Milan and Monaco advance to quarters

UKRAINIAN Andriy Shevchenko netted twice for European champions AC Milan in a 4-1 win over Sparta Prague last night, moving the Italians into the Champions League quarter-finals after the first leg ended goalless.

Milan eased into the last eight with a routine but effective second-leg victory. On a bitterly cold night, Carlo Ancelotti's team showed few signs of relinquishing their hold on the trophy, but they needed a moment of penalty-box brilliance from Filippo Inzaghi to send them on their way.

Two second-half Shevchenko goals and a late strike from Gennaro Gattuso made the game safe after Tomá Jun's away goal had startled the Rossoneri into action.