London, September 28:

Ronaldinho scored a hat-trick to confirm Barcelona as one of the favourites to win this year’s Champions League, beating Italy’s Udinese 4-5 on Tuesday. Other former European champions Juventus, Bayern Munich and Manchester United also won in the second round of Europe’s top club competition. It was an all-Brazil night at Camp Nou stadium. Brazilian-born Deco, who holds a Portuguese passport, also scored for the Catalans. Brazilian Felipe scored Udinese’s lone goal. In the other Group C match, Greek team Panathinaikos won 2-1 at home over Werder Bremen on a fifth-minute penalty by Ezequiel Gonzalez and a goal three minute later from Vangelis Mantzios. Miroslav Klose scored in the 41st for the Germans. In other results — Group A: Juventus 3, Rapid Vienna 0; Bayern Munich 1, Club Brugge 0; Group B: Ajax 1, Arsenal 2; Thun 1, Sparta Prague 0; Group D: Manchester United 2, Benfica 1; Lille 0, Villarreal 0.