Roma knocked Real Madrid out of the Champions League at the Bernabeu on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals and was joined by Chelsea and Schalke. Roma's 2-1 win secured a 4-2 aggregate victory while Chelsea thrashed Olympiakos Piraeus 3-0 and Schalke beat Porto 4-1 on penalties following a 1-1 draw over two legs. The Italians never looked overawed by nine times European champion Madrid and was unlucky not to take a first-half lead when Alberto Aquilani's screamer from 30 meters hit the post. Spanish champion Real, sorely missing injured striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy, lacked ideas in midfield and bite up front. It fell behind to a flying Taddei header in the 73rd minute, shortly after having central defender Pepe sent off, and Roma's passage to the last eight was sealed by substitute Mirko Vucinic after a Raul goal had briefly restored Real's hopes. Raul slotted Robinho's through ball past goalkeeper Doni in the 75th minute but Vucinic silenced the vociferous home crowd with an injury-time header as Real threw men forward. Schalke, having reached the knockout round for the first time in three attempts, continued its run by beating Porto, whose left back Fucile was sent off in the 82nd minute. Lisandro had given 2004 champion Porto a 1-0 lead on the night four minutes later with an unstoppable shot on the turn to force extra time but missed his team's final spot kick. Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer kept Schalke afloat with a string of saves before denying Bruno Alves and Lisandro in the shootout. Michael Ballack, Frank Lampard and Salomon Kalou settled a one-sided game at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea joined Premier League rivals Arsenal and Manchester United in the last eight. If Liverpool beat Inter Milan when it visits the Italian Champion with a 2-0 first-leg lead next Tuesday then all four English teams will be through to the quarterfinals. The match in west London was five minutes old when Ballack set Chelsea on its way by heading home Lampard's cross at the near post for his first Champions League goal of the season. The pair changed roles as Lampard stroked home a rebound to make it 2-0 after visiting goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis could only parry Ballack's shot. Ivory Coast forward Kalou completed the scoring from close range shortly after the break.Wehdah ties Ittihad: Al-Wehdah Club, Makkah frustrated Saudi League leader Al-Ittihad with a 1-1 draw at the Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium here Wednesday. Saudi League top scorer Issa Al-Muhiani put Al-Wehdah ahead from the spot just four minutes before Brazilian Magno Alves equalized for Al-Ittihad. The home team was pressing to gain full three points to extend its lead on the top of the league before taking on Al-Shabab and Al-Hilal in the last two rounds of the league. Al-Ittihad is now on 47 points and needs to win its three matches to secure the title of the new restructured league. Losing a match may blow away Ittihad's chances as runner-up Al-Hilal (39 points), has five matches to go. Al-Wehdah, which stays at sixth, faced the heavyweights without any pressure. Twenty-four minutes after the kickoff, Al-Wehdah was rewarded with a penalty after Ittihad's Redga Tukar pushed down Ahmed Al-Mosa inside the box. Striker Issa Al-Muhiani converted the shot into the left side of Taiser Al-Netaif. Four minutes after the goal, Al-Ittihad recovered as Brazilian Alves sent a long shot to the far left of Al-Wehdah goalkeeper Assaf Al-Qarni. Al-Ittihad has a one-week break before the team kicks off its campaign in the AFC Champions League against Quruvchi of Uzbekistan on March 12. __
