Okay, boys and girls, time now for a rundown of Thursday's action in the first proper round of the 2006-07 UEFA Cup. The winners of these two-game, home-and-away, total goals series would advance to the group stage, with the 40 winning clubs split into eight groups of five teams each. The return matches will take place on September 28.
At Gelsenkirchen, Germany:
A late goal by Soren Larsen lifted homestanding FC Schalke 04 to a 1-0 win over AS Nancy-Lorraine. Details here.
At Bucharest, Romania:
Viorel Moldolvan, in the 43rd minute, scored the only goal in Rapid Bucharest's 1-0 series-opening win against CD Nacional of Portugal.
At Lillestrom, Norway:
Homestanding IK Start were gracious hosts as Ajax of Amsterdam plastered the Norwegian side 5-2. Details here.
At Kazan, Russia:
Let's hear it for 19-year-old Daniele Dessena. The Palma defenseman's late goal lifted the visitors to a 1-0 win over homestanding FC Rubin Kazan. Details here.
At Tallinn, Estonia:
Antoine Sibierski's goal in the 10th minute provided Newcastle United with the only goal in their 1-0 win over homestanding FC Levadia Tallinn. Details here.
At Marseille, France:
Habib Bamogo's first-half tally was the only goal in homestanding Olympique de Marseille's 1-0 win over Czech side Mlada Boleslav. Details here.
At London:
Italian visitors Palermo surprised West Ham United 1-0. Details here.
At Berlin:
Visiting Odense BK from Denmark battled Hertha BSC Berlin to a 2-2 draw. Stats here.
At Warsaw, Poland:
In a battle of two teams who were bounced out of the UEFA Champions League by losing in the third round of qualifying, Austria Vienna and homestanding Legia Warsaw played to a 1-1 draw. Stats here.
At Liberec, Czech Republic:
In another match featuring two teams eliminated from UEFA Champions League by losing in the third round of qualifying, homestanding FC Slovan Liberec, on goals by Tomas Frejlach (43') and Jan Blazek (90') shut out Red Star Belgrade 2-0. Stats here.
At Odessa, Ukraine:
Luciano De Bruno scored the only goal of the match in the 74th minute, propelling visiting Israeli club Hapoel Tel-Aviv to a 1-0 road win over FC Chornomorets Odessa. Stats here.
At Nicosia, Cyprus:
French side RC Lens and Cypriot side Ethnikos Achna FC battled to a 0-0 draw. Stats here.
At Xanthi, Greece:
In an exciting match, visiting Dinamo Bucharest, paced by Claudiu Niculescu's two goals, defeated Skoda Xanthi 4-3. Stats here.
At Moscow, Russia:
Goals by Dimitri Loskov (35') and Branislav Ivanovic (74') paced homestanding Lokomotiv Moscow to a 2-1 win over Belgian club SV Zulte-Waregem. Stats here.
At Bratislava, Slovakia:
Visiting RCD Espanyol de Barcelona and FC Artmedia Bratislava battled to a 2-2 draw. Stats here.
At Istanbul, Turkey:
A good start to the two-game set for homestanding Besiktas JK as they blanked PFC CSKA Sofia 2-0. Stats here.
At Belgrade Serbia:
Nebosja Marinkovic and Bojan Zalic each scored twice to pace homestanding FK Partizan Belgrade to a 4-2 win over Dutch side FC Groningen. Stats here.
At Trabzon, Turkey:
Visiting Spanish side CA Osasuna and Trabzonspor battled to a 2-2 draw. Stats here.
At Molde, Norway:
Visiting Rangers FC was held to a scoreless draw by Molde FK. Details here.
At Edinburgh, Scotland:
Sparta Prague, on goals by Daniel Kolar (34') and Miroslav Matusovic (71') stun homestanding Hearts (or shall we say Broken Hearts) 2-0. Details here.
At Salzburg, Austria:
Marc Janko's goal in the 90th minute lifted Red Bull Salzburg to a 2-2 draw with visiting English side Blackburn Rovers. Details here.
At Prague, Czech Republic:
Jermaine Jenas scored the only goal of the match in the 37th minute, as visiting Tottenham Hotspur blanked SK Slavia Prague 1-0. Details here.
At Norrkoping, Sweden:
Visiting Grasshoppers of Zurich, on goals by Ayarza Diego Leon (12'), Ribeiro Eduardo (28'), and Scott Sutter (57') manhandled Atvidabergs FF 3-0. Stats here.
At Alkmaar, Netherlands:
Homestanding AZ Alkmaar racked up a series-opening 3-2 win over Turkish club Kayserispor. Stats here.
At Basel, Switzerland:
Mladen Petric and Rodrigues Dos Santos Cristiano each scored twice, helping homestanding FC Basel hand Macedonian side FK Rabotnicki Kometal a 6-2 fistbeating. Stats here.
At Braga, Portugal:
Home standing Sporting Clube de Braga defeated Italian side Chievo Verona 2-0. Stats here.
At Derry (Londonderry), Northern Ireland:
Paris Saint-Germain FC and homestanding Derry City FC (which plays in the Republic of Ireland's top league, even though the club is based in Northern Ireland) played to a 0-0 draw. Stats here.
At Zagreb, Croatia:
Visiting French club AJ Auxerre, on goals by Ireneusz (43') and Daniel Niculae (72') defeated Dinamo Zagreb 2-1. Stats here.
At Sofia, Bulgaria:
Visiting Dutch club Feyenoord Rotterdam and PFC Lokomotiv Sofia battled to a 2-2 draw. Stats here.
At Geneva, Switzerland:
German Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen and Swiss club FC Sion ended their first match the way they started, deadlocked at 0-0. Stats here.
At Nijmegen, Netherlands:
In front of a crowd of 300, in what was designated their home game because of the political situation in their home country, Maccabi Haifa of Israel took on Bulgarian side PFC Litex Lovech in a match that ended in a 1-1 deadlock. Stats here.
At Liege, Belgium:
Gustavo Lopez scored the only goal of the match, in the 38th minute, lifting visiting Spanish club Celta Vigo to a 1-0 win over Royal Standard de Liege. Stats here.
At Krakow, Poland:
Thanks to the only score of the match, Thanasis Pritas' goal in the 7th minute, visiting Greek side Iraklis downed Wisla Krakow 1-0. Stats here.
At Frankfurt, Germany:
Michael Thurk's natural hat trick helped Eintracht Frankfurt to a 4-0 beatdown of visiting Danish side Brondby IF. Stats here.
At Livorno, Italy:
AS Livorno Calcio, thanks to goals by Tomas Danilevicius (42') and Christiano Lucarelli (49'), defeated FC Superfund of Pasching, Austria 2-0 Stats here.
At Patras Greece:
FC Metaluhr Zapoizhzhya from Ukraine and Athens-based Panathinaikos battled to an opening match 1-1 draw. Stats here.
At Ruzomberok, Slovakia:
Bosko Balaban's goal in the 39th minute was the only tally as visting Belgian Club Brugge blanked MFK Ruzomberok 1-0 Stats here.
At Istanbul, Turkey:
Homestanding Fenerbahce, thanks to two goals, one, an own goal scored by Ralf Pedersen, a defensemen for visiting Danish side Randers FC (25') and one they scored themselves, Mateja Kezmam (54') defeated Randers FC 2-1. Stats here.
At Athens:
Current UEFA Cupholder FC Sevilla, grabbed a 2-1 road win over Atromitos FC. Details here.
At Lisbon, Portugal:
Visiting Dutch side SC Heerenveen, thanks to two goals from Afonso Alves (58' and 66'), popped Vitoria Setubal 3-0. Stats here.
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