Barcelona, Galatasaray - protagonists of unforgettable football show - PHOTOS- VIDEO

Barcelona vs Milan

FC Barcelona produced a rousing comeback to overturn a 2-0 first-leg deficit against AC Milan and reach the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the sixth season in succession.

No side had ever recovered from a two-goal first-leg loss without the benefit of an away goal yet Barcelona made light of such unfavourable statistics, Lionel Messi's sublime first-half double wiping out Milan's lead and taking the Argentinian clear in second place in the all-time UEFA Champions League scoring charts behind Raúl González. Of more immediate relevance to the Azulgrana was David Villa's goal early in the second period although, for all their dominance, the home team were not safe until Jordi Alba raced through to add a clinching fourth in stoppage time.

Schalke vs Galatasaray

Gelsenkirchen-born Hamit Alt?ntop produced a sensational strike to help send Galatasaray into the quarter-finals for the first time since 2001 at the expense of former club FC Schalke 04.

Roman Neustädter's first UEFA Champions League goal had put Schalke 2-1 up on aggregate, but Cimbom turned this round of 16 tie on its head in five first-half minutes. Having previously failed to score for the side he joined last summer, Altintop opened his account with a sublime long-range drive before Burak Yilmaz's eighth of the competition gave Fatih Terim's Turkish champions the half-time edge in Germany.

It was blunted slightly by Michel Bastos's effort shortly after the hour, yet a series of Fernando Muslera saves combined with substitute Umut Bulut's late breakaway winner ensured Schalke's defiant second-half display was in vain.

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