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Liverpool, Inter and Chelsea through to last 16
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-11-24 08:55
ONE-SIDED WIN
Inter Milan had good reason to celebrate their place in the last 16 after a
thumping one-sided 4-0 win over Artmedia Bratislava at a deserted San Siro in
Group H.
It was the last of their four matches to be played behind closed doors after
crowd trouble against AC Milan last season and was secured with a superb
hat-trick from Brazilian Adriano.
Inter also took the field with no Italians in the side and only one European
-- Portuguese Luis Figo who scored their opening goal.
Rangers kept their hopes alive in the same group by drawing 1-1 at Porto
leaving Inter confirmed in top spot on 12 points, followed by Rangers (6),
Artmedia (5) and Porto (4).
Inter's arch-rivals AC Milan also produced a 4-0 win with a blistering
performance against Fenerbahce in Istanbul with European Footballer of the Year
Andrei Shevchenko going one better than Adriano by scoring all four goals in
their Group E victory.
The result was in stark contrast to Milan's last match in Istanbul when they
lost the Champions League final to Liverpool in May after being 3-0 ahead, but
there was no hint of a repeat of that nightmare on Wednesday as they dominated
throughout.
Schalke 04 crushed Group E leaders PSV Eindhoven 3-0 in Gelsenkirchen with a
hat-trick, including two penalties, from Levan Kobiashvili and with one match to
play AC Milan and Schalke have eight points and PSV seven with all three still
hoping to qualify. Fenerbahce are out of contention on four.
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