Thursday, October 01, 2009

UEFA Europa League Group Stage, Matchday #2

Group stage play in the Europa League resumed on Thursday with 24 games.

Group A:

At Brussels, Belgium:

Jonathan Legear provided the equalizer in the 85th minutes to enable RSC Anderlecht to salvage a 1-1 home stalemate with Ajax Amsterdam, whose goal came from Dennis Rommedahl at 72 minutes.

At Timisoara, Romania:

Dinamo Zagreb overpowered FC Timisoara 3-0 on the road. Milan Badelj(8'), Sammir (52'), and Pedro Morales (59') each provided a goal for the Blues.

GROUP A STANDINGS:

1. RSC Anderlecht (GP: 2; GD: +2; PTS: 4)
2. Dinamo Zagreb (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS:3)
3. Ajax Amsterdam (GP: 2; GD: 0; PTS: 2)
4. FC Timisoara (GP: 2; GD: -3; PTS: 1)

Group B:

At Prague, Czech Republic:

Gervinho's double (85', 90'+1) was part of a five-goal second-half onslaught as LOSC Lille Metropole obliterated a 1-0 halftime deficit as they defeated Slavia Prague 5-1 on the road.

At Valencia, Spain:

Goals from David Silva (52'), Nikola Zigic (56'), and David Villa (PK-82') lifted Valencia to a 3-2 home win over Genoa.

GROUP B STANDINGS:

1. Lille (GP: 2; GD: +4; PTS: 4)
2. Valencia (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 4)
3. Genoa (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
4. Slavia Prague (GP: 2; GD:-6; PTS: 0)

Group C:

At Hamburg, Germany:

Marcus Berg's double (5', 12') got the ball rolling as Hamburg held off visiting Hapoel Tel-Aviv 4-2.

At Glasgow, Scotland:

Scott McDonald's goal at 21 minutes enabled Celtic to salvage a 1-1 stalemate with Rapid Vienna at home. The Austrian club got their one tally from Nikica Jelavic at 4 minutes.

GROUP C STANDINGS:

1. Rapid Vienna (GP: 2; GD: +3; PTS: 4)
2. Hamburg (GP: 2; GD: -1; PTS: 3)
3. Hapoel Tel-Aviv (GP: 2; GD: -1; PTS: 3)
4. Celtic (GP: 2; GD: -1; PTS: 1)

Group D:

At Lisbon, Portugal:

Adrien Silva scored the only goal of the match (18')---in fact, the only goal scored by any of the four clubs in Group D on this Thursday as Sporting defeated visiting Hertha Berlin 1-0.

At Riga, Latvia:

SC Heerenveen held hosts FK Ventspils to a 0-0 stalemate.

GROUP D STANDINGS:

1. Sporting (GP: 2; GD: +2; PTS: 6)
2. FK Ventspils (GP: 2; GD: 0; PTS: 2)
3. SC Heerenveen (GP: 2; GD: -1; PTS: 1)
4. Hertha Berlin (GP: 2; GD: -1; PTS: 1)

Group E:

At Rome:

AS Roma blanked visiting CSKA Sofia 2-0 as Stefano Okaka Chuka (19') and Simone Perrotta (23') each tallied a goal.

At London:

Danny Murphy's goal (57') proved to be all the scoring as Fulham shut out visiting FC Basel 1893 1-0.

GROUP E STANDINGS:

1. Fulham (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 4)
2. FC Basel 1893 (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
3. AS Roma (GP: 2; GD: 0; PTS: 3)
4. CSKA Sofia (GP: 2; GD: -2; PTS: 1)

Group F:

At Bucharest:

Giorgos Karagounis scored the only goal of the match (79') as Panathinaikos defeated Dinamo Bucharest 1-0 on the road.

At Istanbul, Turkey:

SK Sturm Graz and hosts Galatasaray battled to a 1-1 deadlock. Daniel Beichler scored for the Austrian club (45'+1) at the end of the first half, but the hosts got the second-half equalizer from Milan Baros (63').

GROUP F STANDINGS:

1. Galatasaray (GP: 2; GD: +2; PTS: 4)
2. Dinamo Bucharest (GP: 2; GD: 3)
3. Panathinaikos (GP: 2; GD: -1; PTS: 3)
4. SK Sturm Graz (GP: 2; GD: -1; PTS: 1)

Group G:

At Sofia, Bulgaria:

Goals from Matuzalem (22'), Mauro Zarate (45'+1), Mourad Meghni (67'), and Tommaso Rocchi (74') carried Lazio as the Italian club belted Levski Sofia 4-0 on the road.

At Salzburg, Austria:

Marc Janko (21') and Somen Tchoyi (84') provided the goalpower as FC Red Bull Salzburg sank visiting Villarreal 2-0.

GROUP G STANDINGS:

1. Red Bull Salzburg (GP: 2; GD:+3; PTS:6)
2. Lazio (GP:2; GD:+3; PTS: 3)
3. Villarreal (GP: 2; GD: -1; PTS: 3)
4. Levski Sofia (GP: 2; GD: -5; PTS: 0)

Group H:

At Enschede, Netherlands:

Steaua Bucharest held hosts FC Twente to a 0-0 stalemate.

At Tiraspol, Moldova:

Alex scored the only goal of the match as Fenerbache arrested hosts FC Sheriff 1-0.

GROUP H STANDINGS:

1. FC Twente (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS:4)
2. Fenerbahce (GP: 2; GD: 0; PTS:3)
3. Steaua Bucharest (GP:2; GD: 0; PTS: 2)
4. FC Sheriff (GP: 2; GD: -1; PTS:1)

Group I:

At Minsk, Belarus:

Everton, thanks to goals from Marouane Fellaini (68') and Tim Cahill (77'), came from behind to defeat BATE Borisov 2-1 on the road.

At Athens:

Daniel Majstorovic scored the only goal of the match at 43 minutes as AEK Athens defeated visiting SL Benfica 1-0.

GROUP I STANDINGS:

1. Everton (GP: 2; GD: +5; PTS:6)
2. AEK Athens (GP: 2; GD: -3; PTS:3)
3. SL Benfica (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
4. BATE Borisov (GP:2; GD: -3; PTS:0)


Group J:

At Donetsk, Ukraine:

Luis Adriano (39'), Jadson (54'), and Yaroslav Rakitskiy (67') each provided a goal as Shakhtar Donetsk smothered visiting Partizan Belgrade 4-1.

At Toulouse, France:

Club Brugge, thanks to Ivan Perisic's equalizer (90'+4), gained a 2-2 road draw with Toulouse. The guests also got a goal at 52 minutes from Joseph Akpala. The hosts were represented on the scoreboard by Moussa Sissoko (54') and Andre-Pierre Gignac (84').

GROUP J STANDINGS:

1. Shakhtar Donetsk (GP: 2; GD: +6; PTS:6)
2. Toulouse (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS:4)
3. Club Brugge (GP: 2; GD: -3; PTS: 1)
4. Partizan Belgrade (GP: 2; GD: -4; PTS: 0)


Group K:

At Eindhoven, Netherlands:

Otman Bakkar's goal at 9 minutes held up as PSV Eindhoven defeated visiting CFR 1907 Cluj 1-0.

At Copenhagen, Denmark:

Dame N'Doye's goal at 25 minutes provided all the scoring as FC Copenhagen downed visiting Spart Prague 1-0.

GROUP K STANDINGS:

1. PSV Eindhoven (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 4)
2. CFR Cluj (GP:2; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
3. FC Copenhagen (GP: 2; GD: -1; PTS: 3)
4. Sparta Prague (GP: 2; GD: -1; PTS: 1)


Group L:

At Bremen, Germany:

Aaron Hunt (18'), Naldo (41'), and Torsten Frings (PK-90'+4) each tallied once as Werder Bremen downed visiting Athletic Bilbao 3-1.

At Vienna, Austria:

Schumacher's equalizer (76') enabled Austria Vienna to salvage a 1-1 home draw with CD Nacional, whose goal came Ruben Micael at 35 minutes.

GROUP L STANDINGS:

1. Werder Bremen (GP: 2; GD: +3; PTS: 6)
2. Athletic Bilbao (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
3. CD Nacional (GP: 2; GD: -1; PTS: 1)
4. Austria Vienna (GP: 2; GD: -3; PTS: 1)

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