Juventus joined Barcelona and Sporting Lisbon in the knockout round of the Champions League on Wednesday after two goals by Alessandro Del Piero gave the Italian team a 2-0 victory at Real Madrid. Defending champion Manchester United is almost through following Ryan Giggs' 84th-minute header in a 1-1 draw at Celtic. But two more group leaders, Bayern Munich and Arsenal, were also held to draws and still have work to do from their final two matches. Del Piero, who first played in a Champions League final 12 years ago, scored in the 17th and 67th minutes at Bernabeu Stadium to give Juventus 10 points from four games. Claudio Ranieri's team is four ahead of Madrid and six ahead of Zenit St. Petersburg, which won 2-0 at BATE Borisov. Although Zenit, last season's UEFA Cup winner, can reach 10 points by winning its last two games, that would mean Madrid could only finish with a maximum of nine, ensuring Juventus is guaranteed of finishing in the top two spots in Group H. Celtic stunned United before the Scottish club's intimidating 60,000-strong fans in Glasgow when Australia striker Scott McDonald lobbed goalkeeper Ben Foster in the 13th minute. United dominated possession and finally broke through with six minutes to go when goalkeeper Artur Boruc failed to hold a wickedly swerving shot from Cristiano Ronaldo and Giggs headed home the rebound. The draw means that United has eight points from four games, the same as Villarreal, which drew 2-2 at Aalborg. But Alex Ferguson's team still has a six-point lead over Celtic and Aalborg, has a better head-to-head record over the Scottish champion and could only be edged by the Danish team if it loses its final two games heavily and Aalborg wins twice by big margins. Villarreal is almost there too, but could miss out if it loses its last two games to Celtic and Man United. Bayern Munich was held 1-1 at Fiorentina after Adrian Mutu gave the Italian side a 10th-minute lead. Tim Borowski replied in the 78th minute for Bayern. The result means the Bundesliga champions have eight points, the same as Lyon, which beat Steaua Bucharest 2-0 after goals by Juninho and Anthony Reveillere. Fiorentina has three points and can still advance to the next round, but Steaua cannot qualify. Arsenal was held 0-0 at home by Fenerbahce just two weeks after winning 5-2 in Istanbul against the same opponents. Arsene Wenger's team has eight points, two ahead of FC Porto, which won 2-1 at Dinamo Kiev. Kiev has five and still in contention. Maradona names squad Diego Maradona, confirmed as Argentina coach here on Tuesday, has named his squad for his first game in charge, the Nov. 19 friendly against Scotland. And one notable absentee from his 20-player list was Lionel Messi. Maradona was required to leave out the influential playmaker to honour a deal struck between the Argentina Football Federation and the player's club, Barcelona. – AP __
