Thursday, November 03, 2011

Europa League: PSV, Atletico Balboa, Legia Warsaw, Anderlecht, FC Twente Advance To Knockout Stage; Shamrock Rovers, AEK Athens Eliminated

The second half of Europa League group-stage action commenced with 24 games played on Thursday.

Group A:

At Kazan, Russia:

Bebars Natcho scored the only goal of the match in the 55th minute as Rubin Kazan blanked visiting Tottenham Hotspur 1-0.

At Dublin, Ireland:

Dimitrios Salpigidis scored twice (7', 38') as PAOK FC ended Shamrock Rovers' European campaign with a 3-1 win on the road.

GROUP A STANDINGS:

1. PAOK FC (GP: 4; GD: +3; PTS: 8)
2. FK Rubin Kazan (GP: 4; GD: +3; PTS: 7)
3. Tottenham Hotspur (GP: 4; GD: +2; PTS: 7)

4. z-Shamrock Rovers (GP: 4; GD: -8; PTS: 0)

z-Eliminated from tournament

Group B:

At Poltava, Ukraine:

Luis Seijas (15'), Antonio Kanu (45'+4), and Mohamed Tchite (74') each tallied once as Standard Liege eliminated FC Vorskla Poltava from the tournament with a 3-0 road beatdown.

At Copenhagen, Denmark:

Hannover 96, thanks to goals from Jan Schlaudraff (71') and Leirs Stindl (73'), came from behind to upend FC Copenhagen, 2-1 on the road.

GROUP B STANDINGS:

1. Standard Liege (GP: 4; GD: +5; PTS: 8)
2. Hannover 96 (GP: 4; GD: +2; PTS: 8)
3. FC Copenhagen (GP: 4; GD: -3; PTS: 4)
4. z-FC Vorskla Poltava (GP: 4; GD: -4; PTS: 1)

z-Eliminated from tournament

Group C:

At Warsaw, Poland:

Michal Zyro (53'), Miroslav Radovic (68'), and Michal Kucharczyk (90'+3) each tallied once as Legia Warsaw defeated visiting Rapid Bucharest 3-1 to advance to the knockout stage and eliminate the Romanian club.

At Eindhoven, Netherlands:

Ola Toivonen (59') and Kevin Strootman (86') delivered the tying goals as PSV Eindhoven clinched a berth in the knockout stage after having bounced back from a two-goal deficit to gain a 2-2 draw with Hapoel Tel-Aviv.  Toto Tamuz scored twice for the now-eliminated visiting Israeli club.

GROUP C STANDINGS:

1. x-PSV Eindhoven (GP: 4; GD: +4; PTS: 10)
2. x-Legia Warsaw (GP: 4; GD: +3; PTS: 9)
3. z-Rapid Bucharest (GP: 4; GD: -4; PTS: 3)
4. z-Hapoel Tel-Aviv (GP: 4; GD: -3; PTS: 1)

x-Clinched berth in knockout stage
z-Eliminated from tournament

Group D:

At Piatra Neamt, Romania:

Denis Zmeu scored the lone goal of the match in the 30th minute as FC Vaslui handed visiting Sporting CP their first setback in group-stage action 1-0.

At Rome:

Christian Brocchi's goal in the 61st minute provided all the scoring as Lazio downed visiting FC Zurich 1-0.

GROUP D STANDINGS:

1. x-Sporting Club Portugal (GP: 4; GD: +4; PTS: 9)
2. FC Vaslui (GP: 4; GD: -1; PTS: 5)
3. Lazio (GP: 4; GD: 0; PTS: 5)
4. FC Zurich (GP: 4; GD: -3; PTS: 2)

x-Clinched berth in knockout stage

Group E:

At Tel Aviv, Israel:

Dean Whitehead (51') and Peter Crouch (64') provided the scoring as Stoke City held off Maccabi Tel-Aviv 2-1 on the road.

At Istanbul, Turkey:

Egeman Korkmaz provided the game's lone goal in the 68th minute as Besiktas defeated visiting Dynamo Kiev 1-0.

GROUP E STANDINGS:

1. Stoke City (GP: 4; GD: +5; PTS: 10)
2. Besiktas (GP: 4; GD: +3; PTS: 6)
3. Dynamo Kiev (GP: 4; GD: 0; PTS: 5)
4. Maccabi Tel-Aviv (GP: 4; GD: -8; PTS: 1)

Group F:

At Wals-Siezenheim, Austria:

Herrera Aguera Ander scored the long goal of the contest in the 37th minute as Athletic Bilbao defeated FC Red Bull Salzburg 1-0 on the road, sewing up a berth in the knockout stage.

At Paris:

Javier Pastore's goal in the 63rd minute provided all the scoring as Paris Saint-Germain defeated visiting Slovan Bratislava 1-0, eliminating the Slovakian club from the tournament.

GROUP F STANDINGS:

1. x-Athletic Bilbao (GP: 4; GD: +4; PTS: 10)
2. Paris Saint-Germain (GP: 4; GD: +1; PTS: 7)
3. FC Red Bull Salzburg (GP: 4; GD: 0; PTS: 4)
4. z-Slovan Bratislava (GP: 4; GD: -5; PTS: 1)


x-Clinched berth in knockout stage
z-Eliminated from tournament

Group G:

At Kharkiv, Ukraine:


Freda Barcellos Taison scored twice (45', 55') as FC Metalist Kharkiv defeated visiting Malmo FF 1-0.

At Vienna, Austria:


Manuel Ortlechner (58') and Nacer Barazite (61') each tallied once as Austria Vienna came from two goals down to salvage a 2-2 home draw with AZ Alkmaar.  Rasmus Elm (PK-19') and Pontus Wernbloom (43') provided the scoring for the visiting Dutch club.

GROUP G STANDINGS:


1. FC Metalist Kharkiv (GP: 4; GD: +6; PTS: 10)
2. AZ Alkmaar (GP: 4; GD: +3; PTS: 6)
3. Austria Vienna (GP: 4; GD: 0; PTS: 5)
4. Malmo FF (GP: 4; GD: -9; PTS: 0)

Group H:

At Braga, Portugal:


Five different goal scorers, capped off by Fran Merida Perez's stoppage time tally (90'+1), helped Sporting Braga blast visiting NK Maribor 5-1, eliminating the Slovenian club from the competition.

At Birmingham, England:


With Jean Beausejour (55') and Marlon King (PK-74') providing the scoring, Birmingham City bounced back from a two-goal deficit to gain a 2-2 home draw with Club Brugge.  Thomas Meunier (38') and Joseph Akpala (44') provided the scoring for the visiting Belgian club.

GROUP H STANDINGS:


1. Club Brugge (GP: 4; GD: +2; PTS: 7)
2. Birmingham City (GP: 4; GD: 0; PTS: 7)
3. Sporting Braga (GP: 4; GD: +5; PTS: 7)
4. z-NK Maribor (GP: 4; GD: -7; PTS: 1)


z-Eliminated from tournament

Group I:

At Glasgow, Scotland:


Anthony Stokes scored twice (29', 43') as Celtic topped visiting Stade Rennes 3-1.


At Madrid:


Adrian scored twice (5', 12') in the first quarter-hour as Atletico Madrid blitzed visiting Udinese 4-0.


GROUP I STANDINGS:


1. Atletico Madrid (GP: 4; GD: +4; PTS: 7)
2. Udinese (GP: 4; GD: -1; PTS: 7)
3. Celtic FC (GP: 4; GD: 0; PTS: 5)
4. Stade Rennes (GP: 4; GD: -3; PTS: 2)

Group J:

At Gelsenkirchen, Germany:


The match between FC Schalke 04 and visiting AEK Larnaca ended in a 0-0 deadlock.

At Bucharest, Romania:


Cristian Tanase scored twice (63', 84') as Steaua Bucharest doubled-up visiting Maccabi Haifa 4-2.

GROUP J STANDINGS:


1. FC Schalke 04 (GP: 4; GD: +7; PTS: 8)
2. Maccabi Haifa (GP: 4; GD: +2; PTS: 6)
3. Steaua Bucharest (GP: 4; GD: -3; PTS: 5)
4. AEK Larnaca (GP: 4; GD: -6; PTS: 2)

Group K:

At Enschede, Netherlands:


Denny Landzaat scored twice (34', 37') while Leroy Fer scored the winning goal in the 82nd minute as FC Twente clinched a berth in the Round of 32 with their 3-2 home win over Odense Bollklub.


At London:


Andrew Johnson scored twice (30', 56') as Fulham defeated visiting Wisla Krakow 4-1.

GROUP K STANDINGS:


1. x-FC Twente (GP: 4; GD: +7; PTS: 10)
2. Fulham FC (GP: 4; GD: +4; PTS: 7)
3. Odense Bollklub (GP: 4; GD: -4; PTS: 3)
4. Wisla Krakow (GP: 4; GD: -7; PTS: 3)


x-Clinched berth in knockout stage

Group L:

At Athens, Greece:


Dennis Glushakov (50'), Maicon Bitencourt (71'), and Vladislav Ignatiev (80') each tallied once as Lokomotiv Moscow eliminated AEK Athens from the tournament with their 3-1 road win.

At Brussels, Belgium:


Guillaume Gillet (23'), Matias Suarez (73'), and Tom De Sutter (81') each delivered a goal as RSC Anderlecht secured passage to the knockout stage with their 3-0 home domination of SK Sturm Graz.

GROUP L STANDINGS:


1. x-RSC Anderlecht (GP: 4; GD: +10; PTS: 12)
2. Lokomotiv Moscow (GP: 4; GD: +3; PTS: 9)
3. SK Sturm Graz (GP: 4; GD: -5; PTS: 3)
4. z-AEK Athens (GP: 4; GD: -8; PTS: 0)


x-Clinched berth in knockout stage
z-Eliminated from tournament

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