Champions League fixtures for Wednesday, November 2nd 2011

There are another eight games taking place this evening in the Champions League, with Manchester United, Real Madrid, Man City and Inter Milan all in action.

Man Utd will be looking for maximum points in Group C this evening when they play host to a Otelul Galati side who have lost their opening three group games, and know that a win will see them move closer to qualifying for the knockout stages of the competition.

A win for Real Madrid away to Lyon in Group D will guarantee their place in the last 16, but the hosts will be fired up as they go into tonight's game level on points with Ajax and still hoping to advance from the group stages.

At the San Siro, a Group B clash between Inter Milan and Lille could turn out to be one of the games of the night as Lille travel to Italy currently bottom of their group but still in with a chance of reaching the knockout stages.

And in Group A, Man City travel to Spain to take on a Villarreal side who have underperformed so far, losing all three group games.

Crunchsports.com will have team news and full coverage of tonight's key games online throughout the day!

Wednesday's Champions League fixtures:

All kick-off times 19:45 GMT unless otherwise stated

Ajax v Dinamo Zagreb (Group D)

Bayern Munich v Napoli (Group A)

Benfica v FC Basel (Group C)

Inter Milan v Lille (Group B)

Lyon v Real Madrid (Group D)

Man Utd v Otelul Galati (Group C)

Trabzonspor v CSKA Moscow (Group B)

Villarreal v Man City (Group A)

Tribute To Sharp

Doncaster Rovers captain and striker Billy Sharp missed Saturdays game with Coventry due to family issues. These issues were not known until Saturday night when Billy and his partner Jade's son Louie Jacob had passed away after been born 2 days previous.

In what can only be described as a heartbreaking and emotional time for his family, Billy done something on Tuesday night which football fans,players and managers around the world will not forget in the near future.

Doncaster were playing at home to high flying Middlesbrough. Billy Sharp lined out for his side in this fixture which has to take some amount of courage and belief. A minutes applause was had prior to kick off at Sharp's request. Not only did he take his place in the starting line-up but he also scored the opening goal and in doing so revealing a t-shirt in memory of his son which read.

'' Thats for you son ''

Doncaster went on to lose the game but it people will remember this match for the moving tribute by Sharp to his son.

R.I.P LOUIE JACOB SHARP

Midweek Championship Results

Barnsley 2-1 Hull City

Burnley 1-3 Leicster City

Crystal Palace 0-0 Portsmouth

Doncaster Rvs 1-3 Middlesbrough

Milwall 3-0 Coventry City

Nottingham F. 1-0 Reading

Southampton 2-1 Peterborough Utd

Watford 1-0 Brighton & Hove A.

West Ham Utd 0-0 Bristol City

Tuesday Champions League Round Up

Hat-trick hero Lionel Messi became the second player to score 200 Barcelona goals as the reigning champions cruised to a 4-0 win at 10-man Viktoria Plzen.

The comfortable victory clinched Barcelona's place in the knockout phase and helped Pep Guardiola celebrate his 200th match at the helm in style.

It also assured Group H rivals Milan's last 16 place, despite only managing a 1-1 draw at Bate Borisov.

And 1997 champions Borussia Dortmund beat Olympiakos for a first group win.

Argentina star Messi opened the Barcelona scoring with a 24th minute penalty, before doubling his tally on the stroke of half-time.

Cesc Fabregas added the third before Messi grabbed an injury-time fourth to complete his treble.

Valencia grabbed an important 3-1 home win over Bayer Leverkusen to blow Group E wide open.

The Spanish side made a blistering start at the Mestalla with Jonas scoring the Champions League's second quickest goal after just 10.6 seconds.

But it just missed out on the record created by former Bayern Munich man Roy Makaay against Real Madrid in 2007.

Leverkusen equalised through Stefan Kiessling shortly after the half hour mark, before talisman Roberto Soldado and Adil Rami put Valencia back ahead after the break.

Just three points now separates leaders Chelsea, Leverkusen and Valencia with two rounds of games left.

Arsenal's Group F has also taken a different complexion after Dortmund moved off the bottom with a 1-0 home win against the Greek side, which gives them a fighting chance of a last-16 place.

Zenit St Petersburg and Apoel Nicosia have taken control of Group G with narrow home wins against Shakthar Donetsk and Porto respectively.