Jose Mourinho today told Barcelona to expect a "completely different" performance from his Inter Milan side when the teams clash for the third time in the Champions League this season.
Wesley Sneijder's early goal earned a 1-0 win at CSKA Moscow to seal a 2-0 aggregate triumph and set up another meeting between the Italian and Spanish champions.
The teams played home and away in the group stage, with a 0-0 draw at the San Siro followed by a 2-0 home win in Catalonia.
Mourinho said he would "love to repeat" the goalless stalemate in Italy and deny Barca an away goal, while he warned their opponents a different Inter would turn up for the semi-final.
"Rest assured, this time we'll play another game," added the Inter boss. "They will have the advantage of playing the return at the Nou Camp but we will know how to treat the two matches."
Inter's quarter-final win ensured Mourinho achieved something his predecessor did not — Roberto Mancini's best run in the competition went as far only as the last eight.
Mourinho said: "It's five consecutive victories in the Champions League now; we are deservedly and comfortably through to the semi-finals.
"We can talk of a total change in Inter's history in the Champions League. This is a mentally different team with confidence and ability.
"This victory shows Inter have entered a new dimension — it's a Champions League Inter now.
"Whatever happens in the semi-final or the final, Inter will be full of confidence going into next season's Champions League.
"If we don't win it this year, Inter will win it in the next few years."
CSKA coach Leonid Slutsky was left to contemplate what might have been after Sneijder's
sixth-minute goal and an early injury to Vasili Berezutski — which forced the defender off after only 13 minutes — gave his side a mountain to climb.
"Conceding a goal so early and the accident of Berezutski made our task a much more difficult one," he said.
