Hoops Euro bid ends

The Catalan club had led 3-2 from the first match in Glasgow and Xavi's goal from a Sylvinho cross after three minutes effectively ended any hopes of a Celtic comeback.

Gordon Strachan's side did well to contain Barca's superstars for the rest of the game but the home side cruised in to the quarter-finals 4-2 on aggregate with plenty to spare.

A far from full Nou Camp witnessed the rampant home side take the lead in the third minute after playmaker Xavi fed Ronaldinho on the left-hand side of the Celtic penalty area.

The Brazilian flicked the ball on to the overlapping Sylvinho and when he cut the ball back, he found that Xavi had continued his run to flick the ball past Hoops keeper Artur Boruc.

As Barca swarmed forward relentlessly, Ronaldinho drove a shot in from 16 yards which Boruc spilled for a fruitless corner before Samuel Eto'o chested a Sylvinho cross wide of the near post from close range.

On the half hour mark the unlikely figure of Carles Puyol stole in to the Celtic penalty area to latch on to Ronaldinho's reverse pass but Boruc was able to push the Barcelona skipper's attempted lob over the bar.

In the 55th minute Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink headed an Aiden McGeady cross past the post under pressure from Puyol before he was replaced by Georgios Samaras.

However, Ronaldinho exploded into action again on the hour mark when he played a one-two with Eto'o before forcing Boruc in to a fine save with his volley from the edge of the box.

Deco was next to test Boruc, the Poland international diving low to his left post to push the ball away for another corner as Celtic endured another spell of pressure. Eto'o then completely missed a cross from crusading right-back Gianluca Zambrotta only 12 yards from goal when he had beaten the Celtic offside trap.