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Boavista, Nantes and Galatasaray all reached the second phase of the Champions League after last night's series of matches.

Boavista, Nantes and Galatasaray all reached the second phase of the Champions League after last night's series of matches.

Boavista finished second in Group B despite losing 1-0 at Dynamo Kiev.

The Portuguese champions finished second on goal difference ahead of Dortmund, who move into the UEFA Cup. Kiev were eliminated.

Nantes, who are bottom of the French first division with just one win, continued on their schizophrenic way by taking first place in Group D with a 1-0 win over Lazio.

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The Italian side were eliminated, but Nantes were joined in the last 16 by Galatasaray, who beat PSV Eindhoven 2-0.

Pierre-Yves Andre grabbed the priceless winner for Nantes, the striker meeting Nicolas Laspalle's firm cross from the right flank with a glancing header that looped over Angelo Peruzzi into the net on 73 minutes.

Nantes finished first with 11 points followed by Galatasaray (10), PSV (7) and Lazio (6) with PSV going into the UEFA Cup.

The qualifiers from groups A and C were already decided before last night's games.

The issues at stake involved UEFA Cup qualifiers and in Group A Lokomotiv Moscow beat group winners Real Madrid 2-0 to seal their place in the UEFA Cup, while second-placed AS Roma drew 1-1 with Anderlecht, who were eliminated.

Maxim Buznikin opened the scoring for Moscow after 30 minutes while Igor Cherevchenko added their second 10 minutes after the break.

In Group C, Panathinaikos, who had already qualified, lost 1-0 at Real Mallorca, who qualified for the UEFA Cup.

Leo Biagini got the only goal, bundling in from close range after fine work from Veljko Paunovic.