The Catalans produced a
magnificent comeback at
home to recover from a 2-0
first leg deficit and book
their place in the last eight
of the Champions League

Barcelona marched into the
Champions League
quarter-finals
with a 4-0 victory
over AC Milan in the second leg of their round of 16 clash at Camp
Nou on Tuesday. The Catalans were tipped for an
early exit from the competition
after a 2-0 reverse in Italy, but
became the first ever team to
recover from such a first-leg
deficit with a display that showcased the best of their
awesome attacking quailty. Lionel Messi needed only five
minutes to open the scoring in
sublime fashion, before putting his
side level on aggregate with his
second goal shortly before the
interval. David Villa put Barca ahead for
good ten minutes, and Jordi Alba
added the clincher in the last
minute of injury time as Milan,
despite a late improvement, could
have little complaints about the result.
Xavi recovered from a hamstring
injury in time to start in the
hosts' midfield, while Villa and
Pedro were the ones chosen to
line up alongside Messi in attack. Meanwhile, with Giampaolo Pazzini
injured and Mario Balotelli
ineligible, Milan lined up with
M'Baye Niang, Stephan El
Shaarawy and Kevin-Prince
Boateng up front. Barca were dominant right from
kickoff, and were rewarded with
the opening goal after five
minutes, whenMessi linked beautifully with Xavi for a one-
two, and curled an equally sublime
effort in from the edge of the
box. The first half was shaping up to
be an unmistakably one-sided
affair, with Milan hanging on for
dear life against wave after wave
of Barca attacks. Ignazio Abate avoided conceding a
penalty for a push on Pedro,
before Christian Abbiati did
excellently to push a splendid
half-volley from Andres Iniesta
onto the crossbar – with Messi nodding the rebound into the side
netting. Abbiati repeated the trick by
tipping a Xavi piledriver around
the post, but as the first half
progressed, the home side's
chances dried up as Milan began
to compose themselves at the back. And with half time seven minutes
away, the Rossoneri nearly struck
the killer blow at the other end
of the pitch. A terrible header from Javier
Mascherano let in Niang, who had
time to pick his spot, but struck
the base of the post, leaving the
visiting fans grimacing in agony. And Niang's miss would become
far more costly two minutes
later, when Iniesta foundMessi lurking, who drilled precisely into
the corner from just outside the
area. The Argentine was at it again
immediately after the restart,
pouncing on a Kevin Constant
giveaway, but after storming into
to box, failed to seriously trouble
Abbiati with his finish. But with 55 minutes on the clock,
Barca would strike again to finally
move ahead in the tie. Xavi's
fantastic pass picked outVilla on the right, who shifted the ball
onto his left foot and bent a fine
finish into the far corner. Milan now had to score to
progress, and Allegri responded
by throwing on Robinho and Sulley
Muntari for Niang and Massimo
Ambrosini. The Rossoneri improved in the
latter stages of the second half,
with both Gerard Pique and Jordi
Alba forced into last-ditch
challenges inside the area, though
they were somewhat fortunate to see an Alexis Sanchez goal
disallowed for offside. But they still were woefully
inadequate up front, and with the
second ticking away,Alba stole in down the left to latch onto
Sanchez's pass and clip a finish
over Abbiati to wrap up the
victory.

Even without watching the match one can easily predicts that Barcelona will win the match.
But didn't expect it to reach 4 goals.