Real Madrid, AC Milan, Bayern Munich clinch places in next round of Champions League

Madrid, Milan, Bayern advance in Champions League

LONDON — Real Madrid, AC Milan and Bayern Munich clinched places in the next round of the Champions League on Tuesday.

The trio, European champions a total of 20 times, advanced alongside CSKA Moscow after their final group matches.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice to help nine-time European champion Madrid win 3-1 at Marseille and take Group C from Milan, which needed a penalty by Ronaldinho for a 1-1 draw at FC Zurich.

Bayern advanced behind already-qualified Bordeaux in Group A with a 4-1 win at Juventus that eliminated the Italian side while CSKA Moscow won 2-1 at Besiktas.

Michael Owen had a hat trick to give Manchester United a 3-1 win at Wolfsburg to take first place in Group B from CSKA and knock out its opponent. But CSKA’s place may be in doubt after UEFA said two of the Russian team’s players failed doping tests after a 3-3 draw against Manchester United last month.

UEFA will announce the result of its investigation on Dec. 17, the day before the draw for the next stage.

Ronaldo put Madrid ahead in the fifth minute with a 30-yard free kick before Marseille playmaker Lucho Gonzalez leveled from close range in the 11th.

Madrid defender Raul Albiol scored in the 60th and Ronaldo rounded off the scoring 10 minutes before the end following a mistake by Marseille goalkeeper Steve Mandanda.

Madrid finished with 13 points, four more than Milan, which trailed until the 64th minute in Switzerland.

Zurich dominated much of the first half and led through Milan Gajic’s 29th-minute free kick from 25 yards.

Milan was in real danger of missing out on the next round but Zurich defender Alain Rochat was sent off for a foul on Marco Borriello and Ronaldinho scored the resulting penalty.

Juventus looked to be on course for the next round when David Trezeguet put the Italian side ahead in the 19th, but Bayern got back in the match with a 30th-minute penalty by Joerg Butt — the goalkeeper’s third in the Champions League.

Ivica Olic put Bayern ahead six minutes after halftime. Mario Gomez and substitute Anatoliy Tymoshchuk scored in the last seven minutes.

Bordeaux, which won 1-0 at Maccabi Haifa, won Group A with 16 points. Bayern was next with 10 points, while Juventus will play in the Europa League after finishing third with eight.

Maccabi Haifa became the first team to be eliminated from the Champions League without winning a point or scoring a goal.

Owen’s hat trick for United in Group B is likely to reignite the debate in British newspapers over whether England coach Fabio Capello should take the veteran striker to next year’s World Cup.

“Me getting three goals will probably grab the headlines, but it was a great team performance,” Owen said.

Group D had already been settled before Tuesday.

First-place Chelsea conceded an 87th-minute equalizer to draw 2-2 with APOEL Nicosia, losing midfielder Michael Essien in the process to what appeared to be a hamstring injury.

“We were not concentrating,” Drogba said. “We thought, maybe, it was going to be an easy game but in the Champions League there are no easy games.”