BAYERN MUNICH put one foot in the last eight, putting five goals past Sporting Lisbon in the Portuguese capital.

BARCELONA sent out a strong signal to potential Champions League opponents ahead of Friday’s second round draw as late goals from Samuel Eto’o and Lionel Messi gave them a win over bitter rivals Real Madrid at the Nou Camp on Saturday night.

Arsenal 0 AC Milan 0

Italy 3 Faroe Islands 1

Celtic 2 AC Milan 1

AC Milan 3 Sevilla 1

AC Milan 3 Manchester United 0 (Agg: 5-3)

MASSIMO ODDO has clear ideas on how to cope with Cristiano Ronaldo when AC Milan welcome Manchester United in the return leg of the Champions League semi-final tomorrow night.

WHEW! Say what you like, but the patrons certainly don’t lack for entertainment and drama at the Theatre of Dreams.

Bayern Munich 0 AC Milan 2 (Milan win 4-2 on aggregate)

AC Milan 2 Bayern Munich 2

SCOTLAND’S Euro 2008 qualification hopes suffered a blow as they lost to two Luca Toni goals as Italy won 2-0 in Bari.

RONALDINHO grabbed his 11th league goal of the season as Barcelona extended their lead at the top of La Liga to two points after a 1-0 win over Real Sociedad at the Nou Camp on Saturday, while Sevilla moved into second spot after a 2-1 comeback win at home to Real Madrid.

Italy coach Marcello Lippi named his squad for the 2006 World Cup with Filippo Inzaghi of AC Milan and Udinese’s Vincenzo Iaquinta both getting a late call.

Filippo Inzaghi is the notable omission from the Italy squad named for Euro 2004 by Giovanni Trapattoni today.

Chelsea 2 Lazio 1

JUVENTUS began the defence of their Italian league title in style with a thumping 5-1 home win over Empoli yesterday.