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Messi scores twice as Barcelona advances

The Columbian
Published: March 17, 2010, 12:00am

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Lionel Messi scored twice to lead defending champion Barcelona over Stuttgart 4-0 Wednesday night and into the European Champions League quarterfinals.

Pedro Rodriguez and Bojan Krkic also got goals for Barcelona, which won the home-and-home, total-goals series on 5-1 aggregate.

Bordeaux beat Olympiakos 2-1 for a 3-1 aggregate win as Yoann Gourcuff and Marouane Chamakh scored to overcome Kostas Mitroglou’s goal for the visitors.

Arsenal, Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow, Inter Milan, Lyon and Manchester United also are in Friday’s draw.

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