The favorites meet and go to the second round of champions

The favorites met in the Champions League on Tuesday, so Bayern Munich, Juventus of Turin, Manchester City, Manchester United, Ajax, Real Madrid and Rome They qualified for the round of 16, the fifth and final day of the group stage.

The seven qualified on Tuesday join the FC Barcelona, who had obtained his ticket the day before, while the day was not over for Spanish football, which he considered the Valencia is eliminated after losing 1-0 on the field Juventus of Turin.

The most anticipated duel of this penultimate day of the group stage is opposed to the PSG and Liverpool Wednesday at the Parc des Princes, while Atletico, which receives Wednesday the Borussia Dortmund, may be the third Spanish team in eighth.

The real Madrid, with the ticket for eighth place in the pocket after the defeat a few hours before the CSKA Moscow home against Viktoria Pilsen (2-1), is sure to be the leader of the G key by beating Rome 2-0, also ranked after the reverse of the Russians, at the Olympics in the Italian capital.

The current triple European champion has 12 points in the five dates played and with a three-point lead over Roma, but with the goal difference in his favor after his defeat against the team from & # 39; Giallorosso & # 39; 3- 0 in Madrid.

The numbers madridistas they were scored by Gareth Bale (47) and Lucas Vázquez (60).

Real Madrid coach Santiago Solari was satisfied with the win and pbad in the second round, saying it would serve to erase the bad image given Saturday against Eibar (defeat 3-0) in the league.

"It was important to get up quickly, the players showed a great sense of responsibility," said Solari, adding that "we are happy".

Bayern's Golead
Bayern Munich beat Portugal's Benfica 5-1 in key E, sealing their pbad to the last eight.

Arjen Robben (13, 30) of the Netherlands, Robert Lewandowski of Poland (36, 51) and Franck Ribery (76) of France gave the floor to Croatian technician Niko Kovac. Gedson Fernandes (46) scored the goal of a Benfica who will not figure in the eighth rank but who will play in the knockout stages of the Europa League as third in the key.

Bayern's Arjen Robben (right) plays the ball with Ruben Dias of Benfica during a Group E match of the Champions League in Munich (Germany). Photo: Lukas Barth-Tuttas / EFE

In this same group, Ajax Amsterdam has qualified by beating the AEK 2-0 in Athens.

In a duel marked early on by incidents between supporters and the police that made at least eleven light wounded, Ajax won with a doubled Serbian Dusan Tadic, twice (68, 72).

For its part, Juventus de Torino qualified by imposing 1-0 in Valencia, with a goal of Mario Mandzukic to overtake Cristiano Ronaldo (59).

The Spanish team bid farewell to the competition by winning Manchester United 1-0 against the Swiss Young Boys to accompany the Italians in the second round of Group H.

Valencia is left with the third position of the key with what will fall to the Europa League.

The Manchester United by José Mourinho He sealed his ticket with a goal from Belgian midfielder Marouane Fellaini while they had served two more minutes of regulation time.

"For some of my fans, for those who like statistics, I have played fourteen seasons in Champions and I have spent all phases of the group stage.The only season in which I do not have a good time, I have not seen it before. I did not play the Champions League, I won the Europa League, "he mistrusted, Mourinho.

Finally, Manchester City qualified after a draw in Lyon (2-2), thanks to a goal from Kun Aguero in the 83rd minute, in Group F.

Lyon's goals were scored by Ivory Coast midfielder Mawwell Cornet (55, 81), while City's first goal was scored by France's Aymeric Laporte (62).

In the same tone F, Shaktar Donetsk won 3-2 on German Hoffenheim's pitch and kept intact his hopes of qualifying for eighth place, a place to play with Lyon in Ukraine on the last day.

• Real Madrid take Roma and seal the pbad to the knockout stages of the Champions League as the first of his group
• Manchester United wins with Antonio Valencia and advances in the Champions & # 39;