MADRID, May 3 -- FC Barcelona qualified for the final of the Champions League on Tuesday night after drawing 1-1 at home to Real Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League semi- final.

Pedro Rodriguez opened the score for Barcelona in the second half and although Marcelo's equalizer with 25 minutes remaining gave the Catalans some nervous moments, Barca were the better side over the two legs and made their 2-0 win in Santiago Bernabeu stadium last week.

As expected, Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola fielded his strongest available side with Carles Puyol filling in at left back and Javier Mascherano in central defense. Andres Iniesta, who had been injured for the first leg returned in midfield.

Jose Mourinho sprang a surprise in his starting 11 without the suspended duo of Sergio Ramos and Pepe. He opted to bring Gonzalo Higuain and Kaka into the team, doing away with the defensive trident he had aligned in the previous three matches against Barca and looking to attack.

Mourinho, who was suspended and not allowed in the Madrid dugout or to communicate with his players during the match, must have been pleased at his side's start to the game, as Cristiano Ronaldo, Higuain and Angel De Maria looked to pressure Barca high up the park and the home side looked uncomfortable.

However, once Barcelona broke through the first line of pressure, there was more space in midfield and Ricardo Carvalho was booked before the quarter hour for briskly ending a mess run.

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