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| March 9, 2006 | Thursday | Safar 8, 1427 |
Barcelona overcome Chelsea
PARIS, March 8: It was Spanish night in the Champions League on Tuesday as Barcelona won their grudge match with English Premiership champions Chelsea and Villarreal edged Scottish champions Rangers to both move into the quarterfinals.
The night’s other match saw Italian giants Juventus move fortuitously into the quarterfinals thanks to a dreadful error by Werder Bremen goalkeeper Tim Weise which saw them come from behind to win 2-1 at home on the night - 4-4 on aggregate - and win on the away goal rule.
Barcelona avenged their defeat by Chelsea in last year’s knockout stage to draw 1-1 - 3-2 on aggregate - on the night with a special piece of wizardry by Ronaldinho sealing the tie effectively 10 minutes from time.
A stoppage time penalty by Frank Lampard was simply an irrelevance.
Rangers had one foot in the quarter-finals when a Peter Lovenkrands goal gave them a 1-0 lead over Villarreal.
However Rodolfo Arruabarrena’s equaliser early in the second-half saw the hosts hold on for a 1-1 draw and go through on the away goals rule with the match ending 3-3 on aggregate.
Rangers became the third British side to be ousted by the Spanish outfit this campaign as Villarreal had already seen off Everton and Manchester United.
Results:
Last 16, 2nd leg
At Barcelona
Barcelona (ESP) 1 Chelsea (ENG) 1
Barcelona qualify for the quarter-finals 3-2 on aggregate
At Turin
Juventus 2 Werder Bremen (GER) 1
4-4 aggregate score. Juventus qualify for the quarter-finals on away goals
At Villarreal, Spain
Villarreal (ESP) 1 Rangers (SCO) 1
3-3 aggregate score. Villarreal qualify for quarter-finals on away goals —Agencies
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