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Lucky Champions League.
Champions League favorites Barcelona will face AC Milan in the semi-finals of the Champions League after a convincing win over Benfica. Although Ronaldinho missed a penalty early on he made up for it by driving home the opener after a cross by Samuel Eto'o. Barcelona missed a series of chances and nearly threw away their lead when Sabrosa Simao and Georgios Karagounis both went close in the second-half. But, right at the death, Eto'o got the second, chesting down a Juliano Belletti cross before smashing home. The match got off to an explosive start when Barcelona was awarded a penalty with less than 5 minutes played. But 19 minutes later Benfica gifted Barcelona the opening goal on 19 minutes. 5 minutes later Ronaldinho went close again from a direct free kick, after Beto handled just outside the box. Barca began the second half as they ended the first with Eto'o mounting a series of raids down both wings.
<br>But the Cameroon star earned a booking after going down in a clear attempt to win a penalty.
<br>Then on the hour Benfica's Sabrosa Simao missed a golden chance to equalize. But in the last minutes of the match Eto'o got the goal he deserved, taking Benetti's clever 1st-time cross on his chest before smashing a half volley past Moretto.
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