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Stadium:        Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Spain

Match Time:     May 22, 2010, 19:45 UK

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Inter Milan hold a 3-1 lead over Barcelona following the first leg of their UEFA Champions League semi-final.

Jose Mourinho's side will head to Catalunya for the return date thankful for goals from Wesley Sneijder, Maicon and Diego Milito, which helped to cancel out Pedro's opener at Giuseppe Meazza.

Barca, following their arduous journey to Italy by bus, showed no signs of sluggishness early on and saw Zlatan Ibrahimovic come within a whisker of getting a touch to a dangerous cross inside the opening 60 seconds.

The lively Milito was unable to pick out a team-mate as Inter threatened for the first time, while Seydou Keita fired well wide for the visitors as the game ebbed and flowed.

Samuel Eto'o was booked for kicking the ball away in frustration on 12 minutes, with the Cameroonian desperate to make his mark against former employers.

He came close to doing just that soon after, with his low drive parried by Victor Valdes but Milito was unable to force home the rebound.

The Argentine was made to pay for that miss on 19 minutes when Barca took the lead in the simplest of fashions.

Maxwell was afforded far too much time and space down the left and having ghosted in behind he was able to cut the ball back for Pedro to confidently slot home from 12 yards.
Response

Lucio then diverted a free header well wide as Inter looked to respond, but Barca were looking the more comfortable in possession.

The Spaniards were leaving space in behind, though, and Milito went close again as he looked to curl the ball into the far corner from a tight angle.

He finally made a telling contribution on the half-hour mark as he collected a scuffed cross from Eto'o and freed Sneijder in space, who stroked home past Valdes to level the scores.

Ibrahimovic failed to meet a Dani Alves cross as the half came to a close, while Sneijder saw a well-struck free-kick cannon off the wall at the other end.

Inter, roused by Mourinho at the interval, started the second half much the brighter and Goran Pandev was unfortunate not to meet a Milito cross and bundle into an empty net.

It did, however, take the hosts just three minutes to edge themselves in front, with Maicon bombing forward from full-back to take a low cross from Milito in his stride and poke into the bottom corner.

Worryingly for Barca, they then saw talismanic skipper Carles Puyol pick up a caution which rules him out of the second leg.

The Spaniards did their best to raise the tempo, though, and Julio Cesar was forced to produce two smart reaction saves to deny Lionel Messi and Sergi Busquets in the space of as many minutes.

Struggle

Barca continued to struggle at the back as the game ticked past the hour mark and it came as no real surprise when they conceded a third on 61 minutes.

Pep Guardiola's side looked anything but reigning European champions as Eto'o floated over a cross from the right and Sneijder was left all alone yet again inside the box.

The Dutchman got his header all wrong, but was able to divert the ball in the direction of Milito who grabbed a deserved goal by nodding home from close range.

Barca's frustrations were now mounting, as they were unable to find a way through and were seeing their considerable array of attacking talent nullified by a resolute Inter side.

Maicon was stretchered from the field with 19 minutes remaining, after colliding with Messi's shoulder, and could be a doubt heading forward as Mourinho's men attempt to secure a domestic and European double.

Barca, seemingly oblivious to the fact that playing a high line was doing them no favours, were fortunate to see a couple of debatable offside decisions come down in their favour.

They continued to press, though, and only a last-ditch challenge from Walter Samuel denied Pedro, while Julio Cesar had to be at full stretch to keep out a dipping free-kick from Messi.

Seven minutes from time Dani Alves was booked for going down under a challenge from Sneijder inside the box, but the Brazilian seemed to have been caught and was understandably disappointed not to have been awarded a penalty.

Barca continued to push as they desperately tried to find a way back into the contest, with Gerard Pique seeing a shot hacked clear from in front of his own line by Lucio, but they were unable to find a second away goal and now have it all to do at Camp Nou if they are to become the first club to successfully defend the Champions League crown.

Internazionale 3 - 1 Barcelona (live comment )

Internazionale 3 - 1 Barcelona

95'

It's unclear how much of an impact the coach journey had, too, but it may be the same story for Inter in the return leg next week.

95'

Inter certainly had the luck - Milito's goal may have been offside and Dani Alves may well feel he should have had a penalty - but Inter did enough to stop Barca dominating in their usual style.

95'

It's all over! Inter win the first leg 3-1 and take a significant advantage into the second leg!

93'

Keita concedes a free-kick, allowing Inter to waste some time.

92'

Balotelli unleashes a shot, but he can't find the target.

92'

Pedro tries an acrobatic effort, but it's straight at the keeper.

91'

Chivu hoofs clear as Messi tries to create something.

91'

Four minutes of stoppage time.

90'

Balotelli has the chance to feed Stankovic for a fourth, but it bobbles and he gets it all wrong.

89'

Dani Alves puts in a woeful cross. Goal kick.

89'

Pique goes down in the area as a cross comes in, but nothing's given.

88'

Sneijder heads Keita's cross back to Chivu, who kicks it clear.

88'

Inter are having to defend desperately at the moment.

86'

Inter clear the corner.

86'

Baltelli gets a header on the corner but Pique has a chance to fire in on goal before Inter eventually scramble it out for another corner!

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Barca win a corner.

84'

Sneijder goes clean through but his control lets him down!

83'

Dani Alves gets a booking for diving in the area! Sneijder made a mess of the challenge but it's not clear whether he actually made contact.

83'

Pique shows why he's a defender: he gets the ball in the area and runs the wrong way.

82'

Stankovic picks up a booking for a foul from behind and he too will miss the second leg.

81'

Sneijder puts the free-kick in but the referee spots an infringement. Barca free-kick.

81'

Zanetti wins a free-kick out on the right.

80'

Keita tries to catch Julio Cesar off-guard with a shot from distance, but it's a comfortable save.

79'

Pique receives the ball in the area but he's quickly surrounded and it's hoofed clear.

79'

Julio Cesar gets down to make a low save from Messi's free-kick.

78'

Thiago Motta fouls Xavi and Barca have the chance to fire in a free-kick on goal.

77'

Samuel makes a superb block to deny Pedro from just inside the area!

77'

Balotelli does some fancy flick-ups as he emerges from the right-back position. It comes to nothing ultimately though.

76'

Stankovic plays a half-volleyed pass through to Eto'o, but Valdes makes the clearance and he was adjudged to be offside anyway.

75'

Milito's cramp has forced him out of the game, so Balotelli will get his chance.

73'

Chivu's replaced Maicon. Chivu's wearing protective headgear himself.

73'

Chivu looks set to replace Maicon.

72'

The stretcher's on now. Doesn't look good for Maicon. Seems he banged his head when Abidal put his cross in.

71'

The ref pulls back play as Maicon is lying on his back. The medics are here to attend to him.

70'

Abidal hooks a cross into the centre but Inter clear and break away.

69'

There's a long ball over the top for Milito but Valdes gathers. Milito now appears to have a bit of cramp.

68'

Keita receives a booking for a trip on Eto'o as he threatens to break clear.

68'

Barca are having all the possession at the moment.

64'

Pedro sees a shot blocked. The ball goes out left and the cross just evades Keita.

62'

Abidal comes on for Ibra. That's an interesting move - Messi may move to centre forward now.

62'

Eto'o crosses in from the right, Sneijder heads down into the ground and it bounces up for Milito to head home. He looked to be offside, but it's given.

61'

Milito heads home from close range from Sneijder's misplaced header!

61'

GOAL FOR INTER!

60'

Ibra goes through one on one and forces a low save from Julio Cesar, but the play is pulled back for a Pique foul - and he's been booked.

59'

Milito makes some space and plays a ball into the centre, but it's cleared.

58'

The keeper punches the ball clear from the free-kick, but a foul is given as Ibra impeded him.

57'

Maicon hacks down Pedro out on the left flank. He's a booking away from a suspension.

56'

Pandev comes off for Stankovic. Pandev looked to be hobbling slightly there.

56'

Zanetti makes a fine challenge on Messi as he threatens to burst through.

55'

Great reaction from Barca to falling behind - Inter were completely on top before their second goal.

54'

Julio Cesar makes another good reaction save from Busquets' header and Inter eventually win a free-kick in the melee that follows.

54'

Ibra is played through but Maicon clears for a corner.

53'

Messi hits a swerving shot from the edge of the area and nearly catches the keeper out, but he does very well to turn it away.

51'

Puyol impedes Milito as he looks to latch onto a throughball. Puyol picks up a yellow card and misses the second leg.

50'

Inter have made a superb start to this second half and deserve to be ahead on the overall balance of play.

48'

Maicon turns the ball home from Milito's centre. The striker's cut-back from the right of the area left the defender with a little to do, but it's 2-1 Inter now.

48'

GOAL FOR INTER!

47'

Milito runs clean through on goal, but he's offside.

46'

Milito pulls the ball across the face of goal after some brilliant work from Sneijder, but Pandev's just behind it and can't make contact.

46'

Barca get the second half underway.

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Join us in the second half to see who comes out on top.

45'

That goal was down to an unusual lapse in concentration from some top-class players, Maicon in particular. Inter will feel they need to win tonight to go into the second leg with confidence.

45'

Inter have been the stronger team throughout much of the half, but it's 1-1 thanks to Pedro's away goal.

45'

It's half time.

45'

Busquets punches the ball in anger despite his team winning a free-kick and picks up the obligatory booking.

45'

Barca put together a long sequence of possession before Alves finds Messi but, again, Samuel stops him.

44'

Sneijder's corner is cleared by the first man, Xavi, at the near post.

43'

Sneijder blasts the free-kick at the wall but it takes a huge deflection. Corner.

42'

Valdes punches clear the corner and Keita gives away a free-kick for a 'push' on Maicon.

41'

Maicon plays a Hollywood pass for Pandev and it very nearly finds him. Alves nearly makes a mess of it, too, and Inter end up with a corner.

40'

Lecio again clears from Alves and Inter look to break. Milito is blocked off as he looks for Sneijder, however.

39'

Lucio makes the clearance as Xavi plays a killer pass to Alves and the Brazilian crosses into the centre.

39'

Barca have been enjoying some sustained possession but Inter look resolute in defence again. Messi eventually has to settle for a free-kick some way out.

36'

Ibra is penalised for a push on Lucio in the area.

36'

Eto'o nearly robs Puyol, but the defender recovers.

35'

Pedro gets a cross in from the left but Julio Cesar does well to steal it away from Ibra's boot.

34'

Pandev produces some great skill to get beyond Busquets and Alves on the left flank, but Alves recovers and makes the clearance.

32'

Valdes punches clear Sneijder's free-kick. Authoritative punch.

31'

Milito's chip into the box is cleared for a throw-in by Puyol. Inter then win a free-kick from Busquets out on the left.

30'

Sneijder fires home from Milito's pass. Maicon fed the Eto'o on the right flank, his scuffed cross arrived at Milito, and he was given enough space to find Sneijder.

29'

GOAL FOR INTER!

26'

Milito misses another good chance from the left of the goal! He's steered the ball past Valdes but again failed to hit the target. His form may see Balotelli introduced for the second half.

25'

Messi threatens some more magic, dancing around several players before Samuel eventually stops him.

23'

Zanetti holds off the threat of Pedro in the area. Another positive attack for Barca.

22'

Lucio misses a glorious chance! Sneijder's free-kick finds him unmarked at the far post, and his header goes wide. Awful effort.

21'

Alves brings down Sneijder as he looks to create something down the left. Inter will look to lob this in.

19'

Maicon, Lucio and Samuel were all unusually poor there, and that could cost Inter. They had been on top for a few minutes before the goal.

19'

Maxwell bursts down the left brilliantly, although the Inter defence was very, very sloppy, and cuts back for Pedro to place into the goal.

19'

GOAL FOR BARCA!

18'

That was a real chance for Inter.

17'

Eto'o forces a save from Valdes from distance and the keeper fails to deal with it. It bounces out to Milito to the left of goal, but his shot is wayward from a tight angle.

16'

Messi, incidentally, is dropping quite far back, but he's not being man-marked.

15'

Pandev's rolling around, trying to get Pedro booked. Doesn't look like he'll succeed.

14'

Lucio cuts out a Messi pass through to Ibra.

13'

Barca are looking rattled at the moment. This is what Inter need if they're going to take a positive result to Camp Nou.

12'

Eto'o robs Keita in a dangerous position and it's very harshly given as a foul. Eto'o gets a yellow for his protests.

11'

Alves is in a bit of pain from an earlier challenge. It appears his hand was trodden on.

10'

Eto'o plays a ball over the top for Milito. He would have been clean through but it's incorrectly given offside.

9'

Keita looks to flick a pass into Ibra's path, but it was never going to work out. Inter have been a little on the back foot, but Barca aren't having it all their own way.

6'

Messi weaves some magic around the area and goes down on the edge of the area under Cambiasso's challenge, but no free-kick is given. Quite rightly, I'd say.

6'

Pandev fires a long ball towards goal, but it's easy for Valdes to gather.

5'

Barca are penalised for a push.

4'

Lucio prevents Xavi's free-kick reaching Pedro, but it's deemed to go out of play for a corner.

4'

Pandev knocks Alves down and Barca have the chance to put the ball into the area.

3'

Cambiasso makes a good challenge and finds Milito in an advanced position. Milito gets a cross in but Keita clears.

2'

Maxwell swings in a cross from the left, but Ibra - attempting a fancy flick - fails to make contact. Poor stuff from the Swede.

1'

Samuel makes a strong challenge on Ibra to welcome him home.

1'

Inter Milan get the match underway!

0'

The players are now out on the field. Inter will be roared on by the fans here, with Barca's fans having had their travel plans scuppered. In the 80,074-capacity San Siro, Barca are believed to have only around 1,000 fans.

0'

The players are now in the tunnel.

0'

The volcanic ash that has prevented flights around Europe forced Barcelona to travel to the game by coach. It remains to be seen what effect that will have on Barca.

0'

Diego Milito's brother, Gabriel, incidentally will be among the substitutes for Barca. Gerard Pique and Carles Puyol start in central defence having served their suspensions in the second leg against Arsenal.

0'

Should Inter look to park the bus and shut down Xavi and Messi, Ibra could be their best hope of unlocking the defence and supplying an away goal. Pedro will also offer a threat.

0'

Zlatan Ibrahimovic returns to his former home and will hope to make the difference following the 0-0 draw between the sides at San Siro during the group stages.

0'

Samuel Eto'o will be the biggest goal threat and Mourinho will hope Diego Milito hits top form on the big occasion. Wesley Sneijder, of course, will be key in the Inter attack.

0'

Inter name the exact team that saw off Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. They'll be looking to stifle Barcelona tonight, even if Jose Mourinho has claimed he won't man-mark Leo Messi.

0'

No surprises in the line-ups for either side.

0'

Hello and welcome to the live commentary for the Champions League semi-final first leg between Inter Milan and Barcelona at San Siro.

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Internazionale  v  Barcelona

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Match Time:	April 20, 2010, 19:45 UK

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Manchester United 3 - 2 Bayern Munich (video)

Bayern Munich will play in Champions League semifinals. Even Wayne Rooney who was surprisingly in squad didn’t help Manchester United.
Althought start of the match didn’t show that Bayern have any chance because Manchester had great beggining of the game, they scored 3 goals (Gibbson and twice Nani), but at the end of first half Ivica Olic scored for Bayern and final result of first half 3:1. At the beggining of second half Rafael gets second yellow card after he started on Ribery and he must go off.
25 minutes Manchester was trying to save their net but in 74th minute great goal from Robben and that was end for Manchester United. Because of better goal difference Bayern goes into semifinals.

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Manchester United v Bayern Munich Live

Manchester United have it all to do in this second leg Champions League encounter against Bayern Munich. The Red Devils will know that it is all still to play for but will need to muster a new determination when they meet the German wonder team at Old Trafford. Football does not get any more exciting than this so make sure you sign up with us on watchfootballnow.com and don’t miss out on any of the action.
Bayern Munich will be happy with the final score line from the first leg, but questions will need to be asked as to why they were one goal behind for most of the game. If they are to build upon their good work in the first leg they will need to go at Manchester United from the start in this next game.
Manchester United will be disappointed with losing a game where they seem to have the upper hand for so long. Still they are a team that can shake of this type of result and come back even stronger.
This next encounter between Manchester United and Bayern Munich has all the ingredients of a supercharged affair so join up with us here on watchfootballnow.com and see it all.

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Van Gaal: United are favourites

Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal insists Manchester United are still the favourites to progress from their Champions League quarter-final despite the German side going into Wednesday night's second leg with a 2-1 lead.
Bayern came from behind to secure their advantage in Munich last Tuesday with late strikes from Franck Ribery and Ivica Olic after Wayne Rooney had put United ahead in the second minute.
The hosts looked good value for their victory in the Allianz Arena, but Van Gaal feels his side remain underdogs for the return match at Old Trafford.
Asked if he saw United as the favourites for the tie, the Dutchman said: "Yes. They have scored an away goal and they are a great team.
"They have a lot of experience playing big games at home and of course, they will have the support of the crowd.
"Our team is quite a young one in that it consists of young players, so that is a different situation.
"It is going to be our team versus theirs tomorrow, so we'll see how it goes.''
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is refusing to rule out naming Rooney on the bench, as his 34-goal striker looks to overcome the ankle injury he suffered in the final moments of United's first leg defeat seven days ago.
Ferguson had at first rejected the notion of an appearance in the return match, insisting Rooney had "no chance'' of being involved.
However, seconds later he said he didn't "think'' Rooney would be on the bench, before adding that he expected the 24-year-old to try to change his mind before he confirms his squad an hour before kick-off.
Any chance, however slight, of Rooney being involved will be seized upon by supporters desperate for some good news at the end of a dismal week which will see United's European aspirations brought to an end unless they can overturn a 2-1 deficit.
"He has no chance,'' Ferguson began. "We have made some good progress with the lad and the medical team have done fantastic.
"But I am not prepared to take a risk on a player who is not 100% fit. They are looking more at the Manchester City game, maybe Blackburn as a substitute. That is possible.
"But it is an ankle injury, the same as any other. He is no different to anyone else.''
Asked directly whether Rooney could be on the bench, Ferguson replied: "I don't think so, although he will maybe talk me into it. It is a difficult one.''
Van Gaal does not believe that his opposite number is trying to play mind games with him over the fitness of the England forward.
He said: "I don't think that will happen, but when we played Fiorentina we were faced with a different team than we thought and that does happen in the football business.
"(But) I don't think Ferguson will do that and I'd also like to say that we did win a game with Rooney (playing) - it's not as if we can't win when Wayne
Rooney is playing for Manchester United. We don't even need to win - a draw is fine.''

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Serie A champions cruise through in Russia

 CSKA Moscow 0 - 1 Internazionale
Inter Milan reached the last four of the Champions League for the first time since 2003 as they eased to a 2-0 aggregate victory in Moscow.

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Jose Mourinho ignores the celebrations of Sneijder's goal to focus on qualification

Netherlands midfielder Wesley Sneijder grabbed the only goal of the game in the sixth minute as his low free-kick found its way through the CSKA wall and beyond goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev.

Things got worse for the hosts when they had substitute Chidi Odiah sent off early in the second half and Inter were comfortably able to repel any pressure from their hosts and coast in the last four.

Overhauling their first-leg deficit always looked like being a tough task for the home side, given the way they were completely outplayed at the San Siro last week and the absence of key midfielder Yevgeny Aldonin and Milos Krasic through suspension.

But they made a bright start on the plastic pitch at Luzhniki Stadium and had an early effort on goal from Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda, who dragged a long-range effort wide.

But Inter landed an early body blow as they opened the scoring.

Sneijder drilled in a low free-kick that flew under the leaping wall and fooled keeper Akinfeev to end up in the back of the net.

That goal meant the hosts needed to score three goals to have any chance of going through and Inter went close to getting their second goal of the night as Goran Pandev had a sight of goal, but Akinfeev comfortably held his shot.

Conceding the goal prompted an early response from CSKA manager Leonid Slutsky as he hauled off defender Vasili Berezutsky after just 13 minutes to replace him with Odiah.

Honda then fired wide with two optimistic free-kick efforts from distance, but the hosts did go close to grabbing a goal back when Tomas Necid fired agonisingly wide after controlling Odiah's pass in the 24th minute.

The hosts then carved out another chance in the 34th minute as they broke quickly through Mark Gonzalez, but Alan Dzagoev made a mess of the finish, scuffing the ball infield as he drove into the box.

And that miss was almost instantly punished as Sneijder's excellent lofted ball played Diego Milito in, but the Argentinian forward could only hit his shot at Akinfeev.

Odiah then saw Julio Cesar tip his shot round the post at the other end, but the Italian champions looked comfortable soaking up any CSKA pressure.

And things got even worse for the Russian side when Odiah was dismissed just three minutes into the second half as his rash lunge for a loose ball saw him bring down Samuel Eto'o to earn himself a second yellow card.

But they continued to push forward in search of a goal and midfielder Gonzalez had two chances in the space of a minute.

The Chile international firstly smashed a half-volley that Julio Cesar did well to hang on to, before dragging another effort wide from the edge of the box.

With 20 minutes to go, Jose Mourinho's side were dominating possession, sweeping the ball around at will, and Sneijder and Dejan Stankovic both forced Akinfeev into action with powerful efforts, and the keeper did superbly to keep out Milito's effort with the Argentina international through on goal.

The game rather petered out from that point, although Eto'o just failed to add a second as he shot over the bar in the final minutes.

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Barcelona - Arsenal 4-1 (video)

Messi quartet haunts Gunners
Lionel Messi lived up to his billing as the best player in the world with four goals to end Arsenal's Champions League dream in the Nou Camp.

Nicklas Bendtner had fired the Gunners into a shock lead on 18 minutes. However, Messi soon drew Barcelona level after capitalising on a mistake by Mikael Silvestre.

The Argentina forward then added a second from close range before dashing clear to make it 3-1 on the night just before the break, and grabbed a fourth with three minutes left to complete a comfortable 6-3 aggregate victory for the tournament holders.

Arsene Wenger's injury-hit squad - without the likes of captain Cesc Fabregas, Andrey Arshavin and Alex Song - must now regroup and focus on overhauling Chelsea and Manchester United in the Barclays Premier League title race.

Arsenal, playing in their white change kit, looked determined not to be overrun as they had during the opening exchanges of the first leg.

Barcelona, however, created an couple of chances when Xavi, captain for the night in the absence of suspended Carles Puyol, flicked the ball wide before Messi fired an angled shot just over the bar in a sign of things to come.

The English side, though, snatched a shock lead on their first real chance after 18 minutes.

Theo Walcott was put clear by Abou Diaby down the right, and he dashed into the Barca penalty area before squaring to Bendtner.

Victor Valdes made a good reaction save, but the in-form Denmark striker was quick to stab the rebound into the net and put the English team ahead in the tie for the first time.

The Gunners then wasted another chance of a breakaway, as Diaby pushed the ball left to Bendtner when Walcott was in space on the right.

It proved a costly error as Barcelona went up the other end to equalise on 21 minutes.

Silvestre, in the side ahead of veteran Sol Campbell who was not fully fit, failed to clear the ball on the edge of the Arsenal penalty area - and Messi needed no second invitation, lashing his shot into the top right corner.

Messi continued to torment Arsenal as he collected the ball on the right touchline before weaving into the box and drilling a shot into the side netting.

Arsenal were again punished by Messi for some poor defending as Barcelona went 2-1 ahead on 37 minutes.

Eric Abidal crossed the ball into the Arsenal box from the right, which was cut out by Thomas Vermaelen. However, his team-mates were slow to react as Pedro knocked the loose ball out to Messi - and he smashed it past Almunia.

The Argentina international completed a stunning hat-trick four minutes before the break when he latched onto a header from Abidal to race clear before dispatching a brilliant chip over the Arsenal keeper.

Messi nearly had another at the start of the second half when Pedro whipped a low ball across the Arsenal six-yard box from the right, which was just too far ahead of the Barcelona forward.

Arsenal had little choice but to go forwards, but that left the visitors exposed at the back.

The visitors nearly found away through when Diaby stabbed the ball to Bendtner just inside the Barcelona box, but the Denmark striker was hustle out of possession before he could shoot.

Then when left-back Gael Clichy broke and fed Bendtner, the home defence again got back in numbers to clear.

Diaby's low ball across the edge of the Barcelona box went all the way through to Tomas Rosicky, but the Czech snatched at his shot, which flew harmlessly wide.

Messi's clever quick free-kick released Pedro, but his angled chip was off target, before at the other end Bendtner's header crashed against the post - but the offside flag was up.

With 18 minutes left, Wenger sent on Eduardo for Rosicky, with Samir Nasri moving out to the left in a 4-4-2.

Clichy knocked Alves off the ball to charge forwards, but, with team-mates well placed, drilled an ambitious shot over from 20 yards.

Maxwell forced Almunia into a good save at his near post after cutting into the right side of the Arsenal penalty area.

Messi then completed a fine night's work with another well-taken goal three minutes from time as the holders marched on towards a mouth-watering semi-final clash against Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan.

Sir Alex rules Rooney out of Bayern clash

Sir Alex Ferguson has insisted that there is "no chance" that Wayne Rooney will play any part in Wednesday night's Champions League showdown with Bayern Munich at Old Trafford.

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Sir Alex Ferguson takes training

Rooney suffered minor ligament damage to his right ankle in the first leg against Bayern in the Allianz Arena, and initial reports said he could be out for up to a month.
But speculation in the press had suggested that Sir Alex would risk him against Bayern in a bid to reach the Champions League semi-finals. On Monday it was reported that the 34-goal striker had a 40% chance of featuring in the return leg.
Sir Alex has now said he is not prepared to risk the long-term fitness of the England international as United look to overturn a 2-1 deficit.
''He's got no chance,'' he said. ''We've made some good progress with the lad, the medical team have done fantastic, but I'm not prepared to take a risk on a player who is not 100% fit.
''The boy is making good progress. The medical team have done a fantastic job but it is an ankle injury the same as any other ankle injury. You can't take a risk with a player who is not 100%.
''I don't think he will be on the bench although he might talk me into it, it is a difficult one.''
The one piece of good news for Ferguson is the likely availability of John O'Shea, who has not played since suffering complications in his recovery from a dead leg sustained in the Republic of Ireland's World Cup play-off defeat to France in November.

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Barcelona  v  Arsenal

2ND LEG: 2 - 2 (Agg)

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Match Time: April 6, 2010, 19:45 UK

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Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has warned his players to forget last week's impressive performance against Arsenal at the Emirates stadium and focus on the job in hand when the two sides meet again at the Nou Camp tomorrow night.
Barca played Arsenal off the park with some breathtaking football in the first half and went 2-0 up early in the second period.
The Catalans were eventually pegged back, though, and had to settle for a 2-2 draw as Arsenal rallied late on.
It was perhaps an unfair reflection of the play, which Barca dominated, creating 22 chances overall and an incredible 11 in the first 15 minutes.
But Guardiola says a repeat of that performance cannot be expected tomorrow.
"What we did the other day has nothing to do with tomorrow's match,'' Guardiola said.
"Those things only happen every now and again and it's in the past. We have to forget about it and focus on doing our job tomorrow.
"We performed well last week but now we have to go again and if we don't play well, if we do not produce the necessary level of performance, it will be tough and we might not get to the semi-finals.''
Guardiola is missing a host of first-team players with defensive pair Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique suspended.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who scored Barca's goals at the Emirates, is also out after picking up a calf injury in the warm-up ahead of Saturday's 4-1 win at home to Athletic Bilbao.

"It's bad news because he is a very important player for us, so we hope he recovers as soon as possible,'' Guardiola said.
The Barca coach will also make a late decision on Andres Iniesta, who was out with a thigh problem but is now back in full training.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger called on his battle-weary side to show no fear as they aim to upset the odds.
The Gunners' preparations for the second leg were today hit by the news Cameroon international Alex Song - who had been in line to drop back into defence as veteran Sol Campbell struggles to regain full match fitness - was out with a knee injury.
Arsenal were already missing captain Cesc Fabregas, who suffered a cracked bone in his leg when winning the late penalty which levelled the tie at 2-2, as well as centre-back William Gallas and Russian playmaker Andrey Arshavin.
However, Wenger maintains his team - with England forward Theo Walcott in contention to start having made a major impact from the bench in the first leg - have what it takes to pull off another famous away victory.
"We have won away everywhere in Europe. Barcelona is a place where we have not done it, so there is no better opportunity than tomorrow night,'' Wenger declared.
"I am confident despite the injuries we have that we can do it.
"Of course, we will need to get everybody to 100% of his potential and have a great team performance.
"This team, though, has such a great mental strength and I believe they can fight against the odds anywhere in the world.''
Wenger openly admits Arsenal are lucky to still have a chance, however slim, of progression to the semi-finals after the way in which they were completely dominated in the opening stages of the first leg.
"We have learned that it is important we start will full power, without any inhibition, which we showed in the first 20 minutes at the Emirates,'' he said.
"How we manage to do that will certainly have a big influence on the game and on the result tomorrow.
"We have to try to be very disciplined, but not to hide when we have the ball.''
With so many of his key men missing, the last thing Wenger needed was another injury problem.
The prognosis on Song, however, does not look promising.
"It was a bad surprise this morning, because he had a scan yesterday afternoon on his knee and it is an inflamed cartilage,'' the Arsenal boss revealed.
"We have to wait how the evolution will be, but he is completely out of the squad for tomorrow's game.''
Song had been pencilled in to drop back into defence, as he had done following Gallas' calf injury relapse in the first leg, given Campbell can often need more recovery time between games.
Wenger will, though, leave a decision on the 35-year-old's involvement as late as possible, with fellow veteran Mikael Silvestre, 32, also part of the 18-man squad which left Luton this afternoon.
"That is a decision I have to make, consulting with Sol tomorrow to see how he feels,'' Wenger said.
"Today he was still not completely available. He managed a warm up and then we got him in.
"It is such a big game that you must be completely fit or not play at all.''

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Louis van Gaal insists Manchester United have more reason to be afraid of Bayern Munich than the German giants do of their 1999 Champions League final conquerors.
In the build-up to tomorrow's quarter-final first leg at the Allianz Arena, Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge suggested his team were scared about trying to keep Wayne Rooney quiet.
As the man who must overcome a team who hail from the "level one'' station he can only dream of eight months into his work, Van Gaal could have done without the suggestion of an inferiority complex.
And the Dutchman was quick to turn it on its head, even though he accepts Rooney, who has travelled after shrugging off the foot problem which kept him out of Saturday's win at Bolton, has a special talent that will not be easily quelled.
"I never have fear and my players don't have any fear either,'' said Bayern coach Van Gaal.
"We value Rooney's quality. He is a super footballer.
"When he was younger, I often wondered whether he had the vision in his game.
"He has developed that now and is very hard to mark out of the game.
"But we can manage because we also have quality. Ferguson and his players should be scared of that.''
Bayern are sweating on the fitness of former Chelsea star Arjen Robben, who aggravated a groin injury in Saturday's defeat by Stuttgart.
It is the kind of muscular problem that has plagued Robben throughout his career and he has never given the impression of being too keen to try to play through.
Van Gaal will give his fellow countryman every chance, knowing he is capable of the individual brilliance that helped dispose of Fiorentina in the last round.
But he has vowed no chances will be taken.
"We need a player like Robben against Manchester United but if he is not 100%, he doesn't play,'' Van Gaal said.
"You have always got to be a bit careful with a player who dribbles at such high intensity. He is not injured but his muscle is tired.''
Robben's wing twin Franck Ribery is more likely to be involved despite a nagging ankle injury.
United boss Sir Alex Ferguson admits the European stage is still the one he loves best.
For a competitive game, the magnificent Allianz Arena is a new stadium for United.
Their previous three trips to Munich were all to the equally glamorous Olympic Stadium, in the days before Bayern took up residence in a futuristic new home built for the 2006 World Cup.
"I have always dreamed about being involved in Europe,'' Ferguson said.
"When I first went into European football with Aberdeen, we played Real Madrid in the Cup Winners' Cup final in 1983. That was the start of the dream.
"We played Bayern in the quarter-final that year and Liverpool on one occasion. They were nights you wanted to have all your life.
"When they changed the old format of the European Cup to the Champions League, (it was) all the best teams.
"You always hoped to play against the likes of Milan, Juventus, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern.
"They are all in the tournament now. We have got our cake and everyone who is involved in Europe is eating it.''
There is certainly a wariness inside the United camp merely because of the history they are facing.
"I respect Bayern Munich,'' said Ferguson.
"I have great admiration for them as a club. That is what we are playing. We are playing history. A team with history has a certain pride and we have to remember that.''
United are boosted by the presence not only of Rooney but also of Rio Ferdinand in the travelling party. The centre-back has shrugged off a groin problem that kept him out of the Bolton game.

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When VfB Stuttgart fans saw that they had been drawn with continental giants Barcelona in the last 16 of this season's Champions League extravaganza, they must have felt like running up a white flag.
It is, after all, a clash of David versus Goliath proportions, a game that pits, in Barcelona, a team that continues to conquer all, against a Stuttgart side struggling in the Bundesliga and who only just made it out of a particularly weak qualifying group.
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Nevertheless, having already been given little or no chance of progressing past Pep Guardiola's exceptional side, the Stuttgart faithful will be buoyed by last weekend's 2-1 away win at Nuremberg, a victory that means they have won five in a row domestically and remain unbeaten since Christian Gross took over in December.
Stuttgart's fine current form is in stark contrast to their somewhat stop start qualifying campaign.
A home draw with Scotland's Rangers and a demoralizing defeat in their own backyard to eventual group winners Sevilla were definite lows, whilst a spirited draw in Valencia and a convincing 3-1 home win against Romanian upstarts Unirea Urziceni, were the highlights.
Veteran goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, who excelled against Unirea, is, according to Gross, back to his very best, whilst the exceptionally talented Sami Khedira and former Arsenal star Aleksandr Hleb will raid forward and look to supply Russian striker Pavel Pogrebnyak who will certainly test Barcelona's backline over the two legs.
Despite losing 2-1 at home against Group F minnows Rubin Kazan, Barcelona, the current Champions League holders, qualified for this season's knockout phase with relative ease.
A battling 0-0 draw away at Inter Milan, coupled with a 2-0 home win against Jose Mourinho's charges underlined their group dominance, although injuries to key players have cast a shadow over February 23 trip to Stuttgart.
Already doubtful for the VfB Stadium encounter are Eric Abidal, Dani Alves and now Dmytro Chygrynskiy, a defensive headache that will not help Guardiola's mood ahead of the test in Germany.
Whilst Barca's problems at the back may be a ray of light for Stuttgart, the Catalan team's prowess going forward - take a bow Lionel Messi, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Thierry Henry and young upstart Pedro, is sure to be worrying Gross.
Barca, who last season became the first team to win six trophies in one campaign, are once again riding high in La Liga.
Thanks to their sublime football - a flowing, skill-laden version of the beautiful game that left Manchester United wondering what had hit them in last season's Champions League final - many Spanish analysts are already declaring that the title is theirs to lose.
Whilst that may be so, Guardiola and his men would do well not to underestimate Stuttgart, with the German faithful sure to provide a hostile reception, this tie may not as much of a walkover as many are predicting.

Puyol wary of Stuttgart threat

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Barcelona captain Carles Puyol admits his side could be in for a bad night if they underestimate the threat posed by in-form Stuttgart in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.

Barca make the trip to Germany having bounced back from their first league defeat of the season eight days ago against Atletico Madrid by thumping Racing Santander 4-0 on Saturday night.

That was the Catalan giants` sixth victory in seven league games, but they will now come up against a Stuttgart who are in just as good form.

Stuttgart may still be struggling down in ninth place in the Bundesliga but they too have won six of their last seven and at the weekend thrashed Cologne 5-1 away from home with Cacau netting four of his side's goals.

When the draw was made back in December Stuttgart were in the midst of a 10-match winless run in all competitions, but it is a different story now and a wary Puyol said: "They're playing better now and they are a dangerous team.

"If we don't go there focused, we could really have a bad time,'' added Puyol, who scored one of his side`s goals as they beat Stuttgart 2-0 away during the group stages of the 2007/08 Champions League.

Barca have struggled badly with absentees recently and the Champions League holders will again be without Seydou Keita and Eric Abidal.

Key duo Xavi and Dani Alves have at least made the trip to Germany, but neither has yet been given the all-clear to return to action following injuries.

Full-back Alves has been absent for a month due to a calf problem while Xavi picked up a thigh injury during the defeat to Atletico that had been expected to keep the Spain international out for around 15 days.

Striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who was a late withdrawal ahead of Saturday`s win over Racing with an ankle problem, has also been included in a 20-man travelling squad in the hope he will be fit to feature.

Stuttgart coach Christian Gross is likely to be without left-back Arthur Boka for both meetings against Barca after he suffered a dislocated shoulder in training prior to the Cologne match that could keep him sidelined for a month.

That was one of the few negatives on what was a memorable weekend for the Bundesliga outfit, which saw striker Cacau make a stunning return from his four-week injury lay-off.

"I was really looking forward to this game after my long break,'' said Cacau. "And the way the game went makes it particularly beautiful.''

Looking ahead to the clash, the Brazilian-born Germany international told Barca TV: "We've got nothing to lose. Barca are favourites and we maybe have a 20 or 30% chance of getting through, but we will be trying to make the most of our opportunities.

"We have to get a good result at home, because when Barca play at home it is very difficult to win. I hope they may be over confident and not commit themselves completely.''

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Zairi won`t under-estimate Bordeaux

Olympiakos  v  Bordeaux

Olympiacos striker Jaouad Zairi is adamant Bordeaux will put their recent struggles behind them and pose a significant threat in their Champions League encounter.

Les Girondins have not looked at their formidable best in recent games although they still lead the way in the Ligue 1 table.

And they can at least point to wins in their last two games as evidence they are back on track.

Neither the defeat of St Etienne, nor the win against a Lorient side down to 10 men for three-quarters of the game were convincing, however, results which came after losses to Monaco and Rennes.

The wobble has led to speculation in France that Laurent Blanc's men's air of invincibility has evaporated but Zairi is not convinced ahead of the first leg of their last-16 tie.

The former Sochaux and Nantes forward told RMC: "Bordeaux have no reason to worry. They have a quality squad with a great coach.

"Laurent Blanc is very influential and he can achieve a lot. We are doing a lot of video analysis on Bordeaux but first we are concentrating on our own game.

"We beat Arsenal in our own stadium and we will give the maximum to win.''

Having home advantage could be significant with the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium in Athens renowned for its atmosphere.

"It's very hot, the fans are fanatical,'' added Zairi. "The crowd is like our 12th man. They can turn the game around for us. The atmosphere is very impressive.''

Olympiacos' Serbian coach Bozidar Bantovic, who took over following the departure of Brazil legend Zico last month, is expected to be without Diogo and Luciano Galletti but fellow South American, midfielder Dudu, could return from injury.

Bordeaux president Jean-Louis Triaud believes his team's position has changed now they are into the knockout stages.

Les Girondins were drawn alongside European giants Juventus and Bayern Munich, as well as Maccabi Haifa, in Group A and were expected to fight it out for third spot and a place in the Europa League with the Israelis.

But Blanc's men defied the odds by finishing top with five wins and a draw from their six games.

And having played the part of underdog, Triaud believes they are now favourites going into the Olympiacos tie.

He told RMC: "Olympiacos are a respectable opponent.

"Although not that much is known about them, we know they are hard to play against, especially at their home ground.

"Overall, we were happy with the draw as we avoided the larger teams.

"I would like to think we are favourites. Although that may not be the case in Athens, over the two legs, that is reasonable.''

Olympiacos drew 1-1 at Ergotelis on Saturday while Bordeaux were handed the weekend off by Ligue 1 authorities to give them more time to prepare for the trip east.

The visitors' only absentee is captain and midfielder Alou Diarra, who has a thigh injury.

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