
Madrid sweep Schalke aside
Atletico Madrid overturned their first-leg disadvantage to breeze past Schalke 4-0 and into the Champions League group stages.
Starting 1-0 down, Madrid levelled on aggregate through Sergio Aguero's header in the 23rd minute and Forlan put them ahead in the tie in the 54th minute by firing home from the edge of the area.
Luis Garcia made it 3-0 eight minutes from time and Schalke's misery was complete when Christian Pander hauled down Simao in the area to earn a red card and Maxi Rodriguez slotted home the penalty.
Shakhtar Donetsk also enjoyed an easy victory, winning 3-1 away to Dinamo Zagreb to go through 5-1 on aggregate.
Adriano opened the scoring for the visitors in the 42nd minute and although Bosko Balaban got one back for Dinamo in the 57th minute, Evaeyerson Brandau and Willian completed the scoring for Shakhtar.
Olympiacos could not do enough to turn around their 3-0 first-leg loss to Anorthosis Famagusta as the Greek giants won on the night through Fernando Belluschi's 54th-minute goal, but they still went out 3-1 on aggregate.
Marseille went through fairly comfortably, winning 2-1 at home to complete a 3-1 aggregate win over SK Brann, after a second-half brace from Mamadou Niang came either side of Kristjan Orn Sigurdsson's goal for Brann.
Fenerbahce got the win they needed to progress, beating Partizan Belgrade 2-1 and going through 4-3 on aggregate. However, their Turkish rivals, Galatasaray, are out after losing 1-0 to Steaua Bucharest, Banel Nicolita's 57th-minute goal giving the Romanians a 3-2 aggregate victory.
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