Man. United, Chelsea, Porto and Bordeaux make last 16
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Manchester United, Chelsea, Porto and Girondins Bordeaux have sealed their places in the next round after Tuesday's European Champions League group matches.
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Bordeaux players react after fellow team member Marouane Chamakh scored a goal during their Group A Champions League soccer match against Bayern Munich in Munich, southern Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. Bordeaux won the match 2-0. [Xinhua/Reuters Photo] |
French champions Bordeaux's 2-0 road victory pushed the four-time European champion Bayern Munich to the edge of elimination while Man. Utd suffered a scare before they pulled two goals back to level CSKA Moscow 3-3.
Porto clinched a 1-0 win at APOEL Nicosia and Chelsea drew 2-2 with Atletico Madrid to make the last 16.
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Chelsea's Didier Drogba celebrates his first goal during their Champions League soccer match against Atletico Madrid at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, November 3, 2009. [Xinhua/Reuters Photo] |
In a dramatic Group B match, Man. Utd trailed at 3-1 with only 10 minutes left when Paul Scholes and a deflected Antonio Valencia effort off the head of Georgy Shchennikov forced the draw.
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Manchester United's Michael Owen (R) celebrates his goal against CSKA Moscow's with Nani during their Champions League soccer match at Old Trafford in Manchester, northern England, November 3, 2009. [Xinhua/Reuters Photo] |
Hosts Besiktas lost to VfL Wolfsburg 3-0 in the other match.
Didier Drogba scored twice on his return from a three-match European suspension for Chelsea in Group D where Porto also advanced.
With Bordeaux advancing from Group A with 10 points and Juventus moving on to eight with a 1-0 win at Haifa, Bayern with four points, face a battle to qualify with a home match against Haifa and a visit to Juventus remaining.
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AC Milan's Andrea Pirlo (R) fights for the ball with Real Madrid's Raul during their Champions League soccer match at the San Siro stadium in Milan November 3, 2009.[Xinhua/Reuters Photo] |
The Group C saw a clash between AC Milan and Real Madrid, who have won the European Cup 16 times between them.
The 1-1 draw left both on seven points from four matches, just one ahead of Olympique Marseille who crushed FC Zurich 6-1.
Maccabi Haifa, Besiktas, APOEL Nicosia and Atletico were all eliminated, but could yet finish third in their respective groups and go into the Europa League.
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