(CNN) -- Barcelona set up a potential Champions League semifinal clash with Spanish rivals Real Madrid after ending the European hopes of Shakhtar Donetsk with a 1-0 victory on Tuesday.
Two-time world player of the year Lionel Messi scored the only goal in the Ukraine as the La Liga leaders completed a 6-1 aggregate success.
It was the 23-year-old Argentina international's 48th goal in 46 games this season, a new club record which leaves him one behind the alltime Spanish record set by Real's Ferenc Puskas ahead of the campaign's second "El Clasico" league clash between the two teams in Madrid on Saturday.
Pep Guardiola's team will face Real four times before the end of this season if Jose Mourinho's side can, as expected, protect a 4-0 lead away to English club Tottenham on Wednesday.
Manchester United seal semifinal place
This fourth consecutive qualification for the semifinals is a huge achievement. Barcelona have never done this before
--Pep Guardiola
RELATED TOPICS
FC Barcelona
Lionel Messi
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
Real Madrid CF
Champions League Football
Barcelona, the 2009 European champions and three-time winners overall, reached the semifinals for the fourth successive season while denying Shakhtar a first appearance in the last four.
"This fourth consecutive qualification for the semifinals is a huge achievement," Guardiola told reporters in quotes carried by AFP. "Barcelona have never done this before. This is a huge pleasure."
The Ukrainian league leaders went into the match having lost their 56-match unbeaten home run in all competitions last weekend, and failed to capitalize on a string of early chances.
"In spite of the large number of players missing from our side, we had more chances than any team should normally have against Barcelona," Shakhtar's Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu said.














very good for barca becaus it the best team in the worl and very good for messi becaus he is the best player of the world and another think is that barca will win all the games vs real madrid of these year