A round-up of Sunday's matches in La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga.
Bayern Munich eased into the German Cup semi-finals with a 3-0 victory over 10-man VfL Bochum on Wednesday with Robert Lewandowski scoring twice to keep their treble hopes on track.
The defending champions knocked out Osasuna while Espanyol triumphed over Werder Bremen.
Bundesliga title aspirants Hamburg SV struggled to a 1-1 draw at home against Arminia Bielefeld in their opening match of the season on Saturday.
Chelsea secured top spot, above Barcelona, in Group A with a 2-0 home win over Levski Sofia.
Bayern Munich, Liverpool, PSV Eindhoven and Valencia reached the knockout round of the Champions League with two group matches to spare.
Robert Lewandowski struck twice as champions Bayern Munich eased past Freiburg 3-1 on Saturday to secure a record 15th win in a row and the Pole became the first foreign player to score 33 goals in a Bundesliga season. Erling Haaland scored twice as Borussia Dortmund beat closest challengers RB Leipzig 2-0 away on Saturday to wrap up second place in the Bundesliga.
Sarri was without Cristiano Ronaldo for the trip to the Gewiss Stadium as the Portuguese forward recovers from a knee problem ahead of Tuesday's Champions League meeting with Atletico Madrid in Turin.
Twice former winners Benfica came from behind to beat the English side 2-1 to reach the last 16 of the tournament.\nA round-up of Wednesday's matches.
Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski made amends for several glaring misses when he scored a late goal and set up another as the German champions ground out a 2-0 win at battling Schalke 04 on Friday.
The Spanish champions went through on 3-2 aggregate after the second leg pre-quarter-final ended 1-1. Juventus and Villarreal also made it to the quarter-finals.
Twice in arrears Rangers earned a 2-2 home draw with Villarreal
Barcelona earned a valuable 2-1 away win at Chelsea, with the home side playing most of the match with only 10 men.
Inter Milan staged a fierce second-half fightback to draw 2-2 at Ajax Amsterdam.
A round-up of weekend action in the main European leagues.
Udinese bowed out of their first ever Champions League campaign after their 2-0 home defeat to Barcelona.
The Brazilian ace turned in a brilliant display as Barcelona beat Werder Bremen 3-1 to clinch the top spot in the Champions League, Group C.
Ricardo Costa's goal gave Porto a 1-1 draw with Inter Milan in the Champions League first knockout round, first leg.
The Argentine striker netted the only goal of the match as AC Milan scored an away victory over Manchester United in the first leg of their Champions League first knockout round tie
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Spanish forward Joselu struck deep into stoppage time as Hanover 96 rallied from two goals down to draw 2-2 at bottom club Freiburg in the Bundesliga on Sunday.
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Ghana and the United States would look to seal a knockout berth when they face-off in their second group match of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in New Delhi, on Monday.
The Argentine striker scored the only goal in a 1-0 victory in the second leg Champions League pre-quarter-final.
VfL Wolfsburg ended Arminia Bielefeld's sensational German Cup run, crushing the third division club 4-0 on Wednesday to book a spot in their first Cup final in 20 years where they will face Borussia Dortmund.
They were beaten by Werder Bremen 1-0.
IMAGES from football matches played in the Spain, Germany and Portugal on Wednesday.
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