(Porto’s Lisandro Lopez battles Artmedia’s Ales Urbanek)
Despite having a miserable time of it in the SPL, Rangers have qualified for the Champions League round of 16, advancing from Group H after a 1-1 draw to Inter Milan at Ibrox. Artmedia Bratislava, who could’ve knocked Rangers out of the competition with a late goal, failed to break a 0-0 deadline with Porto on a dangerously swampy pitch.
AC Milan have won Group E following their 3-2 home defeat of Schalke 04, helped by a pair of 2nd half goals from Kaká Ricardo Izecson Santos (above). There was a fair amount of pushing and shoving after the final whistle, but Setanta quicky cut away to the mudfest from Tehelne’ Pole, .