Champions League round-up: Olympique Lyonstaged an astonishing fightback to earn a 7-1 win at Dinamo Zagrebin their Group D match and reach the knockout stage of the competition.
The French side went through on goal difference after Ajax, who started the night three points ahead of them with a vastly superior goal difference, were beaten 3-0 at home by group winners Real Madrid.
Lyon fell behind in the 40th minute to 10-man Dinamo, who had midfielder Jerko Leko sent off for a second bookable foul midway through the first half, before striker Batefimbi Gomis scored four goals to lead their charge into the last 16.
Maxime Gonalons, Lisandro Lopez and Jimmy Briand netted Lyon’s other goals to inflict the heaviest defeat for Dinamo in European competition, leaving the Croatian champions rooted to the bottom of the group with no points from six games.
Real Madrid cruised to their sixth consecutive victory in the group, opening the scoring after 14 minutes when a pass from Kaka beat the Ajax offside trap and put Jose Callejon in a scoring position.
Ajax, who needed a draw and also enjoyed a seven-goal advantage over Lyon, were unlucky when first half goals by Nicolas Lodeiro and Vurnon Anita were ruled offside.
Four minutes before the interval Karim Benzema set up Gonzalo Higuain to double the lead and in the second half only Miralem Sulejmani came close to bring his side back in the match when his curved shot hit the bar before
Callejon made it 3-0 for Real in
stoppage time.
Vasily Berezutski scored a late winner as CSKA Moscowdramatically qualified for the knockout stages after defeating Group B winners Inter Milan2-1 at the San Siro.
Going into the match needing a win and the Lille-Trabzonspormatch to end in a draw in order to qualify, the defender headed home with four minutes to go, seconds after Diego Milito had headed against the crossbar at the other end.
The Russian side took the lead five minutes after the break through Ivorian striker Seydou Doumbia, but dreams of progression appeared to have evaporated when Argentine midfielder Esteban Cambiasso equalised within a minute.
With Lille-Trabzonspor ending goalless, CSKA qualify in second place with eight points from six games, two points behind Inter.
