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Real scrapes narrow win over Bayern for quarters
London, Mar 11: Milan are in the draw but were briefly heading towards the exit when Sparta substitute Tomas Jun scored two minutes after coming on to put the Czechs level at 1-1 in the match -- and ahead on away goals after the 0-0 first-leg draw two weeks ago.
London, Mar 11: Milan are in the draw but were briefly heading towards the exit when Sparta substitute Tomas Jun scored two minutes after coming on to put the Czechs level at 1-1 in the match -- and ahead on away goals after the 0-0 first-leg draw two weeks ago.
Milan then endured a nervous seven minutes before Andriy Shevchenko put them 2-1 up with a well taken header.
Thirteen minutes later he made it 3-1 and Gennaro Gattuso completed the scoring five minutes from time. Filippo Inzaghi had scored Milan's opener on the stroke of halftime.
Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti said: ''Any team that has got through this round deserves to be there. Maybe Arsenal represent the biggest danger but we need to be wary of all the teams''.
Their old rivals Real Madrid also made it through to the last eight with a slender 1-0 win over Bayern, who won the European Cup for the fourth time in 2001 but have now failed to make the last eight for the second successive season.
The only goal at the Bernabeu arrived on 32 minutes when Zidane fired home unopposed after Michel Salgado made the most of a hesitant Bayern defence to head a deflected David Beckham pass across goal and ensure the Spanish champions earned a 2-1 aggregate victory.
The match ended with the players pushing and shoving each other but Zidane was not too bothered and walked off with a Bayern shirt draped in triumph across his shoulders.
Arsenal had no problems reaching the last eight for only the second time with Henry taking his goal tally for the season to 29 as Arsenal chalked up their eighth successive win in all competitions.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, whose team, like Real Madrid are chasing a treble of domestic cup and League as well as the European Cup, was modest about the victory afterwards.
''Sometimes in football you just have to do a professional job,'' he said, ''and this was one of those nights when we did the job.''
Monaco also made it through at the expense of Moscow in a lively match in which the Russians battled all the way. But on an evening of gamesmanship, time-wasting and clumsy fouls, they also showed flashes of fine football.
Monaco badly missed the influence of injured captain Ludovic Giuly, missing with a broken foot, and contrived to waste their best openings including a penalty awarded after 18 minutes when Sergey Ovchinnikov saved Prso's shot.
Monaco finally scored after an hour when a break on the left sent Lucas Bernardi clear and his reverse pass across the penalty area was met by Prso who made up for his earlier penalty miss by steering a low left shot in at the near post.
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Milan then endured a nervous seven minutes before Andriy Shevchenko put them 2-1 up with a well taken header.
Thirteen minutes later he made it 3-1 and Gennaro Gattuso completed the scoring five minutes from time. Filippo Inzaghi had scored Milan's opener on the stroke of halftime.
Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti said: ''Any team that has got through this round deserves to be there. Maybe Arsenal represent the biggest danger but we need to be wary of all the teams''.
Their old rivals Real Madrid also made it through to the last eight with a slender 1-0 win over Bayern, who won the European Cup for the fourth time in 2001 but have now failed to make the last eight for the second successive season.
The only goal at the Bernabeu arrived on 32 minutes when Zidane fired home unopposed after Michel Salgado made the most of a hesitant Bayern defence to head a deflected David Beckham pass across goal and ensure the Spanish champions earned a 2-1 aggregate victory.
The match ended with the players pushing and shoving each other but Zidane was not too bothered and walked off with a Bayern shirt draped in triumph across his shoulders.
Arsenal had no problems reaching the last eight for only the second time with Henry taking his goal tally for the season to 29 as Arsenal chalked up their eighth successive win in all competitions.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, whose team, like Real Madrid are chasing a treble of domestic cup and League as well as the European Cup, was modest about the victory afterwards.
''Sometimes in football you just have to do a professional job,'' he said, ''and this was one of those nights when we did the job.''
Monaco also made it through at the expense of Moscow in a lively match in which the Russians battled all the way. But on an evening of gamesmanship, time-wasting and clumsy fouls, they also showed flashes of fine football.
Monaco badly missed the influence of injured captain Ludovic Giuly, missing with a broken foot, and contrived to waste their best openings including a penalty awarded after 18 minutes when Sergey Ovchinnikov saved Prso's shot.
Monaco finally scored after an hour when a break on the left sent Lucas Bernardi clear and his reverse pass across the penalty area was met by Prso who made up for his earlier penalty miss by steering a low left shot in at the near post.
Bureau Report