Nine of the eleven two-match series in the third and final round of the final edition of the UEFA Intertoto Cup began Saturday:
SOUTHERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION:
At Haifa, Israel:
Deportivo La Coruna of Spain racked up a 2-1 road win over Bnei Sakhnin in game one of their two-match series. Angel Lefita (54') and Riki (57') provided Depor with their second-half goals.
At Zurich, Switzerland:
Grasshoppers, powered by goals from Veroljub Salatic, Gonzalo Zarate, and Samel Sabanovic, throttled visiting Bulgarian club Chernomorets Burgas 3-0 in game one.
CENTRAL-EAST REGION:
At Ramenskoye, Russia:
Dmitri Kirichenko's thrid-minute tally stood up as Saturn Moscow blanked visiting VfB Stuttgart 1-0 in game one of their two-match series.
At Baku, Azerbaijan:
PFC Neftchi Baku took game one at home 2-1 over Romanian club FC Vaslui, though the visitors did pick up what may be a critical goal on the road. Neftchi's Rashad Sadygov scored the game winner at 84 minutes.
At Rennes, France:
Rod Fanni provided the only goal of the match in second-half stoppage time to lift Rennes to a 1-0 game-one home win over Ukrainian club Tavriya Simferopol.
At Graz, Austria:
Budapest Honved held hosts SK Sturm Graz to a 0-0 opening-match stalemate.
NORTHERN REGION:
At Breda, Netherlands:
NAC Breda took the opening match in their two-game set with Rosenborg, defeating the visiting Norwegian club 1-0. Matthew Amoah provided the game's only score at 19 minutes.
At Odense, Denmark:
English Premiership club Aston Villa held Obense Boldklub on the road to a 2-2 deadlock in their series opener. John Carew and Martin Laursen scored for the Villans. The OB tallies were registered by Villa's Steve Sidwell (OG) and Anders Christensen
At Boras, Sweden:
IF Elfsborg took the opening match of their two-game series with a 1-0 home win over Latvia's FK Riga. Denny Advic's goal (18') was the only one of the match.
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