Matchday # 4 In UEFA Champions League Play, Continued

And now, boys and girls, here is a rundown of Wednesday's action in group stage play in the 2006-07 UEFA Champions League:

GROUP E:

At Madrid:

Banita Nicolita scored the only goal in the 70th minute. Unfortunately for visiting Steaua Bucharest, for whom Banita played for, it was an own goal, allowing Real Madrid to win the match 1-0, allowing the Spanish side to clinch a berth in the knockout stage, eliminating Steaua from Champions League contention.

At Lyon, France:

Karim Benzina's goal in the 14th minute lifted Lyon to a 1-0 home win over Dynamo Kiev, propelling the five-time defending French Ligue 1 champs into the knockout stage.

GROUP F:

At Lisbon:

SL Benfica, on goals from Nuno Gomes (22') and Andrei Karyaka (76'), shocked visiting Celtic 3-0. The Bhoys even contributed to their own defeat with Gary Caldwell's own goal in the 10th minute. The win kept Benfica's flickering Champions League knockout-stage hopes alive as they climb within two points of second-place Celtic in Group F.

At Copenhagen:

Marcus Allback's 73rd-minute goal propelled FC Copenhagen to a surprizing 1-0 home win over Manchester United to keep their Champions League advancement hopes alive.

GROUP G:

At London:

CSKA Moscow remained atop the Group G standings after their 0-0 road deadlock with Arsenal, which sits one point behind, now tied for second with FC Porto.

At Hamburg:

With goals from Lucho Gonzalez (44'), Lisandro Lopez (61'), and sub Bruno Morales (87'), FC Porto not only kept themselves very much alive in Champions League contention, but placed themselves only one point off the top spot with their 3-0 road blanking of Hamburg, knocking HSV not only out of CL contention, but out of UEFA Cup contention as well.

GROUP H:

At Athens:

Nikolas Liberopoulos scored the only goal (74') in AEK Athens' 1-0 home win over Lille, placing the Greek side just one point behing the Mastiffs for second place in Group H.

At Milan:

Kaka knocked in a natural hat trick (PK-6', 22', 56') to help lead AC Milan to an easy 4-1 home manhandling of RSC Anderlecht, putting Milan within one point of qualifying for the knockout stage.