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| September 30, 2006 | Saturday | Ramazan 6, 1427 |
Marseille, Schalke suffer humiliating UEFA Cup exits: First round second leg
LONDON, Sept 29: Former European champions Olympique Marseille suffered a humiliating 4-3 UEFA Cup exit to Mlada Boleslav on Thursday to miss out on the group stage.
The Czech league leaders, 1-0 down from the first leg in France, appeared down and out when Marseille went 2-1 up on the night but stormed back.
They scored three second-half goals, securing the aggregate victory with a stoppage time header from substitute Tomas Sedlacek.
Schalke 04, who lifted the trophy in 1997, also bowed out as French side AS Nancy overturned a 1-0 first-leg defeat to win 3-1 at home.
Holders Sevilla had few problems seeing off Greek side Atromitos as they ran out 4-0 winners at home to progress 6-1 on aggregate. Former winners Parma, Ajax Amsterdam, Feyenoord and Tottenham Hotspur also came through unscathed.
Marseille, twice beaten UEFA Cup finalists, seemed in control of their tie thanks to goals from Toifilou Maoulida and Taye Taiwo either side of a Lubos Pecka strike.
It left Mlada, who lost in the third qualifying round of the Champions League to Galatasaray, needing to score three times.
Substitute Radim Holub gave Mlada hope four minutes after coming on early in the second half and his second eight minutes from time set up a frantic finale, capped by Sedlacek's winner.
Two goals in a seven-minute spell midway through the first half from Brazilian defender Andre Luiz and Uruguayan striker Gaston Curbelo set French Cup holdersNancy on their way to victory over Schalke, who have made a flying start to the Bundesliga season.
Issiar Dia made it 3-0 before Marcelo Bordon got one back but Schalke's woes were compounded by striker Gerald Asamoah breaking his left leg.
Despite Marseille's exit it was an otherwise good night for French sides with Racing Lens, Auxerre and Paris St Germain going through.
Twice winners Parma qualified when a goal by 18-year-old striker Daniele Paponi gave them a 1-0 win over Russian side Rubin Kazan to go through 2-0 on aggregate.
Ajax cruised to a 4-0 win over Norway's IK Start, completing a 9-2 aggregate rout, with Markus Rosenberg netting twice. Arch rivals Feyenoord were held 0-0 at home by Lokomotiv Sofia but went through on away goals.
Spurs have endured a poor start to the Premier League season with goals in short supply for Martin Jol's side. Ireland's Robbie Keane gave their long-suffering fans some cheer with the only goal at White Hart Lane to seal a 2-0 aggregate success over Slavia Prague.
The draw for the group stage takes place on Tuesday.
Results:
First round second leg:
Espanyol 3 FC Artmedia Bratislava 1
Espanyol win 5-3 on aggregate.
Sevilla 4 Atromitos Athinon 0
Sevilla win 6-1 on aggregate.
Nacional Madeira 1 Rapid Bucharest 2
Rapid Bucharest win 3-1 on aggregate. Celta Vigo 3 Standard Liege 0
Celta Vigo win 4-0 on aggregate.
Paris St Germain 2 Derry City 0
Paris St Germain win 2-0 on aggregate.Sparta Prague 0 Hearts 0
Sparta Prague win 2-0 on aggregate.
Tottenham Hotspur 1 Slavia Prague 0Tottenham Hotspur win 2-0 on aggregate.
Ajax Amsterdam 4 IK Start 0
Ajax Amsterdam win 9-2 on aggregate.
Austria Vienna 1 Legia Warsaw 0
Austria Vienna win 2-1 on aggregate. Blackburn Rovers 2 Red Bull Salzburg 0
Blackburn Rovers win 4-2 on aggregate.
Chievo Verona 2 Braga 1
Braga win 3-2 on aggregate.
Osasuna 0 Trabzonspor 0
Osasuna win on away goals after 2-2 on aggregate.
Palermo 3 West Ham United 0
Palermo win 4-0 on aggregate.
Rangers 2 Molde 0
Rangers win 2-0 on aggregate.
Bayer Leverkusen 3 FC Sion 1
Bayer Leverkusen win 3-1 on aggregate.
Club Bruges 1 Ruzomberok 1
Club Bruges win 2-1 on aggregate. Iraklis 0 Wisla Krakow 2
Wisla Krakow win 2-1 on aggregate. Newcastle United 2 FC Levadia Tallinn 1
Newcastle United win 3-1 on aggregate.
Randers FC 0 Fenerbahce 3
Fenerbahce win 5-1 on aggregate.
Metalurg Zaporizhya 0 Panathinaikos 1
Panathinaikos win 2-1 on aggregate. Red Star Belgrade 1 Slovan Liberec 2Slovan Liberec win 4-1 on aggregate. Groningen 1 Partizan Belgrade 0
Partizan Belgrade win 4-3 on aggregate.Litex Lovech 1 Maccabi Haifa 3
Maccabi Haifa win 4-2 on aggregate. Feyenoord 0 Lokomotiv Sofia 0
Feyenoord win on away goals after 2-2 on aggregate.
Auxerre 3 Dinamo Zagreb 1
Auxerre win 5-2 on aggregate.
Grasshoppers 5 Atvidabergs FF 0
Grasshoppers win 8-0 on aggregate. Rabotnicki Skopje 0 Basel 1
Basel win 7-2 on aggregate.
Dinamo Bucharest 4 Xanthi 1
Dinamo Bucharest win 8-4 on aggregate.
Kayserispor 1 AZ Alkmaar 1
AZ Alkmaar win 4-3 on aggregate. Zulte Waregem 2 Lokomotiv Moscow 0
Zulte Waregem win 3-2 on aggregate.
Heerenveen 0 Vitoria Setubal 0
Heerenveen win 3-0 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia 2 Besiktas 2
Besiktas win 4-2 on aggregate.
Pasching 0 Livorno 1
Livorno win 3-0 on aggregate.
Hapoel Tel Aviv 3 Chernomorets Odessa 1
Hapoel Tel Aviv win 4-1 on aggregate.
Parma 1 Rubin Kazan 0
Parma win 2-0 on aggregate.
Brondby 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 2
Eintracht Frankfurt win 6-2 on aggregate.
AS Nancy 3 Schalke 04 1
AS Nancy win 3-2 on aggregate.
Racing Lens 3 Ethnikos Achnas 1
Racing Lens win 3-1 on aggregate.
Mlada Boleslav 4 Olympique Marseille 2
Mlada Boleslav win 4-3 on aggregate.
OB Odense 1 Hertha Berlin 0
OB Odense win 3-2 on aggregate.—Reuters
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