Barcelona allowed themselves the luxury of starting with Lionel Messi on the bench and still held out comfortably for a 0-0 draw at Juventus to reach the last 16 of the Champions League on Wednesday.

Barcelona, who brought on Messi early in the second half, enjoyed long spells of possession against a lacklustre Juve in a dull Group D match which saw both teams apparently happy to play for a draw.

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Juventus, who are second, will qualify for the last 16 unless they lose at Olympiakos in their final game and Sporting beat Barcelona away.

Sporting kept alive their hopes by beating Olympiakos 3-1 in Lisbon in the other game with Bas Dort scoring twice. Barcelona, 3-0 winners over Juve in their previous meeting in the group, have 11 points followed by Juve on eight, Sporting on seven and eliminated Olympiakos on one.



Meanwhile, in Group C, Antoine Griezmann’s stunning goal kept Atlético Madrid’s Champions League hopes alive as they grabbed a vital victory over Roma.

The France international crashed in a wonderful overhead kick to inspire a crucial 2-0 win over the Italians at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium. Kevin Gameiro added a late second after Bruno Peres was sent off for Roma, to take Atlético’s fight to qualify to the final game with their first win in the group. Roma remain in the driving seat though as they sit second, two points ahead of Atlético. The Italians face Qarabag at home in the final game while Atlético head to Chelsea, who made sure of their last-16 place with a 4-0 win in Azerbaijan earlier in the day.

Bayern Munich will finish behind Paris Saint-Germain in Group B after winning 2-1 at Anderlecht. Robert Lewandowski and Corentin Tolisso scored for the Bundesliga side either side of Sofiane Hanni’s equaliser. PSG hammered Celtic 7-1 in Paris to keep their 100 per cent record intact.

In Manchester United’s group, a strike from Georgi Schennikov and a Vieira Jardel own goal gave CSKA Moscow a 2-0 home win over Benfica. United went down 1-0 to Basel in Group A.