Champions League round-up: Milan and Marseille move into last 16
Milan booked their place in the last 16 of the Champions League after posting a scrappy 2-0 victory over Auxerre in Burgundy. Zlatan Ibrahimovic's wonderful 64th-minute opener came out of the blue and he was later replaced by Ronaldinho, who scored the second late on.
That took Milan to eight points in Group G and Ajax's 4-0 thumping at home to Real Madrid ensured the Rossoneri would qualify as runners-up to the Spanish champions.
Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice as Madrid guaranteed themselves a first-place finish in the group after convincingly seeing off the hosts at the Amsterdam ArenA. First-half goals from Karim Benzema and Alvaro Arbeloa put Madrid in control before Ronaldo scored his double after the break, the second from the penalty spot.
Madrid finished the match with only nine men after Xabi Alonso and Sergio Ramos were sent off in the closing stages after picking up second yellow cards for time-wasting.
Marseille cruised into the last 16 with a 3-0 away victory over Spartak Moscow at the Luzhniki Stadium. Mathieu Valbuena gave Didier Deschamps' men the lead in the 18th minute and further strikes by Loïc Rémy and Brandão after the break ensured the margin of victory they required to progress behind Chelsea, who won Group F by coming from behind to beat MSK Zilina 2-1 at Stamford Bridge.
The Roma captain, Francesco Totti, capped a magnificent comeback with a late penalty as the Italians stunned Bayern Munich 3-2 at the Stadio Olimpico in Group E.
Trailing 2-0 at half-time after Mario Gomez's two goals, Marco Borriello scored four minutes after the restart before Daniele De Rossi equalised. Totti then scored the winner from the penalty spot six minutes from the end after Borriello had been brought down by Bayern's goalkeeper, Thomas Kraft.
The result puts Roma within touching distance of the next round as they sit three points clear of third-placed Basel. Bayern have already qualified as group winners.
Federico Almerares scored the only goal to keep Basel's hopes of qualification from Group E alive. Almerares's goal came in the 14th minute against the bottom side, Cluj, who rarely threatened the home goal at St Jakob Park.
In Group H, while Arsenal suffered a shock 2-0 defeat by Braga at Estadio Municipal, Shakhtar Donetsk scored three second-half goals to brush aside Partizan Belgrade and virtually assure progression. Goals from Taras Stepanenko, Jadson and Eduardo put Shakhtar in charge of the group as news came through of Arsenal's setback.