cléber rouses wisła but barça pass test published: wednesday 27 august 2008, 0.58cet wisła kraków 1-0 fc barcelona (agg: 1-4) cléber's second-half goal lifted the polish champions but failed to send barça off course for the group stage.
by luciano mera from barcelona
fc barcelona stumbled slightly in losing by a single cléber goal at the home of the polish champions but still marched into the group stage at wisła kraków's expense.
pride josep guardiola's team, leading 4-0 from the first leg of this third qualifying round tie, were undone on the night by a 52nd-minute header from cléber as maciej skorža's men claimed back a measure of pride. but it was barcelona who won the ticket for thursday's uefa champions league draw.
substantial lead wisła might have gone ahead early on when the well-placed piotr brożek sent a header wide. however, a reminder of the attacking power which had brought barcelona goals from samuel eto'o, xavi hernández and thierry henry a fortnight ago, came with henry's miss from andrés iniesta's pass.
second-half goal the breakthrough finally arrived seven minutes into the second half when the unmarked cléber rose to nod in a corner. if the strike lifted the home side, it also stung the 2006 uefa champions league winners. carles puyol and eto'o went close before gerard piqué smashed a long-range shot against the post. when substitute bojan krkić wasted a late chance, wisła's consolation victory was secure. bigger tests lay ahead for the blaugrana.
