Thursday, November 06, 2008

UEFA Cup Group Stage, Matchday # 2

Thursday marked Matchday #2 in the UEFA Cup:

Group A:

At Santander, Spain:

Orlando Englaar's equalizer enable Schalke to gain a 1-1 road stalemate with Racing Santander.

At Manchester England:

Goals from Shawn Wright-Phillips (2'), Robinho (57'), and Benjani Mwaruwari (62') enabled Manchester City to hold off visiting FC Twente 3-2.

GROUP A STANDINGS:

1. FC Schalke 04 (GP: 2; GD: +2; PTS: 4)
2. Manchester City (GP: 1; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
3. FC Twente (GP: 2; GD: 0; PTS: 3)
4. Racing Santander (GP: 2; GD: -1; PTS: 1)
5. Paris Saint-Germain (GP: 1; GD: -2; PTS: 0)



Group B:

At Kharov, Ukraine:

Hertha Berlin held homestanding FC Metalist Kharkiv to a 0-0 deadlock.

At Lisbon:

Goals from Emre Asik (51') and Umit Karan (69') enabled visiting Galatasaray to blank SL Benfica 2-0.

GROUP B STANDINGS:

1. Galatasaray (GP: 2; GD: +3; PTS: 6)
2. Hertha Berlin (GP: 2; GD: 0; PTS: 2)
3. Metalist (GP: 1; GD: 0; PTS: 1)
4. SL Benfica (GP; 2; GD: -1; PTS: 1)
5. Olympiacos (GP: 1; GD: -1; PTS: 0)



Group C:

At Stuttgart, Germany:

Super Mario Gomez was just that as his double (77', 80') lifted VfB Stuttgart to a 2-0 home win over Partizan Belgrade.

At Liege, Belgium:

Royal Standard de Liege racked up a 1-0 home win over Sevilla. Dieudonne Mbokani scored the game's lone goal at 38 minutes.

GROUP C STANDINGS:

1. Sampdoria (GP: 1; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
2. Sevilla (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
3. Standard de Liege (GP: 1; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
4. VfB Stuttgart (GP: 2; GD: 0; PTS: 3)
5. Partizan Belgrade (GP: 2; GD: -3; PTS: 0)



Group D:

At Moscow:

Fabio Quagliarella's double (12', PK-60') lifted Udinese to a 2-1 road win over Spartak Moscow.

At London:

Darren Bent's hat trick (30', 33', 70') helped guide Tottenham Hotspur to a 4-0 home fistbeating of Dinamo Zagreb.

GROUP D STANDINGS:

1. Udinese (GP: 2; GD: +3; PTS: 6)
2. Tottenham Hotspur (GP: 2; GD: +2; PTS: 3)
3. Dinamo Zagreb (GP: 2; GD: -3; PTS: 3)
4. NEC Nijmegen (GP: 1; GD: -1; PTS: 0)
5. Spartak Moscow (GP: 1; GD: -1; PTS: 0)



Group E:

At Wolfsburg, Germany:

Edin Dzenko's double (34', 61') was just part of an offensive barrage that carried VfL Wolfsburg to a 5-1 home horsewhipping of SC Heerenveen.

At Milan, Italy:

Ronaldinho scored the game's only goal in second half stoppage time (90'+3) as AC Milan defeated visiting Sporting Braga 1-0.

GROUP E STANDINGS:

1. AC Milan (GP: 2; GD: +3; PTS: 6)
2. VfL Wolfsburg (GP: 1; GD: +4; PTS: 3)
3. Sporting Braga (GP: 2; GD: +2; PTS: 3)
4. Portsmouth (GP: 1; GD: -3; PTS: 0)
5. SC Heerenveen (GP: 2; GD: -6; PTS: 0)



Group F:

At Amsterdam, Netherlands:

Luis Suarez provided the match's only tally (41') as Ajax Amsterdam defeated visiting MSK Zilina 1-0.

At Prague, Czech Republic:

John Carew registered the game's lone goal (26') as visiting Aston Villa shut out Slavia Prague 1-0.

GROUP F STANDINGS:

1. Aston Villa (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 6)
2. Hamburg (GP: 1; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
3. Ajax (GP: 2; GD: 0; PTS: 3)
4. Slavia Prague (GP: 1; GD: -1; PTS: 0)
5. MSK Zilina (GP: 2; GD: -2; PTS: 0)



Group G:

At Saint-Etienne, France:

With goals courtesy of Ilan (59'), Paulo Machado (63'), and Kevin Mirallas (76'), Saint-Etienne broke open a match that was scoreless at halftime and ended up overpowering visiting Rosenborg 3-0.

At Seville:

Cesar Santin's late equalizer (85') lifted FC Copenhagen to a 1-1 road draw with Sevilla, whose Fernando Morientes had scored in the 61st minute.

GROUP G STANDINGS:

1. Saint-Etienne (GP: 2; GD: +5; PTS: 6)
2. Valencia (GP: 1; GD: 0; PTS: 3)
3. Club Brugg (GP: 1; GD: 0; PTS 1)
4. FC Copenhagen (GP: 2; GD: -2; PTS: 1)
5. Rosenborg (GP: 2; GD: -3; PTS: 1)



Group H:

At Poznan, Poland:

Monzef Zenka's 81st-minute equalizer enabled AS Nancy to gain a 2-2 road draw with Lech Poznan. Chris Malonga scored the French club's other goal at 10 minutes. Slawomir Peszko (5') and Semir Stilic (22') provided the hosts' goals.

At Rotterdam, Netherlands:

Vagner Love scored twice (40', 81') as CSKA Moscow picked up a 3-1 road win at Feyenoord's expense.

GROUP H STANDINGS:

1. CSKA Moscow (GP: 2; GD: +5; PTS: 6)
2. AS Nancy (GP: 2; GD: +3; PTS: 4)
3. Lech Poznan (GP: 1; GD: 0; PTS: 1)
4. Deportivo La Coruna (GP: 1; GD: -3; PTS: 0)
5. Feyenoord Rotterdam (GP: 2; GD: -5; PTS: 0)

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