AC Milan and defending champion Barcelona have both reached the last 16 of Champions League football on Tuesday, but the English Premier League giants Arsenal and Chelsea had to wait for the qualification.
Meanwhile, Lionel Messi sent benchmarks falling costs, and scored another superb hat-trick in a 4-0 success against Barcelona for 10 Czech man champion Viktoria Plzen.
The Argentine opened the scoring from the penalty spot after 24 minutes after Marian Cisovsky had been sent for slaughter. The penalty took Messi match for the club to 200 goals and his second goal in first half injury time, was his 50th goal for the club and the country in 2011.
Cesc Fabregas takes home at 72 minutes, with Messi completed his second hat-trick in four days - after the triple on Saturday against Real Mallorca - minutes of recovery.
The victory sent Pep Guardiola two sides of the above in Milan, 'H' group, after the Italian champion before drawing 1-1 at BATE Borisov, but it means that the two heavyweights of the group can now expect to the round of 16.
"We are very pleased with the result today," said Guardiola. "We're trying to win in Milan (November 23) to stay on top."
Elsewhere, Arsenal won 5-3 at Chelsea on Sunday, need a victory at home to Marseille to book their place in the knockout stages, but was held in a goalless draw. Guests enjoyed the best of the first half, with goalkeeper Steve Mandanda Marseille save many of Theo Walcott and Gervinho, while Aaron Ramsey fly by.
Arsenal could not maintain its momentum after the break, however, and even the introduction of in-form captain Robin Van Persie as a replacement was unable to light the way towards the goal.
"It 'hard to stay with you no more than three days after an important game," said the Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. "Marseille is a good match was very solid, and I am not a good reason."
The result kept Arsenal a point advantage over second place in Marseille in Group "F", while Borussia Dortmund raised their hopes of qualifying with a 1-0 home victory against Olympiacos within three points Marseille.
Setback for Chelsea
Chelsea were held 1-1 draw in Genk in Belgium sample, although the 3-1 defeat of Bayer Leverkusen, Valencia has meant that the Blues "could not get in any case.
Ramires put Chelsea ahead on 26 minutes, arrowing home from a narrow angle of Fernando Torres to go before David Luiz has seen a penalty saved by Thomas Buffel Koteles Laszlo treated after Florent Malouda cross. Chelsea was beaten 5-0 earlier in Genk in front of Stamford Bridge, but was soon rue Luiz hours after Jelle Vossen Miss swept home the tie by Fabien Camus' cut-back.
"Currently, it does not happen for us," said Chelsea coach André Villas-Boas. "It's a cock I would win. In case of ties, all is not negative, but we could have done better. "
Valencia scored the second fastest in the history of the competition against Leverkusen, net of Jonas at the Mestalla 10.6 seconds - 0.3 seconds slower than the efforts of Roy Makaay for Bayern Munich against Real Madrid 2007.
Stefan Kiessling pulled level on the German side on the half hour, but Roberto Soldado deflected back Jeremy Mathieu Cross to restore drive from Valencia, in the second half before Adil Rami is 3-1 with 15 minutes to play.
Leverkusen Chelsea now leads by two points at the top of the "E" group, all hopes were revived Valencia rating as it is now only one point in the first two in front of a home game with Genk, 23 November.
LEAD CONSERVAS APOEL
Surprise package APOEL maintained its leading position in the group "G" by beating the Europa League champion FC Porto 2-1 in dramatic fashion last breath.
Hulk seems to have rescued a point for the Portuguese team with a 89 minute penalty, only for Gustavo Manduca to restore the advantage of the machine with the head just a minute later. Zenit St. Petersburg is one point behind in second place after a 1-0 victory at home to APOEL Shakhtar Donetsk.
The results of Tuesday: Group "E": A Valencia: Valencia (ESP) 3 (1 Jonas, Soldado 65, Rami 75) bt Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) 1 (Kiessling 31). A Genk (Belgium): Genk (Belgium) 1 (Vossen 61) drew with Chelsea (Eng) 1 (Ramires 26).
"F" of the group: In London: Arsenal (Eng) 0 drew with Marseille (From) 0 A Dortmund: Borussia Dortmund (Germany) 1 (Grosskreutz 7) bt Olympiakos (GRE) 0
Group "G": A St Petersburg: Zenit St Petersburg (Rus) 1 (Lombaerts 46) bt Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 0. In Nicosia: APOEL Nicosia (CYP) 2 (42-Ailton pen, Manduca 90) bt FC Porto (Por) 1 (89-Hulk pen).
"H" of the group in Minsk: BATE Borisov (BLR) 1 (55-Bressan pen) drew with AC Milan (Ita) 1 (Ibrahimovic 22). In Prague: Viktoria Plzen (CZE) 0 lost to Barcelona (ESP) 4 (24-pen Messi, 47, 92, Fabregas 72).
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