UEFA Champions League: Napoli Top Benfica, Win Group; Besiktas To Europa League After Blowout Loss

Two games were played on Tuesday as action from Group B of the UEFA Champions League concluded.

At Kiev, Ukraine:

Artem Besyedin opened the scoring in the ninth minute as Dynamo Kiev had six goal scorers each tallying once as they destroyed visiting Besiktas 6-0 and knocked the nine-man Black Eagles out of the tournament and into the Europa League's Round of 32.  Here's Dynamo's Vitaliy Buyalskyi celebrating after scoring in the 32nd minute.

AFP/Getty Images photo by Sergei Supinsky

At Lisbon:

Dries Mertens scored the winning goal in the 79th minute as Napoli won the Group B title with a 2-1 road win over SL Benfica (whose Raul Jimenez is shown celebrating after scoring in the 87th minute), who will also be playing in the knockout stage. 

Associated Press photo by Armando Franca

Final Group B Standings:

1. Napoli (GP: 6; GD: +3; PTS: 11)
2. SL Benfica (GP: 6; GD: 0; PTS: 8)
3. Besiktas (GP: 6; GD: -5; PTS: 7)
4. Dynamo Kiev (GP: 6; GD: +2; PTS: 5)

Napoli and SL Benfica advanced to the Champions League's knockout stage while Besiktas qualified for the group stage of the Europa League.