UEFA Champions League Group H: Barca Win Group; Road Win For Viktoria Plzen

Two Wednesday matches were contested in Group H as UEFA Champions League action continued.

At Minsk, Belarus:




Marek Bakos scored the lone goal of the match in the 42nd minute as FC Viktoria Plzen defeated FC BATE Borisov 1-0 on the road to get the inside jump on a berth in the Europa League's knockout stage.  Shown here are happy members of the visiting Czech club celebrating their victory.

At Milan, Italy:




Xavi scored the winning goal in the 63rd minute as Barcelona won Group H by beating fellow knockout-stage qualifiers AC Milan 3-2 on the road.  For the Rossoneri, here's Zlatan Ibrahimovic, pictured here, scoring in the 20th minute against his former team.


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GROUP H STANDINGS:

1. xy-Barcelona (GP: 5; GD: +12; PTS: 13)
2. x-AC Milan (GP: 5; GD: +6; PTS: 8)
3. o-FC Viktoria Plzen (GP: 5; GD: -7; PTS: 4)
4. o-FC BATE Borisov (GP: 5; GD: -8; PTS: 2)

xy-Won Group H and advanced to the knockout stage
x-Clinched berth in the knockout stage
o-Eliminated from Champions League knockout-stage contention but still alive for berth in knockout stage of Europa League