In addition to FC bayern munchen, ajax amsterdam, AS rom, real madrid, juventus turin, and manchester city and united also reached the eighth finals of the champions league on tuesday evening.
Rome and madrid benefited from a 1:2 (1:0) home defeat of ZSKA moscow against viktoria pilsen before their direct encounter. With the 2-0 (0-0) win in rome thanks to goals from gareth bale (46.) and lucas vazquez (59.) defending champion madrid secured the group victory.
In the TSG hoffenheim group, a 2-2 (0-0) draw at olympique lyon was enough for manchester city to reach the K.O.-phase. Coach pep guardiola’s team scored a goal through aymeric laporte (62.) and sergio aguero (83.) twice the lead of the hosts by maxwel cornet (55., 81.) equalize. Lyon needs one point to advance in final group match at shakhtjor donezk.
Manchester united won thanks to a stoppage time goal from marouane fellaini (90.+1) against the young boys bern with 1:0 (0:0) as did turin against FC valencia. The former bundesliga professional mario mandzukic (59).) completed cristiano ronaldo’s assist for juventus’ winner.
Amsterdam qualified for the last 16 of the konigsklasse for the first time in 13 years with a 2-0 (0-0) win at AEK athens. Both goals scored by dusan tadic (68./foul penalty, 72.). However, the game was overshadowed by riots. Greek fans threw, among other things, a molotov cocktail in the direction of the gas block. An ajax fan is reported to have suffered a serious head injury, several spectators have been treated. Already during the day there had been minor turmoil in the city center. The police took action especially against greek fans.
FC barcelona was the first and only team to qualify for the eighth finals after only four matches.