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On Wednesday, there were eight matches in Groups A-D of the UEFA Champions League. Two teams secured a spot in the quarterfinals, one of them has not lost any points this season in the league. "Deportivo," last season's semi-finalist, ended up right next to elimination after losing to "Liverpool" at home, which was their first victory in Spain in the last 21 years. Along with Liverpool, "Olympiacos" leads Group A, defeating "Monaco" at home and surpassing them in the tournament table. The situation in Group B is still unclear, as all three leaders played to a draw and have collected 7 points each - "Dynamo" failed to keep a two-goal lead against "Real," while "Roma" managed to avoid defeat in the last minute against Bayer. In a clash of giants in Munich, "Juventus" once again emerged victorious, with A.Del Piero sending "Bayern" to defeat and securing the top spot in the group. The match in Tel Aviv ended unexpectedly, with "Maccabi" defeating "Ajax" and recording their first Champions League victory in the club's history. Many goals were scored in Group D - "Manchester United" crushed "Sparta" at home, with R. van Nistelrooy scoring four times and equaling a league record held by only three players so far. In other matches, "Lyon" snatched a dramatic victory and secured a spot in the quarterfinals by defeating "Fenerbahce" with two goals from Nilmar in extra time.
Group A
Group B
2 - 2 13` [1 - 0] Yussef 23` [2 - 0] Maris Verpakovskis 38` [2 - 1] Raul Gonzalez 44` [2 - 2] Luis Figo (pen.) 1 - 1 82` [0 - 1] Dimitar Berbatov 90+3` [1 - 1] Vincenzo Montella Standings: 1. Dinamo 4 2 1 1 9-5 7 2. Bayer 4 2 1 1 9-6 7 3. Real 4 2 1 1 7-7 7 4. Roma 4 0 1 3 4-11 1Group C
0 - 1 90` [0 - 1] Alessandro Del Piero 2 - 1 49` [1 - 0] Barukh Dego 57` [2 - 0] Baruhk Dego 88` [2 - 1] Daniel De Ridder Standings: 1. Juventus 4 4 0 0 4-0 12 2. Bayern 4 2 0 2 5-2 6 3. Ajax 4 1 0 3 4-7 3 4. Maccabi 4 1 0 3 2-6 3Group D
4 - 1 14` [1 - 0] Ruud van Nistelrooy 25` [2 - 0] Ruud van Nistelrooy (pen.) 53` [2 - 1] Lukas Zelenka 60` [3 - 1] Ruud van Nistelrooy 90` [4 - 1] Ruud van Nistelrooy 4 - 2 14` [0 - 1] Selcuk Sahin 22` [1 - 1] Michael Essien 53` [2 - 1] Florent Malouda 73` [2 - 2] Tuncay Sanli 90+4` [3 - 2] Nilmar 90+6` [4 - 2] Nilmar Standings: 1. Lyon 4 3 1 0 11-6 10 2. Man Utd 4 2 2 0 12-5 8 3. Fenerbahce 4 1 0 3 6-13 3 4. Sparta 4 0 1 3 2-7 1
