We must go out at the Nou Camp to win the game for our fans.
And he doubted whether the midfielder would choose a move to the Nou Camp.
Former world player of the year Ronaldinho has had a difficult season at the Nou Camp.
Meanwhile, defender Frank de Boer is leaving Barcelona after more than four years at the Nou Camp.
But Laporta admitted a deal to bring the former Real Madrid playmaker to the Nou Camp now looks increasingly unlikely.
Barcelona goalkeeper Ruud Hesp has won the hearts at the Nou Camp and could go to France as the third-choice keeper.
The two sides reconvene at the Nou Camp next Tuesday, with the winners playing either Chelsea or Benfica in the semifinal.
With Puyol's later red card also ruling the Barca skipper out, Barcelona will be without both first-choice centre-backs at the Nou Camp.
Guardiola led Barca to 14 titles in four years before stepping down from the Nou Camp hotseat at the end of last season.
An arena that, like the Maracana in Brazil and the Bernabeu and the Nou Camp in Spain, evokes countless historical memories and emotions.
"It's a very big move for me and too good to turn down, " Ibrahimovic told a news conference at the Nou Camp following his signing.
Wearing the number nine shirt formerly held by Eto'o, Ibrahimovic later received a rapturous welcome before tens of thousands of fans at the Nou Camp.
The result means Barcelona will be strong favorites to reach the quarterfinals when the teams meet again at the Nou Camp in a fortnight's time.
Ronaldinho, 28, has had a difficult few months at the Nou Camp because of injury and loss of form and a move has long been mooted.
So on Sunday in a demonstration of national pride, 98, 000 placards will turn the Nou Camp into a giant Catalan flag emblazoned with the word "Barca!"
"Wembley Stadium is imposing but there are many others around the world like the Nou Camp that have equally similar structures, " he told BBC Radio 5 live.
The Spaniards, with five sets of fresh legs following their narrow defeat in the Nou Camp, were looking a class act as they stroked the ball about.
Ronaldinho, Deco, Samuel Eto'o, Gianluca Zambrotta, Lilian Thuram, Xavi and Eidur Gudjohnsen were also among the players who arrived at the Nou Camp for a 9am start.
Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o has also been linked to a move away from the Nou Camp and Inter Milan and Tottenham appear keen on the Cameroon international.
Earlier, a Zenit spokesperson told BBC Sport that the forward's heart was set on a move to the Nou Camp, but that negotiations with Barcelona were ongoing.
Television cameras caught the reigning Caf African Footballer of the Year committing the act in the closing minutes of Barcelona's 2-1 victory over Bilbao at the Nou Camp.
Supporters in the Nou Camp paid a special tribute to the 32-year-old Abidal in the 22nd minute of the match -- the same number as his squad shirt.
Messi turned on the style in the Nou Camp with one of the most devastating individual displays the competition has ever seen, as an injury-ravaged Arsenal side were torn apart.
Berdyev, who in the Nou Camp was constantly running beads through his hands as he always does during games, has described his side's place in Group F as a holiday.
Mid-table Espanyol lost 1-0 at the Nou Camp in December, but could have led at halftime in the first match between the two teams at the new Cornella-El Prat stadium.
The Catalan team trailed Milan 2-0 heading into Tuesday's second leg at the Nou Camp, but the Spanish La Liga leaders won 4-0 to reach the quarterfinals for the sixth consecutive year.
Barcelona's attacking Brazilian right-back Dani Alves has signed his new contract with the Catalan club, which contains a 150m euros buy-out clause and keeps him at the Nou Camp until 2015.
The Cameroon international has scored more than 100 goals in five seasons at the Nou Camp but has been regularly linked with moves away from the club and is out of contract next summer.
Despite a recent draw against Barcelona at the Nou Camp, Valverde has paid the price for an inconsistent season which has also seen the club crash out of the Spanish Cup to second division side Celta Vigo.
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