Barcelona booked their place in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League as group winners after a comfortable 3-0 away win against Panathinaikos.
A draw would not have been enough for the La Liga champions following Rubin Kazan’s victory over FC Copenhagen earlier on Wednesday evening. However a Pedro brace and Lionel Messi’s 150th goal for the club sealed their safe passage.
Djibril Cisse had a glorious chance to break the deadlock in the 20th minute but he fired his effort straight at Victor Valdes while one-on-one.
The game was temporarily paused in the 81st minute as Italian referee Gianluca Rocchi was concerned about smoke and noise from fireworks inside the ground, but the home fans were not going to spoil the Barca party.
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