• Barcelona reaches the quarterfinals for the eighth consecutive season
• Ivan Rakitić scored his first goal in the UEFA Champions League after 19 games
• Samples of England give way to the Blaugrana for the second season in a row
• The hosts hit three woods, the team of Pellegrini wrong with Agüero the rigor of the possible tie
• The draw for the quarter-finals will be held in Nyon on 20 March at 12.00CET
The FC Barcelona fly the quarter UEFA Champions League for the eighth consecutive season, shutting down for the second year in a row the dream of Manchester City FC. At the Camp Nou the Blaugrana 1-0 stretch the English champions, already beaten 2-1 in the first leg, with the first goal in the competition of Ivan Rakitić.
The already faint hopes of Manuel Pellegrini to overturn the defeat dell’Ethiad are wrecked in front of the great test of the hosts of Luis Enrique, who for an hour they played a great football. Barça was simply beautiful flash of Rakitić to bring home success and the next round; although the fantastic performance of Joe Hart has kept City in life until the end, when Sergio Agüero was refused a penalty fate of the British was sealed.
The Barcelona, galvanized by the recent record in La Liga, to the great part. Are spent just seven minutes when Daniel Alves steals the ball in one dreamy Vincent Kompany and serves to Neymar, who with a right from close range hit the post inside. Lionel Messi is ispiratissimo and went close to scoring first on a free kick and then with a left turn just wide; in between is the parade of Marc-Andre Ter Stegen on razor Aleksandar Kolarov from distance.
Shortly after the half hour, though, the Blaugrana pass. Messi with an incredible magic gives a perfect assist to Rakitić, Croatian mockery Hart with a lob winner and celebrates the first goal in the UEFA Champions League, leading the Catalans ahead. The English champions are feeling the pinch, because before Bacary Sagna threatens the own goal, then Luis Suarez hit the post with the outside right on the launch of Neymar.
Even in the second half Barça started well and Hart must say no to the right on the fly by Andrés Iniesta, and then attempts to save the repetition of Jordi Alba and even Messi. The game is beautiful, Suárez located just outside of the network while the defense of Luis Enrique is saved on a scrum in amazing area. Outside of the network for the former Yaya Touré, with a volley from outside the area.
A Jordi Alba is canceled the goal of doubling after yet another miracle of Hart on Neymar, while Manuel Pellegrini play the Wilfried Bony paper, replacing its Touré. There is a breather, the goalkeeper of the national English is decisive on trying to close Neymar, while twelve minutes left Manchester City has the best of chances to equalize.
Gerard Piqué lands Sergio Agüero in the area and the referee awards the penalty Rocchi Italian: from the spot goes the Kun, but Ter Stegen hypnotizes him. There is time for yet another cross of the Blaugrana, still affected by Suárez, and for another intervention high school Hart – monumental his game – on Messi. Ended 1-0 for Barca’s Luis Enrique, who goes on.
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