BAYERN SET NEW RECORD

Bayern Munich 7 Sporting Lisbon 1 (Bayern win 12-1 on aggregate): Bayern Munich set a Champions League record with their 12-…

Bayern Munich 7 Sporting Lisbon 1 (Bayern win 12-1 on aggregate):Bayern Munich set a Champions League record with their 12-1 aggregate drubbing of Sporting Lisbon last night.

Bayern eclipsed the previous record aggregate victory of 10-2 established by Olympique Lyon when they beat Werder Bremen in the corresponding round of the 2004-05 competition.

The record aggregate success in the European Cup, the forerunner to the Champions League, was established by Benfica when they defeated Dudelange of Luxembourg 18-0 in 1965-66.

Panathinaikos 1 Villarreal 2 (Villareal win 3-2 on aggreagte)

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Ariel Ibagaza scored one and laid on the other as Villarreal beat Panathinaikos 2-1 at the Olympic Stadium to book their place in the quarter-finals last night.

The game exploded into life four minutes into the second half when Argentine playmaker Ibagaza fired past Mario Galinovic to put the Spanish side 1-0 ahead.

Panathinaikos drew level six minutes later with a Vangelis Mantzios header but substitute Joseba Llorente settled the game when he volleyed the winner in the 70th minute.