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Argentina 4 Chile 1 (Mar 30, 2000)

Argentina took full advantage of a weak referee to hand Chile a heavy defeat at the River Plate stadium. . . . more . . .

Peru 2 Paraguay 0 (Mar 30, 2000)

A bad night for Peru saw captain and goalkeeper Jose Luis Chilavert miss a penalty and his defence concede two goals in Lima to start their 2002 World Cup campaign with a defeat. . . . more . . .

Uruguay 1 Bolivia 0 (Mar 30, 2000)

Daniel Passarella started his 2002 World Cup campaign as his new Uruguayan charges scored the only goal in a Montevideo match of few chances. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Colombia 0 Brazil 0 (Mar 29, 2000)

Brazil started their 2002 World Cup qualification campaign with a 0-0 draw in Bogota against Colombia. . . . more . . .

Kyiv Dynamo 2 Bayern Munich 0 (Mar 23, 2000)

Kyiv Dynamo took advantage of a weakened Bayern Munich side to register a 2-0 win but the Ukrainian champions need not have bothered. . . . more . . .

Chelsea 1 SS Lazio 2 (Mar 22, 2000)

SS Lazio saved themselves with an excellent second half display at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea blew both a lead and the chance to draw a lesser team in the quarter finals. . . . more . . .

Rosenborg 0 Real Madrid 1 (Mar 22, 2000)

Real Madrid did just enough to book their place in the last eight of the Champions League and are the third Spanish team to go into Friday's draw. . . . more . . .

Olympique Marseille 0 Feyenoord 0 (Mar 22, 2000)

This 0-0 draw was rendered meaningless by Lazio's win at Chelsea. . . . more . . .

Sparta Prague 1 FC Barcelona 2 (Mar 21, 2000)

FC Barcelona ended Sparta Prague's hopes of progress into the last eight with two second half goals from Gabri. . . . more . . .

Hertha Berlin 0 FC Porto 1 (Mar 21, 2000)

FC Porto needed a late intervention from substitute Ferreira Cruz Clayton to win this scrappy game in Berlin. . . . more . . .

Fiorentina 3 Girondins Bordeaux 3 (Mar 21, 2000)

Fiorentina's season all but ended as Girondins Bordeaux snuffed out their hopes of trying to make the Champions league quarter finals with a 3-3 draw. . . . more . . .

Valencia 0 Manchester United 0 (Mar 21, 2000)

Valencia took it easy at the end of this game and secured a place in the knockout phase of the Champions League. . . . more . . .

Girondins Bordeaux 1 Valencia 4 (Mar 16, 2000)

Valencia hammered Bordeaux on their visit to wine country and need only to avoid defeat when they host Manchester United next week to get to the quarter finals of the Champions League. . . . more . . .

FC Porto 2 Sparta Prague 2 (Mar 16, 2000)

A last minute equaliser from Milen Fukal saved Sparta Prague from defeat in Portugal as FC Porto threw away a two goal lead. . . . more . . .

FC Barcelona 3 Hertha Berlin 1 (Mar 15, 2000)

FC Barcelona were slightly flattered by a 3-1 scoreline in their win at the Camp Nou over Hertha Berlin but the victory helped them win Group A of the Champions League> Barca clinched a place in the quarter finals last week but are now certain of a favourable seeding the draw for the last eight next week with the Camp Nou hosting the second leg of the quarter final in what could prove crucial home advantage. . . . more . . .

Japan 0 China 0 (Mar 15, 2000)

Poor form by the Japanese senior squad is threatening the job of coach Phillipe Troussier after a dull 0-0 draw in Yokohama with China. . . . more . . .

Manchester United 3 Fiorentina 1 (Mar 15, 2000)

Manchester United eased into the last eight of the Champions League at Old Trafford despite an early set back against Fiorentina. . . . more . . .

Bayern Munich 2 Rosenborg 1 (Mar 14, 2000)

Bayern Munich won 2-1 against Rosenborg of Trondheim in a deserted Olympic stadium. . . . more . . .

Feyenoord 1 Chelsea 3 (Mar 14, 2000)

Chelsea outclassed Feyenoord in Rotterdam at the venue set to host the Euro 2000 final at the start of July. . . . more . . .

Real Madrid 2 Kyiv Dynamo 2 (Mar 14, 2000)

Real Madrid failed to use home advantage to carry them into the last eight of the Champions League and missed several chances to put away Kyiv Dynamo to draw 2-2. . . . more . . .

SS Lazio 5 Olympique Marseille 1 (Mar 14, 2000)

SS Lazio hammered Olympique Marseille in the Stadio Olimpico but still need a result at Chelsea next week to make certain of a place in the last eight of the Champions League. . . . more . . .

US 1 Tunisia 1 (Mar 13, 2000)

The US needed an injury time winner at the end of the game to draw 1-1 with Tunisia in Birmingham Alabama. . . . more . . .

Feyenoord 0 SS Lazio 0 (Mar 09, 2000)

Feyenoord continued their Champions League resurgence with a 0-0 home win over SS Lazio. . . . more . . .

Rosenborg 1 Kyiv Dynamo 2 (Mar 09, 2000)

Kyiv Dynamo are back in contention for a Champions League quarter final place after this victory in Trondheim. . . . more . . .

Bayern Munich 4 Real Madrid 1 (Mar 09, 2000)

Lothar Matthaeus helped to destroy Real Madrid's European pretensions for this season in his last game for Bayern Munich. . . . more . . .

FC Porto 0 FC Barcelona 2 (Mar 08, 2000)

FC Barcelona cruised into the Champions League quarter finals with this 2-0 win in Portugal and are now the favourites with the odds makers to win the title in May. . . . more . . .

Valencia 2 Fiorentina 0 (Mar 08, 2000)

Fiorentina crashed to a 2-0 defeat in Valencia and are now in a real fight to try and join holders Manchester United in the quarter finals of the competition. . . . more . . .

Sparta Prague 1 Hertha Berlin 0 (Mar 08, 2000)

Hertha Berlin looked set for a draw in Prague when Sparta found a winner in the last thirty seconds of normal time. . . . more . . .

Girondins Bordeaux 1 Manchester United 2 (Mar 08, 2000)

Ten man Bordeaux mounted stiff resistance against Manchester United but late substitute Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored the goal that sees the holders on the brink of the quarter finals. . . . more . . .

Chelsea 1 Olympique Marseille 0 (Mar 08, 2000)

Chelsea only got half way through this game and were lucky to survive a spirited assault on their goal in the closing stages as OM took over the match and all but knocked the London club out of the Champions League. . . . more . . .

FC Barcelona 4 FC Porto 2 (Mar 02, 2000)

FC Barcelona took charge of Group A with this win over Portuguese champions FC Porto. . . . more . . .

Hertha Berlin 1 Sparta Prague 1 (Mar 02, 2000)

Sparta Prague scored their first point in the second phase of the Champions League with this 1-1 draw in Berlin. . . . more . . .

Fiorentina 1 Valencia 0 (Mar 02, 2000)

Fiorentina stay in Champions League contention with this narrow win and are now favourites to advance to the last eight of the competition with holders Manchester United. . . . more . . .

Real Madrid 2 Bayern Munich 4 (Mar 01, 2000)

Real Madrid lost an old fashioned shoot out in the Bernabeu to end their recent excellent run of form. . . . more . . .

SS Lazio 1 Feyenoord 2 (Mar 01, 2000)

When Feyenoord played at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea in December they suffered 33 shots against them and conceded three goals in a shambolic display. . . . more . . .

Manchester United 2 Girondins Bordeaux 0 (Mar 01, 2000)

Manchester United relished the freedom given to them in the first half by a naive Bordeaux side but only scored one goal when they dominated to leave this tie in doubt until Sheringham scored a header in the 84th minute. . . . more . . .