UEFA Cup Round of 32 Concludes

All 16 round-of-32 series in the 2007-08 UEFA Cup concluded Thursday:

At Villarreal, Spain:

Zenit Saint Petersburg captured their two-game set with Villarreal despite dropping game two of series on the road 2-1. With the series deadlocked 2-2 on total goals, the Russian club advanced to the round of 16 because they scored the lone road goal of the series. That was scored Thursday by Pavel Pogrebnyak at 31 minutes.

At Leverkusen, Germany:

After their scoreless road draw last week, Bayer Leverkusen exploded for five goals on Thursday to finish off Galatasaray 5-1 for both game two and the series. Sergej Barbarez scored twice (12', 22') to help lead the Leverkusen offensive onslaught.

At Getafe (near Madrid), Spain:

After being held to a 1-1 road draw last week, Getafe defeated AEK Athens at home 3-0 to take their two game set 4-1. Esteban Granero (45'+1), Cosmin Contra (PK-82'), and Braulio (84') provided the scoring punch for The Dark Blues.

At Liverpool, England:

Yakubu Ayegbeni's triple (36', 54', 72') helped Everton demolish visiting SK Brann 6-1 in game two to easily take their two-game set with the Norwegian club 8-1 on aggregate.

At Braga, Portugal:

Werder Bremen advanced to the round of 16 following their 1-0 road win over Sporting Braga, enabling the German club to win their series rather handily, 4-0 on aggregate. Ivan Klasnic scored the only goal of game two at 78 minutes.

At Moscow:

Despite losing game two 2-0 on the road, Marseille still advanced because of their earlier 3-0 home win over Spartak Moscow, thus the French club won the two-game set, 3-2 on aggregate. Aleksandr Pavlenko (39') and Roman Pavlychenko (85') scored in a gallant effort for the Red-Whites.

At Helsingborg, Sweden:

Mike Zonneveld (47') and Danko Lazovic (65') each scored once to lead PSV Eindhoven to a 2-1 game two road win over Helsingborgs IF, enabling the long-time Dutch club to finish off their opponents on aggregate 4-1.

At Bordeaux, France:

Thomas Chatelle scored the series-winning goal 34 minutes, pacing RSC Anderlecht to a 1-1 road draw with Bordeaux, enabling the Belgian club to take the two-game series on aggregate, 3-2.

At Athens:

Nacho Novo scored the series-winning goal at 81 minutes, enabling Rangers to gain a 1-1 road draw with Panithinaikos and advance to the round of 16 because of the away goals rule, as the score tied at 1-1 after two games, and the Glasgow club scored the series' lone road goal.

At Basel, Switzerland:

Liedson scored twice (41', 51') to lead visiting Sporting to a 3-0 road win over FC Basel to wrap their two-game series on aggregate 5-0.

At Munich, Germany:

Lukas Podolski tallied twice (71', 77') to help lead Bayern Munich to a 5-1 home fistbeating of Aberdeen, enabling the German club to handily take their two-game set 7-3 on aggregate.

At Hamburg, Germany:

Even with a 0-0 home stalemate, Hamburg still advanced as they won their series with FC Zurich, 3-1 on aggregate.

At Florence, Italy:

With goals courtesy of Fabio Liverani (38') and Daniele Cacia (81'), Fiorentina defeated visiting Rosenborg 2-1 to take their two-game set 3-1 on aggregate.

At London:

With their game two 1-1 home draw, Tottenham Hotspur advanced, besting Slavia Prague on aggregate for their two-game series, 3-2. Jamie O'Hara scored for Spurs at 7 minutes.

At Madrid:

A scoreless stalemate on the road propelled Bolton Wanderers into a round-of-16 encounter with Sporting as the English club took the two game set with Atletico Madrid 1-0 on aggregate.

At Nuremberg, Germany:

A 2-2 road draw against FC Nurnberg (thanks to super late goals from Oscar Cardoza [90'] and Angel Di Maria [90' + 2] propelled SL Benfica into a two-game series victory on aggregate 3-2. This match turned out to a microcosm of just how bad things are going in the Bundesliga for Nurnberg.