Newcastle continued their march towards the UEFA Cup quarter-finals as Olympiacos collapsed in Greece, but Middlesborough's cup dreams hang on a thread tonight after a 3-2 defeat to Sporting Lisbon.

Olympiacos 1 Newcastle 3

Real Madrid’s Champions League hopes are hanging by a thread after Bayer Leverkusen gained a deserved 1-1 draw at the Bernabeu.

Serbia & Montenegro 1 Wales 0

Alex Ferguson will get the chance to make a few changes next week after Manchester United's tense 3-2 Champions League win at Olympiakos.

Olympiakos 2 Man Utd 3

Manchester United 4

Man Utd 4 Olympiakos 0

Olympiakos are hoping tactical superiority will overcome footballing excellence when they take on Manchester United at Old Trafford.

OLYMPIAKOS Piraeus thrashed last year’s finalists Bayer Leverkusen 6-2 helped by a hat-trick from Predrag Djordjevic in their opening Group F Champions League match.

David Beckham was again the hero against the Greeks as his 66th minute goal sent Man Utd on their way to an away win in their Champions League game in Athens.