A goal from Raul Gonzalez was all I needed to Real Madrid in the cold of Minsk yesterday to win 1-0 at BATE Borisov, and ensure their qualification to the quarter finals of the Champions League.The Madrid was one of seven teams that signed their tickets to the next round with a date prior to the closure of groups.
With their 0-0 tie, the current champion of the tournament, Manchester United, Arsenal and identified the two places from Group E.
Bayern Munich, Lyon, Arsenal and Porto also advanced.
Raul scored with seven minutes while the victory and gave him the ticket to the merengue, facilitated by the draw without goals from Juventus and Zenit St. Petersburg, also teams of Group H.
The visit to Belarus was announced as treacherous for Madrid to face a rival in sub-zero temperatures.
An adverse outcome would have meant leaving for the last time the definition of second place in its key, but the Spaniards will now be able to breathe.
On both Raul allowed him to reach the Italian Filippo Inzaghi as top scorer in European competitions, with 64.
The captain scored close to a move from Dutch Royston Drenthe and Argentine Javier Saviola.
It was a clear dominance of the party of Madrid in the first half, but suffered at the end when the house took the initiative and came close to score a goal.
The goals without equality between Manchester and Arsenal both be allowed unattainable in their group to arrive at nine.
While they knew that a draw was enough, 0-0 does not reflect the grief that was opened lived in the Madrigal stadium. It was the fourth consecutive time that both teams are equal with the same marker.
The United extended their streak of 18 games without losing in the tournament.
With two goals from Argentine Lisandro Lopez, the defeated Porto 2-1 at home to Fenerbahçe and moved within the G next to Arsenal, who won 1-0 at Dynamo Kiev.
Arsenal took the victory over the Dynamo, courtesy of a goal from Nicklas Bendtner three minutes from the end. Everything seemed to end in a draw without goals until Bendtner came down with his chest a free kick executed by Cesc Fabregas, and finished at the back of the net.
The British set the pace in the G with 11 points, while Porto sum nine. Dynamo (5) and Fenerbahçe (2) were on the way.
Bayern got rid of Steaua Bucharest 3-0. Miroslav Klose scored two goals and also provided the pass for the Italian Luca Toni made another of the German team, four-time champion of Europe.
Today is measured Barcelona and Sporting Lisbon, the first and second in the Group C. The two teams are already classified.
