Raúl scored a joint-record 64th goal in European competition to send Real Madrid into the Champions League knockout rounds with a 1-0 win against BATE Borisov in Belarus last night. The Spain striker, who has drawn level with Filippo Inzaghi’s continental tally, converted a seventh-minute cross by Royston Drenthe to ensure his side qualified along with Juventus from group H.

It means that Real are through with a game to spare and Raúl said: “This is an important win that means we can approach the last game more relaxed.”

Juventus, who had already secured their place in the last 16, held Zenit St Petersburg to a 0-0 draw in Russia earlier in the evening. Olof Mellberg and Vincenzo Iaquinta hit the post for the Italian team in the first half and Pavel Pogrebnyak struck an upright after the interval for the hosts. The outcome means that Zenit are likely to finish third in the group, which would give them the chance to defend the Uefa Cup trophy they won last season.

The match went ahead despite suggestions that it might be postponed after an explosion in the city that killed three people, including a child, near a metro station close to the Russian team’s training ground. A grenade went off in a taxi yesterday morning, leaving all three passengers dead and seriously injuring the driver.

Lyons and Bayern Munich have qualified from group F after maintaining unbeaten records last night. The French side beat Fiorentina 2-1 in Italy, with Karim Benzema teeing up Jean Makoun for their first goal and scoring the second himself after collecting a pass by Juninho. Three second-half goals, two by Miroslav Klose, gave Bayern a 3-0 win at home to Steaua Bucharest.

On a night when the qualifying places in all four active groups were sewn up with one round of matches to play, Porto guaranteed themselves at least the runners-up spot in group F behind Arsenal by beating Fenerbahçe 2-1 in Turkey. Lisandro López scored twice for the Portuguese team, the second goal appearing to strike his arm before he found the net.

Qualified success

Teams who have reached the knockout stage of the Champions League:

Group C Barcelona, Sporting Lisbon

Group E Manchester United, Villarreal

Group F Lyons, Bayern Munich

Group G Arsenal, Porto

Group H Juventus, Real Madrid

Matches in the first knockout round to be played over two legs between February 24 and March 11 2009