Barcelona needed a Pedro equaliser to draw 1-1 with Paris St Germain yesterday in their Champions League quarter-final, second leg and advance to the last four on away goals as Bayern Munich weathered an early Juventus storm before Mario Mandzukic headed a second-half goal to help them to a 2-0 win in Turin.

Barcelona started the match at the Nou Camp with Lionel Messi on the bench after he damaged a hamstring in last week’s 2-2 first-leg draw in Paris.

Without the World Player of the Year Barca, lacked cutting edge and PSG had much the better of the first half before Javier Pastore raced clear five minutes after the break and lifted the ball over Victor Valdes into the net.

Messi replaced Cesc Fabregas with half an hour left and was involved in the build-up to Pedro’s 71st-minute strike to make it 3-3 on aggregate as Barca secured a sixth straight semi-final appearance in Europe’s elite club competition.

In a match with a distinctly Qatari flavour – PSG are owned by the oil- and gas-rich Arab nation and Qatar Foundation is Barca’s main sponsor – the visitors made a lively start.

Ezequiel Lavezzi latched on to a Sergio Busquets error and raced through the middle but his control let him down and Valdes was able to clear.

The Spain keeper was called on again in the 24th minute when Zlatan Ibrahimovic sent Lavezzi clear and he saved well with an outstretched leg before palming a powerful Lucas header over the bar as PSG pressed for a goal.

Barca were looking unusually ragged with the normally impeccable Busquets misplacing several passes and full-back Daniel Alves miscuing a couple of crosses.

After Pastore’s goal and the introduction of Messi the home side appeared to rediscover their urgency and close to 100,000 fans packed inside the giant arena did their best to lift the players.

Pedro, who received the all-clear to play shortly before the match after a muscle injury, rescued them with a clinical finish from the edge of the area.

Juventus, chasing a 2-0 deficit from the first leg, huffed and puffed but were not creative enough to cause Bayern more than the odd scare.

Both teams hit the post before Mandzukic, who was booked early in the game and will miss the last four first leg, headed in following a free-kick in the 64th minute.

That left Juventus with the impossible task of scoring four goals and turned the rest of the game into a formality, with substitute Claudio Pizarro netting again for Bayern in injury time.

Juventus, determined to make up for their poor showing in the first leg last week, predictably made an aggressive start but Bayern quickly evened the match up.

Manuel Neuer came to Bayern’s rescue in the 23rd minute when he fisted away a rising Andrea Pirlo free-kick from the edge of the area, although the defensive wall did not appear to be nine metres from the ball.

Juve attempted to send long balls over the Bayern midfield for Mirko Vucinic and Fabio Quagliarella to chase but, although the Montenegrin was a handful, the German defence coped well.

Left-back David Alaba, who scored in the first leg with a long-range shot which was misjudged by Gianluigi Buffon, had Bayern’s best first-half attempt with another effort from distance but this time the goalkeeper was equal to it.

Juve also started the second half brightly and another Pirlo free-kick was deflected but fell kindly for Neuer to save, then Quagliarella hit the foot of the post with a long-range shot.

Again, Juventus were unable to keep it going and Bayern came back at them, Arjen Robben hitting the post with a curling effort after he had been cleverly set up by Mandzukic.

Bayern broke through in the 64th minute when Bastian Schweinsteiger floated over a free-kick and, although Buffon saved Javi Martinez’s shot, Mandzukic headed in the rebound.

Peruvian striker Pizarro added the gloss for a 4-0 aggregate win as Bayern Munich, last term’s runners-up when beaten by Chelsea, joined fellow Germans Borussia Dortmund and Primera Liga duo Bar-celona and Real Madrid in the last four of the competition.

Juve had not previously lost to foreign opposition at their two-year-old Juventus Stadium.

Quarter-finals (second legs)

Played yesterday
Barcelona vs Paris SG - 1-1 (agg: 3-3 - Barca through on away goals)
Juventus vs Bayern Munich - 0-2 (Bayern through 4-0 on aggregate)

Played Tuesday
Borussia Dortmund vs Malaga - 3-2 (B. Dortmund through 3-2 on aggregate)
Galatasaray vs Real Madrid - 3-2 (Real Madrid through 5-3 on aggregate)

Note: Semi-finals draw tomorrow.

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