Thursday, March 19, 2009

UEFA Cup:

The UEFA Cup's Round of 16 concluded Thursday.

At Kharkov, Ukraine:

Andriy Berezovchuk's own goal (79'), combined with Goran Sabljic's tally (68') enabled Dynamo Kiev to advance to the quarterfinal because of the away goals rule, despite dropping game two on the road 3-2 to fellow Ukranian club FC Metalist Kharkiv, as each team scored three goals on aggregate in the two-match series.

At Donetsk, Ukraine:

Thanks to goals from Fernandinho (PK-54') and Luis Adriano (70'), Shakhtar Donetsk overturned the 1-0 road deficit in Moscow to win game two at home 2-0 and win their two-match set with CSKA Moscow 2-1 on aggregate.

At Saint Petersburg, Russia:

Despite dropping game two 2-1 on the road to Zenit Saint Petersburg (whose Anatoliy Tymoshchuk scored at 34 minutes), Udinese still won their two-match set 2-1 on aggregate.

At Istanbul, Turkey:

Hamburg, thanks to tallies from Jose Paolo Guerrero (57', 60') and Ivica Olic (90'), defeated Galatasaray 3-2 in game two on the road and won their two-match set 4-3 on aggregate.

At Aalborg, Denmark:

Despite dropping a 2-0 road decision in game two to Aalborg BK (Luton Shelton [85'] and Michael Jakobsen [90'+1] being the goal scorers), Manchester United, with the series deadlocked 2-2 on aggregate, still advanced after winning the penalty-kick shootout 4-3. Goalkeeper Shey Given saved penalty kick attempts from Luton Shelton and Thomas Augustinussen to punch the Citizens' ticket for Friday's draw.

At Braga, Portugal:

Guillaume Hoarau scored the only goal of the match (81') to power Paris Saint-Germain to a 1-0 road win in game two-----and a two-match series win over Sporting Braga 1-0 on aggregate.

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