Barcelona 1 - Chelsea 1

Barcelona: Víctor Valdés; Oleguer, Márquez, Puyol, Van Bronckhorst; Deco, Edmilson, Motta; Messi (Larsson 24'), Eto'o, Ronaldinho. 4-3-3.
Chelsea: Cech; Pereira, Terry, Carvalho, Gallas; Lampard, Makelele; Joe Cole (Huth 82'), Robben, Duff (Gudjohnsen 58'); Drogba (Crespo 58'). 4-2-3-1.

Goals:
1-0. 78. Ronaldinho. Picked up Eto'o pass and shrugged of tackles to score.
1-1. 93. Lampard (penalty). After Van Bronckhorst brought down Terry in area.

Barcelona qualified with relative ease for the quarter finals, their 1-2 win from the first leg never really being challenged by their opponents Chelsea. The English side needed to score two goals to have a chance of going through, but they were allowed very few clear cut chances by a solid defence.

Frank Rijkaard put out an identical line up to the one in the first leg, with Motta and Messi returning to the side after missing the weekend game. Both were in action early on, Motta testing Cech with a long shot and Messi picking up a flick from Ronaldinho but unable to get his shot past a defender. A few minutes later though the youngster had to go off with an injury, Larsson coming on to take his place.

The visitors had a couple of chances themselves in the first half, the most notable of which being a header from Drogba straight in to the arms of Valdés, and shots from Duff, Robben and Cole in the last ten minutes before the break with mixed fortune.

Mourinho (who was constantly booed by the home fans after provocative remarks in the build up to the game) brought on Crespo and Gudjohnsen around the hour mark, and Crespo could well have given his side the lead minutes later when he connected with Cole's cross only to shoot just wide of the post. But Eto'o also kept Cech in work with a snap-shot at the other end shortly before.

In the end though it was down to Ronaldinho to make the difference, the Brazilian star taking the ball from Eto'o in midfield and shrugging off challenges by Carvalho and Terry to fire a shot wide of Cech with twelve minutes to go. Chelsea had to come out, and Eto'o almost added another when he broke free only to hit the post soon afterwards.

Lampard did get one back with an injury time penalty after referee Markus Merk ruled that Van Bronckhorst had fouled Terry, waving away claims for offside from the local players, but the final whistle went seconds later. Barça had their revenge for being knocked out of the competition the season before, and Chelsea return home to concentrate on domestic competitions.