Aleksandr Hleb attempts to take the ball away from the yellow booted duo of Daniel Alves, right, and Pedro Rodriguez Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty ImagesIn the 13th minute Lionel Messi showed why is the current World Footballer of the Year with a stupendous goal. He picked up the ball from Toure on the right, cut inside, and kept going until he reached the left-hand of the D, at which point he smacks an unstoppable shot into the top-left corner. What made it even more special was that there was no backlift on the shot and there were four Stuttgart defenders converging on himPhotograph: Albert Gea/ReutersThierry Henry stretches and gets a left footed shot in despite the close attention of Georg NiedermeierPhotograph: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images
Barcelona's defender Dani Alves risks getting Pavel Pogrebnyak's boot in his face when he stoops to head the ball clearPhotograph: Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty ImagesMaybe Barcelona forward Pedro Rodriguez got the wrong end of the stick when he was told to get stuck into the tackle. However, there was no confusion in the 22nd minute when got on the end of a crisp Barca passing move to sidefoot the ball home into an empty net and make the score 2-0 Photograph: Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty ImagesCacau can only watch rooted to the ground as Alves leaps high above him to clear the ballPhotograph: David Ramos/APThierry Henry reacts after missing a chance to score Photograph: David Ramos/APZlatan Ibrahimovic finds himself surrounded by Stuttgart players in the shape of Matthieu Delpierre, right, and Aliaksandr Hleb Photograph: Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty ImagesOn the hour mark, Messi finds the net with another another sublime strike to get his second goal of the night which makes it 3-0 to Barca, and game over. Alves played the ball through to the diminutive Argentinian who is on the edge of the D with his back to goal, so he spins left, then wallops a low shot into the bottom right in one smooth movementePhotograph: Alberto Estevez/EPAA dejected Jens Lehmann retrieves the ball from Stuttgart net for the third time. It was not a good night for the former German no 1 as he received a yellow card for time wasting - rather bizarrely when his team were 2-0 downPhotograph: Albert Gea/ReutersIn the 89th minute 19 year old Bojan Krkic replaces Iniesta and then one minute later, following another slick Barca move, he clips the ball past a stranded Lehmann and into the net with his first touch. What a start for him and what a finish to the game Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty ImagesBordeaux's Yoann Gourcuff dives in to tackle Olympiakos's Raul Bravo. Gourcuff opened the scoring in the fifth minute of the gamePhotograph: Jean-pierre Muller/AFP/Getty ImagesOlympiakos' Matt Derbyshire gives chase as Bordeaux defender Michael Ciani runs with the ballPhotograph: Nicolas Tucat/AFP/Getty ImagesSubstitute Kostas Mitroglou finds the net with a solid strike which makes it 1-1 and puts Olympiakos back into the matchPhotograph: Olivier Pon/ReutersOlympiakos' Avraam Papadopoulos, centre, Bordeaux's Michael Ciani, right, and Wendel seem to have no idea where the ball isPhotograph: Jean-pierre Muller/AFP/Getty ImagesTwo minutes from time Bordeaux's Marouane Chamakh climbs above his marker to meet a Tremoulinas cross and head home at the far post top to make it 2-1Photograph: Francois Mori/APA happy Yoann Gourcuff gives the fans a thumbs up as he strides off the pitch with an Olympiakos' jersey on his neck Photograph: Francois Mori/APThe flags are flying in France and Laurent Blanc looks down from the big screen as Bordeaux' supporters celebrate their 2-1 victory which means that the french club join their compatriats Olympique Lyon in the last eight and it is the first time since 2004 that two French teams have qualified for the quarter-finals Photograph: Nicolas Tucat/AFP/Getty Images
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