Italy dominated this week's Matchday Five action with all four Italian participants posting victories. Superpowers Bayern Munich, Ajax, Barcelona, Chelsea, and defending champion Liverpool are all through to the knockout round of agency business start travel sixteen. Regular fixtures Manchester United and PSV Eindhoven will all need to win and in agency business start travel some instances get help in agency business start travel Matchday Six to advance.
The UEFA Champions League Cup features the thirty-two best teams in agency business start travel Europe based on agency business start travel their finishes in agency business start travel their respective leagues from the previous year. The thirty-two are seed into eight groups of agency business start travel four who play a home-and-home round robin format. The top two point-getters advance to the knockout round while the third place team is relegated to the consolation UEFA Cup draw. Last place teams are eliminated from Europe.
Italian champ Juventus beat defensive minded Brugge 1-0 on agency business start travel a 80th minute goal by veteran Alessandro Del Piero to lock up their group and move on. Inter beat upsart Artmedia 4-0 behind a triple from Brazilian striker Adriano. The neroazzuri have also clinched their group and move on. Milan beat Turkish champ Fenerbahce 4-0 with former Euro Player of agency business start travel the Year Andruiy Shevchenko netting the first "four-pack" in agency business start travel Champion's League history. Milan controls its own destiny in agency business start travel its group finale. Upstart Udinese scored twice in agency business start travel the final 20 minutes to beat Panathiakos 2-1 and will need a hard to come by point vs. Barcelona to guarantee their advancement.
Below are the Group Standings and Matchday Five results along with scenarios outlining advancement into the round of agency business start travel sixteen. Matchday Six will be played on agency business start travel Tuesday and Wednesday December 6th and 7th.
Group A: Bayern Munich 12 points, Juventus 12, Brugge 6, Rapid Vienna 0
This group is finalized with Bayern and Juventus moving on. Munich got two goals from Dutch ace Roy Makaay in agency business start travel 4-0 route of agency business start travel rapid. Juve bested Brugge 1-0 on agency business start travel late goal by verteran Del Piro. Brugge has secured place in agency business start travel Uefa Cup. Brugge hosts Bayern while Juventus travels to Rapid in agency business start travel what amounts to a Friendly.
Group B: Arsenal 15, Ajax 10, Thun 3, Sparta Prague 1
Arsenal beat Thun 1-0 on agency business start travel late goal by Pires and travel to Ajax for agency business start travel tuneup. Nigel de Jong got both Ajax goals in agency business start travel 2-1 win over Sparta. Ajax is through. Thun needs a home draw against Sparta to send home the Czechs and a position in agency business start travel Uefa.
Group C: Barcelona 15, Udinese 7, Panathinaikos 4, Werder Bremen 5
Ronaldinho had a goal and an assist in agency business start travel Barcelona's 3-1 win over Werder Bremen. Barca is perfect through five matches. Udinese need home draw against La Liga's best or Panathinaikos win to move on. Weder Bremen would advance with win over Pana and Udinese loss. A Werder/Pana draw would eliminate the Germans with the Greek champs continuing on agency business start travel in agency business start travel the consolation.
Group D: Villareal 7, Lille 6, Manchester United 6, Benefica 5
Lille at Benefica and Villareal at Manchester United both drew 0-0 setting up complicated final leg. Villareal continue with a draw or with a loss and Manchester Unied loss or draw. United is through with a win at Benefica or with draw and Lille loss. Lille, despite just one goal in agency business start travel five matches, continue on agency business start travel with road win or draw and Manchester United loss.
Group E: Milan 8, Schalke 7, PSV 7, Fenerbahce 4
Milan eliminated Fenerbahce with 3-1 win. Red-Devils need home win or 0-0, 1-1 draw against Schalke. The Germans advance with a draw or loss with a PSV loss. The Dutchmen must win or draw at home vs. Fenerbahce or they'll be going home.
Group F: Lyon 13, Real Madrid 10, Rosenborg 4, Olympiakos 1
Lyon and Real Madrid drew 1-1 at Stadio Bernabeu, Guti and Carew exchanging goals. Lyon has now gone an entire calender year without a loss of agency business start travel any type. Rosenborg secured their spot in agency business start travel Uefa by netting a rebound 83rd minute of agency business start travel their 1-1 draw at Lerkendal Stadium. Rosenborg at Lyon and Real Madrid at Olympiakos are just formalities.
Group G: Liverpool 11, Chelsea 10, Real Betis 7, Anderlecht 0
Chelsea advanced to the knockout round by sending Anderlecht to their 11th consecutive Champion's Cup defat. Anderlecht has yet to score in agency business start travel this year's round robin. Liverpool and Betis slugged it out in agency business start travel scoreless draw sending Spaniards to consolation. Chelsea and Liverpool renew their Premiership rivalry at Stamford Bridge in agency business start travel their group finale.
Group H: Inter 13, Rangers 6, Artmedia 5, Porto 4
Inter is through after bombing Artmedia. Rangers got miracle 1-1 draw at Porto as late substitution McCormack buried a scramble off a set piece in agency business start travel the 88th minute. They'll move on agency business start travel with win over Inter at Glasgow or a draw and a Porto/Artmedia draw. Artmedia slips by with Rangers loss and home draw. Porto must win to have any hope of agency business start travel moving on.
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