At Bilbao, Spain:
Muniain scored the only goal of the match in the 61st minute as Athletic Bilbao, despite playing the final half-hour of the contest with only ten men, won game two of their two-game series 1-0 at home against Lokomotiv Moscow and, with the series at 2-2 on aggregate, advanced on the away goals rule. Here we see that happy red-and-white vertically-striped jerseyed players from the Spanish club celebrating their series victory.
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At Valencia, Spain:
Jonas scored the only goal of the match in the 24th minute as Valencia handed Stoke City a second 1-0 setback in game two at home and won their series 2-0 on aggregate.
At Enschede, Netherlands:
Nacer Chadli (that's him celebrating)scored the only goal of the match as FC Twente defeated Steaua Bucharest 1-0 in game two and won the series 2-0 on aggregate.
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At Liege, Belgium:
A 0-0 home draw with ten-man Wisla Krakow proved to be good enough for Standard Liege as the Belgian club, with the aggregate score at 1-1, advanced on the away goals rule. The Polish club were reduced to ten men after Gervasio Nunez was ejected via the red card in the 63rd minute, as shown here.
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At Thessaloniki, Greece:
Following last week's scoreless encounter in Italy, Danilo (6'), Antonio Floro Flores (13'), and Maurizio Domizzi (PK-51') provided the series as Udinese won both game two on the road and their series with PAOK FC, 3-0 on both cases.
At Eindhoven, Netherlands:
Tim Matavz scored twice (30', 53') as PSV Eindhoven spanked visiting Trabzonspor 4-1 in game two and took out the Turkish club 6-2 on aggregate. Here's a shot of PSV's Kevin Strootman scoring in the 38th minute.
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At Bruges, Belgium:
Mame Biram Diouf (that's him here) scored the lone goal of the match in the 21st minute as Hannover 96 won game two of their two-match series 1-0 on the road and defeated Club Brugge 3-1 on aggregate.
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At Manchester, England:
Javier Hernandez scored in the 6th minute as Manchester United, despite dropping a 2-1 game-two home decision to Ajax Amsterdam, won their two-game series 3-2 on aggregate.
At Kharkiv, Ukraine:
Goals from Jonathan Cristaldo (62'), Sebastian Blanco (63'), and Bonfim Marlos (86') provided the second-half scoring as FC Metalist Kharkiv (whose players are shown here celebrating) dominated visiting FC Red Bull Salzburg 4-1 in game two and finished their two-match annihilation of the Austrian club 8-1 on aggregation.
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At Piraeus, Greece:
Rafik Djebbour scored the only goal of the match in the 14th minute as Olymiacos racked up a second straight 1-0 over FK Rubin Kazan, this time at home, and took out the Russian club 2-0 on aggregate. Here, we see the Legend's Giannis Maniatis battling Rubin Kazan's Obafemi Martins for the ball.
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At Brussels, Belgium:
Maarten Martens provided the game's lone tally in the 54th minute as AZ Alkmaar took out RSC Anderlecht 2-0 on the road after their second successive 1-0 win over the Belgian club, this time on the road.
At Madrid:
Diego Godin (that's him celebrating) scored the only goal of the match in the 48th minute as Atletico Madrid defeated Lazio 1-0 at home in game two of their two-match series, which they won 4-1 on aggregate.
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At Gelsenkirchen, Germany:
Klass-Jan Huntelaar delivered three goals, one in regulation time (7', that's him celebrating with teammates) as Schalke 04 gained a 1-1 home draw in game two with FC Viktoria Plzen, then scored twice more in overtime (106', 120') as the German club won their two-match series 4-2 on aggregate.
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At Istanbul, Turkey:
Despite dropping a 1-0 home decision to Sporting Braga in game two (the Portuguese club's Rodrigo Lima celebrating after scoring in the 25th minute as shown here) , Besiktas still won their two-game series 2-1 on aggregate.
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At Lisbon, Portugal:
Matias Fernandez scored the only goal of the match in the 84th minute as Sporting CP shut out visiting Legia Warsaw 1-0 in game two and won their series 3-2 on aggregate. Here, we see Legia's Jakub Rzezniczak battling with the Lions' Emiliano Insua for the ball.
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Here are the match-ups for the Round of 16 with the opening games to take place on March 8 and the return matches on March 15. The clubs hosting the respective series openers are listed first.
FC Metalist Kharkiv vs. Olypiacos
Sporting CP vs Manchester City
FC Twente vs. FC Schalke 04
Standard Liege vs. Hannover 96
Valencia vs. PSV Eindhoven
AZ Alkmaar vs. Udinese
Atletico Madrid vs. Besiktas
Manchester United vs. Athletic Bilbao
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