Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski each scored twice as a rampant Barcelona dumped Newcastle United out of the Champions League.
Newcastle head coach Eddie Howe had hoped his players would grow rather than shrink in the Nou Camp cauldron, in the second leg of this last-16 tie.
The visitors certainly showed immense spirit to twice equalise through the rapid Anthony Elanga in a competitive first half and cancel out goals from Raphinha and Marc Bernal.
Howe’s men were very much still in the tie at the break – even after Lamine Yamal’s penalty put Barca 3-2 in front in first-half stoppage time.
But the visitors fell apart after the restart and goals from Fermin Lopez, Raphinha and a double from Lewandowski ended their European adventure in sobering fashion.
Newcastle were ultimately left to rue the cost of some poor defending, and their night got off to the worst possible start when Barcelona capitalised on a couple of costly slips and Raphinha slotted the ball into the bottom corner after playing a one-two with Lopez.
But Newcastle quickly rallied and Elanga coolly drew his side level from close range after getting on the end of Lewis Hall’s drilled cross to the back post.
Those elated Newcastle supporters in the away end were not celebrating for long, though, after Raphinha floated a free-kick into the box and Gerard Martin headed the ball back across goal to the unmarked Bernal, who hooked it past Aaron Ramsdale.
Yet there were plenty more twists to come in this topsy-turvy first half and Newcastle equalised once again after Harvey Barnes picked out Elanga at the back post and the Swede finished first-time to stun the Nou Camp.
However, Barcelona were given the chance to retake the lead in first-half stoppage time after Kieran Trippier was penalised for pulling Raphinha back inside the box following a video assistant referee (VAR) intervention.
Up stepped Yamal to score from the spot – just as the nerveless 18-year-old did in the first leg at St James’ Park.
Barcelona then opened up a two-goal lead just minutes into the second half after Raphinha’s exquisite first-time pass sent Lopez galloping away and the Spaniard slotted the ball past Ramsdale.
The tie then got further away from Newcastle when Lewandowski headed home from Raphinha’s corner before grabbing another with a drilled finish.
Raphinha made it 7-2 on the night and 8-3 on aggregate after capitalising on a sloppy pass from Newcastle midfielder Jacob Ramsey.
Barca will now meet either Atletico Madrid or Tottenham Hotspur in the quarter-finals.
