Barcelona and Sporting Lisboa became the first teams to fall in the quarter finals of the Champions League in Europe, in a day in which Chelsea was humiliated in Rome and Liverpool hardly matched at home to Atlético Madrid with a criminal more than doubtful.Barca won their math to pass another round, despite a surprising tie to give up one in his own house and the flimsiest rival in Group C, the Basel.
The Catalans remain first in the group with 10 points and will play the lead against Sporting of Portugal, which has nine points after defeat by Shakthar Donetsk 1-0 in Lisbon and also took out his ticket.
The Barcelona faced the encounter with 11 consecutive victories in games in the Spanish League, Copa del Rey and Champions League.
In addition, was measured to Basel without a point so far and he had defeated 5-0 in Switzerland in the previous day.
However, it could hardly break the zero-two minutes after the Argentine Lionel Messi will break the bench, the 62 '. But Eren Derdiyok, eight minutes from the end pitazo and foremost a failure of the local defense, which had sentenced a 1-1 triumph value for the modest Swiss team.
Meanwhile, the Rome reopened Group A by defeating the leader by Chelsea 3-1 at the Olympic stadium.
A double from Mirko Vucinic and Christian Panucci both paved the victory of local, that sum now six points, one fewer than the Blues, who discounted through John Terry and ended with ten men for the expulsion of Portuguese Deco.
Thus, the English saw their frustrated ambition to stamp his passport yesterday to quarter finals.
Also with six points and with a good chance of a fall is the eighth Girondins Bordeaux, hangman yesterday's 2-1 CFR Cluj in Romania.
Bran. For his part, tied to Liverpool at Anfield a little before the Atletico Madrid thanks to a controversial criminal scored by Steven Gerra in time off, leaving the group D of the Champions League in Europe with both teams in the head.
The meeting was opened with a bit of Maxi Rodriguez to the 37 ', but in time all local discount earned a draw thanks to a penalty that will give much to talk about. Steven Gerrard battled a ball with Mariano Pernia and the two collided on inertia.
Then, the Swedish penal Martin Hasson said, to the surprise of locals and visitors. Gerrard not failed and was 1-1.
In Cyprus, the Inter rescued a draw to three before the Antorthosis Famagusta, ten minutes from the end and thanks to a goal from Argentine Julio Cruz.
