Two goals from oscar Cardozo and one apiece from Pablo Aimar and Javi Garcia ensured Benfica's smoothprogress, where they will now face either Marseille or FC Copenhagen.
With traffic and traffic lights there to confound smoothprogress, putting a foot down when the road does finally open up is one of the few ways an urban driver can exert some control over a journey.
His relatively smoothprogress was jolted in the final set when he made a mad dash to retrieve a half-volley and hit the deck just after reaching the ball with a backhand, ending up sprawled on the rubberised hardcourt.