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| November 2, 2002 | Saturday | Sha’aban 26,1423 |
Celtic, Lazio and Parma gain advantage
LONDON, Nov 1: Celtic drew first blood in the ‘Battle of Britain’ against Blackburn Rovers while Italian clubs Lazio and Parma both secured slender aggregate leads in UEFA Cup second round, first leg matches on Thursday.
Sweden striker Henrik Larsson snatched a 1-0 victory for Scottish champions Celtic as Blackburn boss Graeme Souness — the former manager of Celtic’s bitter local rivals Rangers — endured a frustrating return to Glasgow.
Lazio beat former European champions Red Star Belgrade 1-0 in Rome, while Parma — twice former winners of the UEFA Cup — conceded an ‘away’ goal before triumphing 2-1 against Wisla Krakow.
But the one-goal advantages will ensure Celtic, Lazio and Parma all face tricky return legs on November 14.
Fenerbahce and Panathinaikos settled for a 1-1 draw in their match but the first meeting between Turkish and Greek clubs in a major European competition was marred by crowd trouble.
Fenerbahce fans injured a number of visiting supporters from Athens by hurling missiles at their section before kickoff, hurting the two countries’ hopes of showcasing their joint bid to host the 2008 European championship.
Arguably the most eye-catching performance of the night was provided by English premier league Fulham, who stunned Dinamo Zagreb 3-0 in Croatia.
In Glasgow, Souness, the former Scotland midfielder, saw his English Premier League club dominate for large periods of the tie.
But chances went begging at either end before Larsson was on hand five minutes from time to turn home a rebound after Celtic substitute John Hartson’s header was blocked on the line.
Lazio midfielder Stefano Fiore pounced after just 10 minutes at the Olympic stadium but a young Red Star side were unlucky not to get anything to take back for the second leg.
Two outstanding long range strikes from Massimo Donati and Romanian Adrian Mutu eased Parma’s nerves, but not before Maciej Zarawski had equalised for Polish club Wisla.
A minute’s silence was held before the game in honour of the victims of the earthquake in San Giuliano earlier on Thursday in which at least seven people were killed.
Second round, first leg results
Boavista 2 Anorthosis Famagusta 1
Malaga 2 Amica Wronki 1
Celta Vigo 3 Viking Stavanger 0
Celtic 1 Blackburn Rovers 0
Leeds United 1 Hapoel Tel Aviv 0
Parma 2 Wisla Krakow 1
Alaves 1 Besiktas 1
Anderlecht 3 FC Midtjylland 1
Ipswich Town 1 Slovan Liberec 0
Lazio 1 Red Star Belgrade 0
Vitesse Arnhem 2 Werder Bremen 1
Austria Vienna 0 Porto 1
PAOK Salonika 2 Grasshoppers 1
Fenerbahce 1 Panathinaikos 1
Partizan Belgrade 3 Slavia Prague 1
National Bucharest 0 Paris Saint Germain 2
Sturm Graz 1 Levski Sofia 0
Ferencvaros 0 VfB Stuttgart 0
Sparta Prague 1 Denizlispor 0
Dinamo Zagreb 0 Fulham 3
HoPOEL Nicosia 0 Hertha Berlin 1
Played Tuesday:
Viktoria Zizkov 0 Real Betis 1
Legia Warsaw 2 Schalke 04 3
Djurgarden 0 Girondins Bordeaux 1
Second Leg Nov 14.—Reuters
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