Laid before, and beneath, our feet were the proverbial corpses of our enemies, including a certain Parisian club who had won the Champions League just a couple months prior and were the odds-on favorites to crown themselves Champions of the World as well.

Chelsea ’s Champions League campaign is all but over after they were beaten 5-2 in the last-16 first-leg by Paris Saint-Germain thanks to a dazzling substitute performance from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

PSG scored five goals from an expected goals of just 0.87 -- that +4.13 goal-above-expected is the second highest in a Champions League knockout match in 15 years.

The Blues are all but eliminated from the Champions League after a dramatic capitulation against PSG.

PSG XI: Safonov; Hakimi, Pacho, Nuno Mendes, Marquinhos, Neves, Vitinha, Barcola, Zaire-Emery, Doue, Dembele Subs: Chevalier, Marin, Beraldo, Zabarnyi, Kvaratskhelia, Goncalo Ramos, Lee, Hernandez, Ma...

PSG and Chelsea played each other last summer in the FIFA Club World Cup Final in the United States.