Second Youngest Barca

Barca striker Bojan Krkic scored his first Champions League goal and became the

second-youngest scorer in the competition at the age of 17 years and just over seven months to

put the Catalans in the driving seat of their tie against Schalke.

He diverted the ball into the roof of the net after Thierry Henry's initial shot was blocked at the

near post and kept his composure to square it back for the teenager to pounce.

Barcelona were more comfortable in possession throughout and held off Schalke's attempts at a

comeback with some ease despite missing injured trio Deco, Lionel Messi and Ronaldinho.

Having reached the last eight of the European Cup for the first time since the 1958-59 season,

the German side never looked capable of upsetting the 2006 winners, whose victory took some

of the pressure off coach Frank Rijkaard.

Rijkaard, under fire after Barca's 3-2 Spanish league defeat to Real Betis at the weekend,

praised his team for holding on in the closing stages when Schalke produced a flurry of shots.
"It's a good result and you have to congratulate the team for their hard work," Rijkaard said. "In

the second half we just got sucked into their aerial game a bit."

On Wednesday, Arsenal are at home to last year's finalists Liverpool in an all-English clash while

Turkish champions Fenerbahce entertain Chelsea in the other quarter-final.(source: yahoo/reuters)