first period of extra time but goals from Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Klaus Fischer took the game into  penalty shootout which West Germany won.

UNITED-BAYERN MUNICH

The 90 minutes had passed and with just injury time to play, Bayern led 1-0 in the Champions league final but Manchester United secured a 2-1 win to lift the European Cup .

lIVERPOOl-AC MIlAN

liverpool accomplished its own memorable comeback win in 2005 when it defeated AC Milan on penalties despite being down 3-0 at halftime in the Champions league final in Istanbul.

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