Matchday #3 in group stage play in the UEFA Cup took place on Thursday with 16 contests.
Group A:
At Gelsenkirchen, Germany:
Benjani Mwaruwari (32') and Stephen Ireland (66') provided the scoring punch that lifted Manchester City to a 2-0 road win over Schalke to lock up a berth in the knockout stage (which begins in February with the round of 32).
At Paris:
Gonzalo Colsa provided the equalizer at 55 minutes to lift Racing Santander back from a two-goal deficit to gain a 2-2 road draw with PSG.
GROUP A STANDINGS:
1. Manchester City* (GP: 2; GD: +3; PTS: 6)
2. Schalke (GP: 3; GD: 0; PTS: 4)
3. FC Twente (GP: 2; GD: 0; PTS: 3)
4. Racing Santander (GP: 3; GD: -1; PTS: 2)
5. Paris Saint-Germain (GP: 2; GD: -2; PTS: 1)
*Advanced to the UEFA Cup knockout stage
Group B:
At Istanbul, Turkey:
Edmar scored the only goal of the match at 81 minutes as visiting FC Metalist Kharkiv defeated Galatasaray 1-0.
At Athens, Greece:
Diogo Luis Santo's double (24', 53') was just part of an offensive barrage that lifted Olympiacos to a 5-1 home win over SL Benfica.
GROUP B STANDINGS:
1. Galatasaray (GP: 3; GD: +2; PTS: 6)
2. FC Metalist Kharkiv (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 4)
3. Olympiacos (GP: 2; GD: +3; PTS: 3)
4. Hertha Berlin (GP: 2; GD: 0; PTS: 2)
5. SL Benfica (GP: 3; GD: -6; PTS: 1)
Group C:
At Genoa, Italy:
Visiting VfB Stuttgart and Sampdoria battled to a 1-1 deadlock. Ciprian Marica scored at 8 minutes for VfB, but the Genoan club's Paolo Sammarco knocked in the equalizer at 39 minutes.
At Belgrade, Serbia:
Igor De Camargo provided the only goal of the match (36') as Standard de Liege eliminated Partizan Belgrade from European competition with a 1-0 road triumph.
GROUP C STADINGS:
1. Standard de Liege (GP: 2; GD: +2; PTS: 6)
2. Sampdoria (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 4)
3. VfB Stuttgart (GP: 3; GD: 0; PTS: 4)
4. Sevilla (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
5. Partizan Belgrade# (GP: 3; GD: -4; PTS: 0)
#Eliminated from European Competition
Group D:
At Nijmegen, Netherlands:
Jamie O'Hara's goal at 14 minutes held as Tottenham Hotspur moved closer to a UEFA Cup knockout stage berth with a 1-0 road win over NEC Nijmegen.
At Zagreb, Croatia:
Ivan Saenko provided the game's lone score (75') as Spartak Moscow defeated Dinamo Zagreb on the road 1-0.
GROUP D STANDINGS:
1. Tottenham Hotspur (GP: 3; GD: +3; PTS: 6)
2. Udinese (GP: 2; GD: +3; PTS: 6)
3. Spartak Moscow (GP: 2; GD: 0; PTS: 3)
4. Dinamo Zagreb (GP: 3; GD: -4; PTS: 3)
5. NEC Nijmegen (GP: 2; GD: -2; PTS: 0)
Group E:
At Portsmouth, England:
Goals late in the second half from Ronaldinho (84') and Filippo Inzaghi (90'+2) lifted AC Milan from a two-goal deficit and gain a 2-2 road draw with Portsmouth, enabling the Rossoneri to claim a spot in the Round of 32. Younes Kaboul (62') and Mwankwo Kanu (73') each scored a second half tally for Pompey.
At Braga, Portugal:
Zvjezdan Misimovic's late second-half double (PK-83', 90'+4) pulled visiting VfL Wolfsburg to a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over Sporting Braga.
GROUP E STANDINGS:
1. AC Milan* (GP: 3; GD: +3; PTS: 7)
2. VfL Wolfsburg (GP: 2; GD: +5; PTS: 6)
3. Sporting Braga (GP: 3; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
4. Portsmouth (GP: 2; GD: -3; PTS: 1)
5. SC Heerenveen (GP: 2; GD: -6; PTS: 0)
Group F:
At Zilina, Slovakia:
Visiting Slavia Prague and MSK Zilina battled to a 0-0 stalemate.
At Hamburg, Germany:
Leonardo scored the only goal of the match (77') as Ajax Amsterdam shut out hosts Hamburg 1-0.
GROUP F STANDINGS:
1. Aston Villa (GP: 2; GD: +2; PTS: 6)
2. Ajax Amsterdam (GP: 3; GD: +1; PTS: 6)
3. Hamburg (GP: 2; GD: 0; PTS: 3)
4. Slavia Prague (GP: 2; GD: -1; PTS: 1)
5. MSK Zilina (GP: 3; GD: -2; PTS: 1)
Group G:
At Bruges, Belgium:
Saint-Etienne locked up a berth in the knockout stage with a 1-1 road draw with Club Brugge. David Gigliotti put the French club ahead at 44 minutes before the hosts' Ronald Vargas equalized in the 50th minute.
At Trondheim, Norway:
Four different goal scorers---Juan Mata (21'), Pablo Hernandez (76'), Ruben Baraja (88'), and Joaquin (90')---each tallied once as Valencia belted Rosenborg on the road 4-0. The Spanish club got their revenge on their Norwegian hosts, who beat them twice in group stage play in last year's Champions League.
GROUP G STADINGS:
1. Saint-Etienne* (GP: 3; GD: +5; PTS: 7)
2. Valencia (GP: 2; GD: +4; PTS: 4)
3. Club Brugge (GP: 2; GD: 0; PTS: 2)
4. FC Copenhagen (GP: 2; GD: -2; PTS: 1)
5 Rosenborg (GP: 3; GD: -7; PTS: 1)
* Advanced to the UEFA Cup group stage
Group H:
At Moscow:
Goals courtesy of Alan Dzagoev (31') and Yuri Zhirkov (45'+1) enabled CSKA Moscow to hold off Poland's KKS Lech Poznan 2-1 and claim a berth in the UEFA Cup knockout stage.
At La Coruna, Spain:
Alberto Lopo (30') and Andres Guardado (51') each scored a goal to help lift Deportivo La Coruna to a 3-0 home win over Feyenoord Rotterdam, knocking the Dutch club out of European competition.
GROUP H STANDINGS:
1. CSKA Moscow* (GP: 3; GD: +6; PTS: 9)
2. AS Nancy (GP: 2; GD: +3; PTS: 4)
3. Deportivo La Coruna (GP: 2; GD: 0; PTS: 3)
4. KKS Lech Poznan (GP: 2; GD: -1; PTS: 1)
5. Feyenoord Rotterdam# (GP: 3; GD: -8; PTS: 0)
*Advanced to the UEFA Cup knockout stage
#Eliminated from European competition
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