Sunday, July 20, 2008

Napoli and Sporting Braga Capture Series Openers On Road

The first weekend of third-round play in the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup concluded Sunday with both matches coming out of the Southern-Mediterranean Region:

At Athens, Greece:

Napoli got their European campaign off on the right foot with their 1-0 road win over Panionios. Mariano Adrian Bogliacino scored the game's only goal a half-hour into the match.

At Sivas, Turkey:

Portuguese club Sporting Braga racked up a 2-0 road win over Sivasspor in game one of their two-match set. Roland Linz scored that would be the game-winning goal shortly before halftime.

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