We Have Our UEFA Cup Quarterfinalists

The 2007-08 UEFA Cup round of 16 concluded on Wednesday and Thursday:

Wednesday games:

At Munich, Germany:

Despite dropping a 2-1 home decision in game two, Bayern Munich still easily disposed of RSC Anderlecht on aggregate, 6-2.

At Saint Petersburg, Russia:

Thanks to Pavel Pogrebnyak's double (39', 78'), Zenit Saint Petersburg blanked visiting Marseille in game two 2-0, enabling the Russian club to come back from losing the series opener to take the series because of the away goals rule, even though the aggregate score was 3-3.

At Liverpool, England:

After Everton took game two at home 2-0 to deadlock their series (2-2 on aggregate) with Fiorentina, it would be the Italian club that would come out on top by outscoring the Toffees in the penalty kick shootout 4-2.

At Hamburg, Germany:

Despite losing game two 3-2 on the road, Bayer Leverkusen still advanced to the quarterfinal round. Even though they and Hamburg had three goals apiece on aggregate, the Factory Squad still advanced because they had two away goals to HSV's none. Sergej Barbarez (19') and Theofanis Gekas (55') provided the goals that sent Leverkusen through to the round of 8.

At Eindhoven, Netherlands:

After Dimitar Berbatov's goal at 81 minutes of game two for Tottenham Hotspur forced the English club's series with homestanding PSV Eindhoven into overtime (with the series deadlocked on aggregate 1-1) in which neither club scored. PSV would go on to win the penalty kick shootout 6-5 to advance to the quarterfinals.

At Getafe, Spain:

Albin scored what turned out to be a series insurance goal (77') as Getafe took game two 1-0 at home and their series with SL Benfica on aggregate 3-1.



Thursday games:

At Bremen, Germany:

Despite losing 1-0 on the road, Rangers still won their series with Werder Bremen, taking the two-game set 2-1 on aggregate.

At Lisbon, Portugal:

Bruno Pereirinha scored the only goal of the match 85') which enabled Sporting to win game two at home 1-0 over Bolton, enabling the Lions to take their two-game set with the Trotters 2-1 on aggregate.