Barcelona set up a mouth-watering UEFA Champions League semi-final showdown with Milan after a 2-0 win over Benfica in their quarter final second leg in Camp Nou.
Frank Rijkaard's men dominated the contest but failed to kill off the Portuguese side after Roanldinho had recovered from missing an early penalty to put them ahead 19 minutes in.
The Spanish champions could not find a second goal though despite bossing in a one-sided contest and they had to survive a huge late scare before Samuel Eto'o rifled in the second a minute from time to ease the growing tension and put Barca through.
Barcelona had the chance for a perfect start inside five minutes, when referee Lubos Michel penalised Petit for handball although Mark van Bommel did chip the ball at him from close range, but the ref pointed to the spot.
However, Benfica goalkeeper Marcelo Moretto, who had done so well to keep Barca at bay in Lisbon, did so again as he saved Ronaldinho's penalty, to the dismay of the expectant Camp Nou crowd.
The Portuguese side had their backs from the wall from the off and, despite the penalty let-off, they still could not get out of their own half.
One of a number of flowing Barca moves saw Eto'o provide a great pass down the right edge of the box for Henrik Larsson, but Moretto was there again to cut the ball out ahead of Deco - who was booked for leaving his foot in and will miss the first leg of the semi-final.
Eto'o was causing havoc down the right wing and more great work from the African saw him cruise past Anderson inside the box and slip across a pin-point cut-back for Ronaldinho, who made no mistake this time when firing Barca 1-0 ahead.
The Brazilian superstar almost made it two on 24 minutes when his free kick whistled just wide of the near post after another handball was given against Benfica just on the left edge of the box.
Eto'o wasted his best chance of the half two minutes later after he nipped in ahead of the advancing Moretto on to a long goal kick, but the Cameroon man hit his lob way over the bar.
Another piece of sloppiness from the visitors saw Leo shank his attempted clearance horribly towards his own goal, but van Bommel's shot was saved by the feet of Moretto as the keeper continued to keep his side in the match.
Ronald Koeman's men did better to stem the tide of Barca chances in the second half, and they gave the hosts a huge scare on the hour mark when Fabrizio Miccoli led a rare foray forward. The Italian crossed for Simao who fired past Victor Valdes from close range, only for his effort to go agonisingly just wide.
Despite being so comfortable for most of the match, Barca looked a little edgy as Benfica grew into the game, and Eto'o wasted a good opportunity when looking for a spectacular overhead kick when he had time to control and hit something more meaningful at goal.
Barca continued to retreat after failing to get the killer second goal, and their collective hearts skipped a beat three minutes from time when Giorgias Karagounis' shot was beaten away by a sprawling Valdes.
After coming so close, Benfica's resistance was broken a minute later when Eto'o was allowed time in the box to bring down Juliano Belletti's ball to smash home Barca's second and seal their passage into the semis and a date with last year's beaten finalists Milan.
Frank Rijkaard's men dominated the contest but failed to kill off the Portuguese side after Roanldinho had recovered from missing an early penalty to put them ahead 19 minutes in.
The Spanish champions could not find a second goal though despite bossing in a one-sided contest and they had to survive a huge late scare before Samuel Eto'o rifled in the second a minute from time to ease the growing tension and put Barca through.
Barcelona had the chance for a perfect start inside five minutes, when referee Lubos Michel penalised Petit for handball although Mark van Bommel did chip the ball at him from close range, but the ref pointed to the spot.
However, Benfica goalkeeper Marcelo Moretto, who had done so well to keep Barca at bay in Lisbon, did so again as he saved Ronaldinho's penalty, to the dismay of the expectant Camp Nou crowd.
The Portuguese side had their backs from the wall from the off and, despite the penalty let-off, they still could not get out of their own half.
One of a number of flowing Barca moves saw Eto'o provide a great pass down the right edge of the box for Henrik Larsson, but Moretto was there again to cut the ball out ahead of Deco - who was booked for leaving his foot in and will miss the first leg of the semi-final.
Eto'o was causing havoc down the right wing and more great work from the African saw him cruise past Anderson inside the box and slip across a pin-point cut-back for Ronaldinho, who made no mistake this time when firing Barca 1-0 ahead.
The Brazilian superstar almost made it two on 24 minutes when his free kick whistled just wide of the near post after another handball was given against Benfica just on the left edge of the box.
Eto'o wasted his best chance of the half two minutes later after he nipped in ahead of the advancing Moretto on to a long goal kick, but the Cameroon man hit his lob way over the bar.
Another piece of sloppiness from the visitors saw Leo shank his attempted clearance horribly towards his own goal, but van Bommel's shot was saved by the feet of Moretto as the keeper continued to keep his side in the match.
Ronald Koeman's men did better to stem the tide of Barca chances in the second half, and they gave the hosts a huge scare on the hour mark when Fabrizio Miccoli led a rare foray forward. The Italian crossed for Simao who fired past Victor Valdes from close range, only for his effort to go agonisingly just wide.
Despite being so comfortable for most of the match, Barca looked a little edgy as Benfica grew into the game, and Eto'o wasted a good opportunity when looking for a spectacular overhead kick when he had time to control and hit something more meaningful at goal.
Barca continued to retreat after failing to get the killer second goal, and their collective hearts skipped a beat three minutes from time when Giorgias Karagounis' shot was beaten away by a sprawling Valdes.
After coming so close, Benfica's resistance was broken a minute later when Eto'o was allowed time in the box to bring down Juliano Belletti's ball to smash home Barca's second and seal their passage into the semis and a date with last year's beaten finalists Milan.
