Hamburg: Juventus took on Spanish giants Real Madrid at home and straight up Alessandro Del Piero gave the home crowd something to cheer for, when he scored in the fifth minute itself.
Amauri de Oliviera made it two goals when he scored off this Pavel Nedved cross in the 48th minute.Juventus are now on top of Group H after the win in Turin.
Real Madrid; however, did score a consolation goal with Ruud van Nistelrooy getting one in the 66th minute.
The win put Juventus on seven points, one clear of Real and five ahead of Belarussian club BATE Borisov. Zenit St Peterburg remain bottom of the group with a single point after they could only manage a 1-1 draw at home to the Belarussians.
Meanwhile, Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Arsenal all celebrated comfortable wins to move closer to qualification for the knockout stages of the Champions League.
A goal in either half from Dimatar Berbatov as well as a Wayne Rooney strike 14 minutes from time secured a fully deserved 3-0 win for defending champions United against Scottish champions Celtic at Old Trafford, Tuesday.
"It was a marvellous performance by Berbatov again. He brought composure to the final third of the field again," said United coach Alex Ferguson.
The victory saw Ferguson's side move on to seven points from three games in Group E, level with Villarreal, who suffered an early fright before running out easy 6-3 winners against Aalborg.
Marek Saganowski gave the Danish side the lead but two goals in three minutes from Giuseppe Rossi and Joan Capdevila put Villarreal in front.
Thomas Enevoldsen levelled matters once more for the Danes, but a hat-trick for Joseba Llorente and another from Robert Pires, countered only by a goal from Andreas Johansson, ensured a comfortable win.
Bayern Munich maintained top spot in Group F thanks to a 3-0 victory over Italian side Fiorentina.
Miroslav Klose fired the home side in front after four minutes and German international team mate Bastian Schweinsteiger made it 2-0 in the 25th minute. Ze Roberto completed the scoring for the German champions in the last minute, weaving his way through the visitors' defence before firing home.
The win was a relief for Juergen Klinsmann, who has come under fire for Bayern's slow start to the Bundesliga in his first season in charge.
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