Arsenal got a brave one-all draw away in Munich after losing at home to Bayern 2-0. Atlético Madrid won both games against am emaciated AC Milan, tonight thrashing the Italian superstars of yesteryear by four goals to one. Tomorrow, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain should join Bayern and Atlético.
Tonight's games
Club Atlético de Madrid 4 AC Milan 1
Diego Costa 3′, 85′ Kaká 27
Turan 40′
Raúl García 70′
First leg
AC Milan 0 Club Atlético de Madrid 1
Aggregate: Atlético goes through 5-1
The early goal by Diego Costa sent a shiver down AC Milan's spine but Kaká pulled the game back with a headed goal on 27 minutes. However by the break Atlético was ahead and added two more in the second half. AC Milan is a shadow of its former self, Atlético looking very much a new boy on the block. Curiously, AC Milan enjoyed slightly more ball possession (53% against 47%). Atlético had 13 shots (6 on) against Milan's 11 (3) and there were three corners apiece.
FC Bayern Munchen 1 Arsenal FC 1
Schweinsteiger 54' Podolski 57'
First leg
Arsenal FC 0 FC Bayern München 2
Aggregate: Bayern goes through 3-1
Bastian Schweinsteiger scored the first on 54', Lukas Podolski equalizing three minutes later. Bayern had 67% ball possession to Arsenal's 33% and had 14 shots to Arsenal's 7, six on target against 3.
Champions League fixtures
Tuesday 18 February & Wednesday 12 March:
Manchester City FC 0 FC Barcelona 2
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0 Paris Saint-Germain 4
Tuesday 25 February & Wednesday 19 March:
Olympiacos FC 2 Manchester United FC 0
FC Zenit 2 Borussia Dortmund 4
Wednesday 26 February & Tuesday 18 March:
Galatasaray AŞ 1 Chelsea FC 1
FC Schalke 04 1 Real Madrid CF 6
England (4): Arsenal, Chelsea FC, Manchester City, Manchester United
Spain (3): Atlético de Madrid, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid
Germany (4): Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munchen, Borussia Dortmund, Schalke 04
France (1): Paris Saint-Germain
Italy (1): AC Milan
Greece (1): Olympiacos FC
Russia (1): Zenit Saint Petersburg
Turkey (1): Galatasaray AS
Total number of teams in European competitions:
Champions League + Europa League = Total
Spain 3 + 3 = 6
England: 4 + 1 = 5
Germany: 4 + 0 = 4
Italy: 1 + 3 = 4
Russia: 1 + 1 = 2
Portugal: 0 + 2 = 2
France: 1 + 1 = 2
Czech Republic: 0 + 1 = 1
Greece: 1 + 0 = 1
Netherlands: 0 + 1 = 1
Turkey: 1 + 0 = 1
Austria: 0 + 1 = 1
Bulgaria: 0 + 1 = 1
Switzerland: 0 + 1 = 1
Europa League: Southern Europe leads
Italy with three teams, Spain with three teams and both of Portugal's teams (FC Porto and Benfica) go on to the last 16 in the Europa League. Anzhi Makhachkala is the only Russian survivor, beating Genk of Belgium 2-0 on aggregate, both goals coming in the away game. Rubin Kazan was expelled by Real Betis (Spain) 3-1 over the two legs.
Oleksandr Aliyev scored the second goal of the match for Anzhi Makhachkala on 71 minutes after the own goal on 64' by Tshimanga.
Europa League
Games played on February 20 and 27
First leg first, second leg second and aggregate (AGG)
Dnipro (UKR) 1 v Tottenham (ENG) 0
Tottenham Hotspur 3 Dnipro 1 AGG: Tottenham 3-2
Betis (ESP) 1 v Rubin (RUS) 1
Rubin Kazan 0 Real Betis 2 AGG: Betis 3-1
Swansea (English League - WALES) 0 v Napoli (ITA) 0
Napoli 3 Swansea 1 AGG: Napoli 3-1
Juventus (ITA) 2 v Trabzonspor (TUR) 0
Trabzonspor 0 Juventus 2 AGG: Juventus 4-0
Maribor (SVN) 2 v Sevilla (ESP) 2
Sevilla 2 Maribor 1 AGG: Sevilla 4-3
Plzeň (CZE) 1 v Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 1
Shakhtar Donetsk 1 Viktoria Plzeň 2 AGG: Plzeň 3-2
Chornomorets Odesa (UKR) 0 v Lyon (FRA) 0
Lyon 1 Chornomorets Odesa 0 AGG: Lyon 1-0
Lazio (ITA) 0 v Ludogorets (BUL) 1
Ludogorets Razgrad 3 Lazio 3 AGG: Ludogorets 4-3
Esbjerg (DEN) 1 v Fiorentina (ITA) 3
Fiorentina 1 Esbjerg 1 AGG: Fiorentina 4-2
Ajax (NED) 0 v Salzburg (AUT) 3
Red Bull Salzburg 3 Ajax 1 AGG: Red Bull Salzburg 6-1
M. Tel-Aviv (ISR) 0 v Basel (SUI) 0
Basel 3 Maccabi Tel-Aviv 0 AGG: Basel 3-0
FC Porto (POR) 2 v Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) 2
Eintracht Frankfurt 3 FC Porto 3 AGG: FC Porto 5-5
Anji (RUS) 0 v Genk (BEL) 0
Genk 0 Anzhi Makhachkala 2 AGG: Anzhi 2-0
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 0 v Valencia (ESP) 2
Valencia 0 Dynamo Kyiv 0 AGG: Valencia 2-0
PAOK (GRE) 0 v Benfica (POR) 1
Benfica 3 PAOK 0 AGG: Benfica 4-0
Liberec (CZE) 0 v AZ (NED) 1
AZ Alkmaar 1 Slovan Liberec 1 AGG: AZ 2-1
Teams remaining
Austria: Salzburg
Bulgaria: Ludogorets
Czech Republic: Plzeň
England: Tottenham Hotspur
France: Lyon
Italy (3): Fiorentina, Juventus, Napoli
Netherlands: AZ Alkmaar
Portugal (2): Benfica, FC Porto
Russia: Anzhi Makhachkala,
Spain (3): Betis, Sevilla, Valencia
Switzerland: Basel
Champions and Europa League draws
The matches are drawn for the last 16 clubs of the Champions League and the last 32 of the Europa League The Champions League matches will take place on February 18/19 and 25/26 and March 11/12 and 18/19. The Europa League games will be on February 20 and 27. Zenit is the only flag carrier for Russia in the Champions, 3 teams continue in Europa.
Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey
Pravda.Ru