Barcelona 1 Paris Saint-Germain 1 match report: Lionel Messi rides to the rescue as Barça scramble through Barcelona became the first team in the Champions League era to reach the semi-finals in six consecutive seasons with a dramatic draw against Carlo Ancelotti's Paris Saint Germain. It was 2007 when they last failed to reach the final four. Lionel Messi was having trouble scoring against English teams back then, failing twice in group stage games with Chelsea and in the last-16 against Liverpool who knocked Frank Rijkaard's team out. He started on the bench and his side's first half performance reminded everyone why the Spanish have a word for his importance to the team - Messidependencia. Since 2008 - when they were knocked out by Manchester United - the Catalans have painted European football ever deeper shades of red and blue. They will be there again on Friday's draw but this was a long way from their technicolor best. Former Chelsea coach, Ancelotti, knows a thing or two about the Champions League. He won it twice as a player and twice as a manager. At the Camp Nou he came close to masterminding victory leaving David Beckham on the bench for a first half in which his side had by far the better chances. PSG almost got an early goal when Sergio Busquets stumbled on the ball and Ezequiel Lavezzi raced clear only to be crowded out by Gerard Pique. Zlatan Ibramovich was then gifted possession by Pique but failed to control the ball as Barcelona started nervously at the back. Xavi Hernandez had sent a free-kick into the side-netting and Andres Iniesta almost chipped Salvatore Sirigu from distance but it was Victor Valdes under most pressure, saving from Lucas Moura and watching a Javier Pastore effort go over his bar. There were plenty of holes at the other end but no Messi to fill them with magic. Against Mallorca at the weekend, Barcelona had not missed the man who has scored 43 of their 95 league goals, but the Ligue 1 leaders were proving a very different proposition and Barcelona's reduced goal threat allowed PSG to come on to the front foot far more regularly than they would have anticipated. Ibrahimovic laid the ball off to Lavezzi and only a fine save with his legs form Valdes kept the score at 0-0. Ibrahimovic was then sent through by Marco Verratti and crossed for Moura to draw yet another important stop from Valdes. PSG may remain a work in progress - a Frenchman, a Swede, three Italians, two Argentines and four Brazilians expensively assembled in short time and united so far only by last year's league title - by they were making Barcelona look vulnerable. David Villa and Cesc Fabregas had been charged with filling Messi's 'false nine' boots but when Villa slipped as he shot well wide and Fagregas then fired over with Dani Alves to his right screaming for a pass it was typical of their first half performances. There was still no sign of Leo Messi at the restart but he was stripping off to come on after just five minutes - a Pastore goal the cue. Ibrahimovic picked out the Argentine, who held his run well and finished past Valdes. Erring on the side of caution no longer made sense and Messi warmed up, soon replacing Fabregas as part of a double change that also saw Marc Bartra replace Adriano. Before he could come on Pastore almost doubled PSG's lead and Moura had a free-kick saved by Valdes with Alves going close for Barcelona. Pedro then drew a save from Sirigu with Messi unable to convert the rebound with practically his first touch. On 70 minutes though one of Messi's runs brought the equalizer he ran at the heart of the PSG defence and when Villa's shot was saved it came out to Pedro who swept it past Sirigu. Ancelotti's side would have to go again and his substitute options were not quite a match for Tito Vilanova's with David Beckham one of those warming up at the scene of his greatest Champions League night. Would there be a 1999 finish? PSG looked to have tired at the mere introduction of Messi and more still with the equalizer. Beckham came on to deafening jeers on 83 minutes. His Real Madrid past not forgotten by Barcelona supporters who will have crossed their fingers hoping for no free-kicks on the edge of their area. An Iniesta pirouette inside the six-yard box ended with the Spain international shooting into the side netting. Barcelona delayed free-kicks and ran the ball into corners. Goalscorer Pedro stayed down as Jordi Alba took on water on the touchline and the Camp Nou whistled for full-time. It was as unusual to see them counting down the clock in the second half as it had been seeing them Messi-less in the first but the result at least was the same as in the previous six years - Barcelona in the semi-finals. Man of the match Lucas. Referee B Kuipers (Neth). Attendance 78,000. Champions League semi-finalists Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid Draw is on Friday in Nyon. Matches to be played 23/24 Apr & 30 Apr/1 May