Benfica Vs Dynamo Kiev 2-0: The Eagles Accompany Bayern Munich To Champions League Round Of 16

Gilberto scores Benfica's second goal against Dynamo Kiev (Twitter @championsleague)

JAKARTA - Benfica accompanied Bayern Munich to the last 16 of the Champions League after beating Dynamo Kiev 2-0 in the final Group E match at the Stadio da Luz, Portugal, Wednesday local time.

That certainty could not be separated from the help of Bayern, who in another match crushed Barcelona 3-0 at the Allianz Arena.

Launching Antara, Benfica qualified as runners-up in Group E with a collection of eight points, behind Bayern (18) and one point ahead of Barca who had to be willing to fall into the Europa League.

Meanwhile, Dynamo, who this season only scored one goal and lost five times in the preliminary phase, were stranded as caretakers of the final standings of Group E.

Benfica should have taken the lead with their first strike when Rafa Silva was well-positioned to slam home Roman Yaremchuk's throw-in but his shot bounced over the bar.

On the other hand, Dynamo, who is sure to leave Europe, threatened to fight back with Vitalii Buyalskyi luring Odisseas keeper Vlachodimos out of the net before flicking the ball to Viktor Tsygankov in front of goal, but Tsygankov fired too high.

The failure had to be paid dearly, because in the 16th minute the hosts opened the scoring through Yaremchuk's perfect flick to welcome Joao Mario's pull pass.

Then six minutes later, Benfica's advantage was doubled by Gilberto who took advantage of a wild ball inside the Dynamo penalty box before netting it into the far post corner.

The match was then marred by failure after failure for Dynamo to take advantage of a number of opportunities they got so that the 0-2 score remained unchanged until the whistle sounded.