Real, Milan in last 16 of Champions League
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November 23, 2012, Friday
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REAL Madrid and AC Milan, with 16 Champions League titles between them, advanced to the knockout stage on Wednesday, along with Borussia Dortmund and Schalke to make it three out of three teams from Germany.
Nine-time champion Real held on for 1-1 at Manchester City with 10 men, eliminating the English Premier League champion in the process. Also, Dortmund beat Ajax 4-1 to go through as the top team.
Seven-time winner Milan got a spectacular overhead goal from defender Philippe Mexes as it went through with a 3-1 win at 10-man Anderlecht. Malaga drew 2-2 at Zenit St. Petersburg to win Group C. Schalke defeated Olympiakos 1-0 and Arsenal beat Montpellier 2-0 to progress out of Group B.
Paris Saint-Germain won 2-0 at Dynamo Kiev to go through from Group A with FC Porto, which beat Dinamo Zagreb 3-0. Zagreb still hasn't scored a goal, let alone earned a point.
On Tuesday, Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Shakhtar Donetsk and Valencia also reached the knockout stage, while Chelsea was on the verge of becoming the first titleholder to fail to make it out of the group stage.
The goal of the day belonged to Mexes against Anderlecht.
Receiving a freekick outside the box with his back to goal, Mexes sent a perfectly executed overhead kick from 20 meters out that sailed into the far corner of the goal.
The goal resembled the fourth strike by Zlatan Ibrahimovic against England last week. Ibrahimovic failed to score on Wednesday, but Ezequiel Lavezzi notched a double as Paris Saint-Germain cruised in Kiev.
Lukas Podolski also had an eye-catching goal in Arsenal's win over Montpellier that also featured Jack Wilshere's first strike in two years. The Gunners advanced from the group stage for the 13th straight year.
Podolski met Olivier Giroud's floated pass with a powerful first-time strike from the edge of the area in the 63rd.
Assured of a top-two finish, Arsenal will go into its last Group B game at Olympiakos a point behind Schalke. Both sides will want to finish top to secure what would likely be an easier last-16 match.
"That's 13 times in a row, it's not the most glamorous thing but it's the most difficult, being consistent at this level," said Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger, whose team has gone on to reach the final only in 2006 when it lost 1-2 to Barcelona.
Manchester City's campaign ended in the group stage for the second successive season. City needed a win to keep its hopes alive, but Karim Benzema exploited sloppy defending to put Madrid ahead after just 10 minutes at Etihad Stadium.
City secured a lifeline in the 74th when Alvaro Arbeloa was sent off for fouling Sergio Aguero, who subsequently equalized from the penalty spot.
But in Jose Mourinho's 100th match managing in the Champions League, Real held on for the draw to qualify behind leader Borussia Dortmund with a game to spare. "The only two times I finished second in the group, I won the Champions League," said Mourinho, who won the competition with FC Porto and Inter Milan.
Nine-time champion Real held on for 1-1 at Manchester City with 10 men, eliminating the English Premier League champion in the process. Also, Dortmund beat Ajax 4-1 to go through as the top team.
Seven-time winner Milan got a spectacular overhead goal from defender Philippe Mexes as it went through with a 3-1 win at 10-man Anderlecht. Malaga drew 2-2 at Zenit St. Petersburg to win Group C. Schalke defeated Olympiakos 1-0 and Arsenal beat Montpellier 2-0 to progress out of Group B.
Paris Saint-Germain won 2-0 at Dynamo Kiev to go through from Group A with FC Porto, which beat Dinamo Zagreb 3-0. Zagreb still hasn't scored a goal, let alone earned a point.
On Tuesday, Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Shakhtar Donetsk and Valencia also reached the knockout stage, while Chelsea was on the verge of becoming the first titleholder to fail to make it out of the group stage.
The goal of the day belonged to Mexes against Anderlecht.
Receiving a freekick outside the box with his back to goal, Mexes sent a perfectly executed overhead kick from 20 meters out that sailed into the far corner of the goal.
The goal resembled the fourth strike by Zlatan Ibrahimovic against England last week. Ibrahimovic failed to score on Wednesday, but Ezequiel Lavezzi notched a double as Paris Saint-Germain cruised in Kiev.
Lukas Podolski also had an eye-catching goal in Arsenal's win over Montpellier that also featured Jack Wilshere's first strike in two years. The Gunners advanced from the group stage for the 13th straight year.
Podolski met Olivier Giroud's floated pass with a powerful first-time strike from the edge of the area in the 63rd.
Assured of a top-two finish, Arsenal will go into its last Group B game at Olympiakos a point behind Schalke. Both sides will want to finish top to secure what would likely be an easier last-16 match.
"That's 13 times in a row, it's not the most glamorous thing but it's the most difficult, being consistent at this level," said Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger, whose team has gone on to reach the final only in 2006 when it lost 1-2 to Barcelona.
Manchester City's campaign ended in the group stage for the second successive season. City needed a win to keep its hopes alive, but Karim Benzema exploited sloppy defending to put Madrid ahead after just 10 minutes at Etihad Stadium.
City secured a lifeline in the 74th when Alvaro Arbeloa was sent off for fouling Sergio Aguero, who subsequently equalized from the penalty spot.
But in Jose Mourinho's 100th match managing in the Champions League, Real held on for the draw to qualify behind leader Borussia Dortmund with a game to spare. "The only two times I finished second in the group, I won the Champions League," said Mourinho, who won the competition with FC Porto and Inter Milan.
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