Barcelona president Sandro Rosell admitted relief after seeing off AC Milan in their Champions League clash.
Barca had to overcome a 2-0 first-leg deficit to reach the quarterfinals.
Rosell declared: "It took a weight of my shoulders from a purely sporting point of view - I want Barça to win every game, even a friendly, so that the players and members enjoy themselves and in this case because it gives Tito the best possible situation for his return, but it wasn't to do with overcoming any sporting or institutional crisis, nor of our values, I never saw that as existing - Barça are still the best team in the world."