Thursday, August 16, 2007

UEFA Cup Second Qualifying Round Series-Openers

Thursday marked the opening day of second-round qualifying for the 2007-08 UEFA Cup tournament.

Here's a rundown of five of the thirty-two contests:

At Split, Croatia:

Hugo Campagnaro scored the lone goal (42') of Sampdoria's 1-0 series-opening road win over Hajduk Split.

At Anjalankoski, Finland:

Roque Santa Cruz celebrated his birthday by scoring the only goal (6') in Blackburn's 1-0 road win over MyPa in game one.

At Budapest, Hungary:

Visiting Hamburg and Budapest Honved FC battled to a 0-0 stalemate.

At Berne, Switzerland:

BSC Young Boys settled for a 1-1 home deadlock with Lens. Tiago Calvano gave BSC a 1-0 lead with his goal 20 minutes from full time, but the French club's Olivier Monterrubio equalized within five mintes.

At Madrid:

Atletico Madrid, in their series opener, manhandled visiting FK Vojvodina 3-0. Maxi Rodriguez, Maniche, and Diego Forlan provided the scoring punch for Atletico.

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