Europa League title holder Atletico Madrid crashed out of the competition after a 1-1 draw at Bayer Leverkusen on Thursday.
Substitute Fran Merida scored with his first touch of the ball in the 72nd to level the score but the draw was not enough for Atletico to move past Aris in Group B. Aris won 2-0 at home over Rosenborg and advanced to the last 32.
Patrick Helmes had given Leverkusen the lead after 69 minutes. Leverkusen was already assured of winning the group and advancing ahead of Aris.
Heavy snowfall made the conditions difficult throughout the match.
Diego Forlan, whose two goals gave Atletico the title in the final in May in a 2-1 win over Fulham, wasted the first big opportunity of the match in the 32nd, with backup goalkeeper Fabian Giefer making a smart save with his legs. Giefer was playing instead of the injured Rene Adler.
Giefer was beaten a few minutes later, but Forlan's shot from 20 meters (yards) just missed the target.
Helmes had a good chance in the 57th after a failed clearance by Atletico but his shot from close range at the far post went wide.
Forlan left the game in the 67th with Diego Costa coming on.
But it was Leverkusen that scored two minutes later with the simplest of moves. Stefan Kiessling rose to meet a long free kick and headed on to Helmes, who broke through between two defenders and scored.
The lead lasted three minutes. Danny da Costa tried to knock the ball away from Sergio Aguero but put it right in front of substitute Fran Merida, who scored with his first touch of the ball less than a minute after coming on. Shortly before, Atletico had a lucky break when the ball bounced Aguero's way after hitting the referee accidentally.
Helmes has another good attempt kicked out by David de Gea in the 84th and Aguero shot high from six meters (yards) out in the 88th to waste the final opportunity.
