Barcelona has seen through the possible Benfica scare winning the second leg 2-0. Not until the injury period goal by Eto’o, though, were Barca completely safe as Benfica could always have scored another one to enforce extra time and penalties. Too bad I sacrificed watching the game as I had work to attend to.

None of remaining Barca games in the Champions League will be missed be me. :) Arsenal too have qualified for the semis holding out in the second leg and thus upsetting Juventus. The semi final line up reads:

• Barcelona vs AC Milan
• Arsenal vs Villareal

Will it be a memorable Champions League for Barca? I am certainly backing Barcelona to go all the way. Go Barca!

Barca missed their chances and in the end the score line read 0-0. It is all down to the Nou Camp now. A dangerous position. Benfica won in Liverpool and would be hoping to repeat the away track record. But certainly playing at the Nou Camp will be a lot different to playing in Liverpool.

The below photograph shows one of the things I enjoy about FCB so much:

Eto’o has missed another chance and is disappointed. Ronaldinho plays the role of the guy who encourages, boosts up the team in the face of this disappointment. Ronaldinho is quite the team man - creating chances, motivating players and always smiling.

Barca have been drawn to face Portuguese club Benfica in the quarters of the Champions League. They will next face AC Milan or French Champions Lyon should they advance to the semis. In the final, they will face any of Juventus, Arsenal, Inter, Ajax or Villarreal.

A revenge for the 1994 Champions League finals loss to Milan in the semis, victory over the superb Juventus in the final. I can see it right now!

I do hope Arsenal does not do any thing extra ordinary in the first game or even comes up with a draw. They have been struggling domestically and are the only English Club left. Any promise would mean all the English newspapers yelling for Arsenal to do a repeat of Liverpool last year. Well every day is not Sunday and it ain’t gonna happen!

I do hope Arsenal crash out as fast as possible also because it could mean they cannot afford Thierry Henry for long and he might come to Barcelona. Certainly mouth watering prospects for me!