Anything Barcelona can do, Bayern Munich can do better as they smashed seven past Basel to book their place in the last eight. Basel did have a 1-0 lead going into the second leg but that was cancelled out after 11-minutes when Arjen Robben broke the deadlock. There was quiet between the two until Thomas Muller made it 2-0 three minutes before half-time with Mario Gomez adding a third two minutes later. Gomez then went into riot mode, scoring Munich's fourth five minutes into the second half then scoring his hat-trick just after the hour mark and then scored his fourth six minutes later. Basel's embarrassment was completed nine minutes from time when Robben scored his second to make it 7-0 on the night and 7-1 on aggregate.
There was drama in Italy as two injury time goals ended up causing Inter Milan to exit the competition. Marseille had a 1-0 lead going into the San Siro but Diego Milito levelled he score when he put Inter ahead on 75-minutes. But Inter's hopes of progressing were dashed when substitute Brandao equalised in the second minute of injury time. Steve Mandanda then conceded a penalty for bringing substitute Giampaolo Pazzini down and subsequently received his second yellow card. Pazzini dispatched the penalty to win the game for Inter but with the aggregate at 2-2, Marseille go through on away goals.
Real Madrid faced a tough task against CSKA Moscow but ended the night with a comfortable victory. It was 1-1 going into the Bernabeu and the Russians had several chances to take the lead. It didn't happen and Gonzalo Higuain put Madrid ahead on 26-minutes. Cristiano Ronaldo hit a 35-yard shot that Sergei Chepchugov didn't deal with and palmed it into the net, making it 2-0 ten minutes into the second half. Karim Benzema came off the bench and within two touches, Madrid were three ahead courtesy of the Frenchman. Zoran Tosic arguably scored the pick of the bunch for Moscow 13-minutes from time which did cause Madrid to become nervous. But again Moscow couldn't take any chances which allowed Benzema to play the ball across to Ronaldo and the Portuguese rolled the ball home for his second in injury time.
There will be an English representative in the quarter finals as Chelsea required extra time to overcome Napoli. The Italians had a 3-1 advantage to take to the Bridge but Roberto Di Matteo was able to continue his 100% to his managerial term. Didier Drogba headed Chelsea ahead just before the half-hour mark. John Terry then scored with his head from a corner three minutes into the second half to make it 3-3 on aggregate, a scoreline which would put Chelsea through. Gokhan Inler looked to destroy Chelsea's hopes with a goal seven minutes later to make it 4-3 to Napoli. Chelsea were then awarded a penalty when Andrea Dossena was perceived to have handballed it. Frank Lampard stepped up and smashed it past Morgan De Sanctis to make it 3-1 with 15-minutes left. This meant the game would go into extra time with the aggregate and away goal scores level. The winner came just before half-time when Branislav Ivanovic smashed home Drogba's cut-back, putting Chelsea into the quarter finals.
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