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UEFA Cup Wrap [Fri Sep 16th, 2005]
It has been an intense night of UEFA Cup action throughout the continent tonight in the first round, first leg ties.
Roma put their recent troubles behind them with a sparkling five-star show to dispose of Greek side Aris Salonika, but Everton were hit for five as their poor start to the season an all fronts continued.
The Toffees came unstuck in Romania as Dinamo Bucharest won 5-1. Bolton came from behind to win their first ever European tie 2-1, while there were wins for Palermo, Middlesborough, Auxerre, Basel, holders CSKA Moscow, Stuttgart and Monaco. But Bayer Leverkusen, Galatasaray, Osasuna and AZ Alkmaar were all first leg casualties.
The round got off to a high-scoring start in Russia where Krylya Sovetov shocked last season's semi-finalists AZ Alkmaar 5-3. Leilton (11) put Krylya ahead but Vlaar equalised on the stroke of half-time before Adamu restored the Russians' lead and Kovba increased it. But Perez pulled one back before Husin made it 4-2. Van Galen reduced the deficit again but Bober got a fifth for Krylya in the final minute.
VfB Stuttgart beat Domzale 2-0 with goals from Jon Dahl Tomasson (7) and a late second from Gentner (89), while CSKA Moscow began their defence of the title they won last season with a comfortable 3-1 victory over FC Midtjylland. Gusev opened the scoring (21) and Pimpong (24) equalised before Daniel Carvalho scored twice in the second-half (76, 79) to ease CSKA to victory.
Zenit St Petersburg drew 0-0 with AEK Athens in Russia, but in the Ukraine, Shakhtar Donetsk beat the Hungarian side Debrecen 4-1. Blumer (2), Brandao with two (32 and 45, the latter a penalty), and Vorobey (73) were on target for Shakhtar, while Sidibe got a last-minute consolation for Debrecen.
Vitoria Setubal were held to a 1-1 draw by Sampdoria, for whom Flachi scored first on 13 minutes, Tchomogo levelling immediately after half-time.
Bayer Leverkusen were stunned by a 1-0 home defeat at the hands of CSKA Sofia, Todorov scoring on 18 minutes, and Maccabi Petach Tikva also went down at home, 0-2 to Partizan Belgrade, with Vukcevic (33) and Radonjic (46) the scorers.
In the Czech Republic, FK Teplice and Espanyol drew 1-1, Tomas putting the home side ahead on 48 minutes and Luis Garcia finding an 82nd minute equaliser.
Viking of Norway defeated Austria Magna 1-0 with a Mambo Mumba goal on 71 minutes, while Besiktas succumbed to the same scoreline at home to Malmo, for whom Alves scored the decisive goal in the 70th minute. SK Brann also lost at home, 1-2 to Lokomotiv Moscow, despite taking a 44th minute lead through Winters. Ruopolo (72) and Lebedenko (78) completed the Muscovites' comeback.
In Rotterdam, Feyenoord took the lead against Rapid Bucharest through Kuijt on 40 minutes, but a Vasilache penalty on 76 levelled the tie.
French side Rennes defeated Spanish opponents Osasuna 3-1 at home with the help of two goals from Frei. Milosevic had equalised the first of those but Hadji got a late third for Rennes.
FC Basel made short shrift of Siroki Brijeg, a Delgado hat-trick helping the Swiss side to an emphatic 5-0 victory. Ergic and Eduardo da Silva scored the other two.
Another Swiss club, Grasshoppers, were held to a 1-1 draw by s 1 MyPa. Da Silva Rogerio opened the scoring for the Zurich side in the first minute, but Manso replied 20 minutes later.
Liteks Lovetch drew 2-2 with Genk. Venkov (65) and Novakovic (90) scored for Liteks, with Daerden (54) and Stojanovic (85) replying for Genk.
In Thessalonika, PAOK and Metallurg Donetsk drew 1-1, a goal by Salpigidis on 23 minutes for PAOK being cancelled out by Shyschenko's in the 67th minute.
Valerenga were soundly beaten 0-3 at home by Steaua Bucharest, for whom Matei Radoi (22), Iacob (34) and Goian (73). Apoel Nicosia also lost at home, 0-1 by Hertha Berlin, whose winner was scored in the final minute – a penalty by Marcelinho.
French Ligue 1 outfit Lens drew 1-1 at home to Groclin Dyskobolia, both goals being scored in the 13th minute – Hilton for Lens and Rocki for Groclin.
Slavia Prague disposed of Cork 2-0 at home with second-half goals from Hrdlicka (61) and Pitak (79)., while Auxerre defeated Levski Sofia 2-1 in France. Poyet (53) and Pieroni (84) netted for Auxerre, Bardon (35) for Levski.
Middlesborough, Brondby, Monaco and Banik Ostrava all achieved comfortable 2-0 home wins which put them in the driver’s seat for the qualification to the next round. The English side defeated Xanthi Skoda thanks to a 28th minute strike by Boateng and a late goal by Viduka.
Danish champions Brondby eased past Zurich with the scorers being Skoubo just before half time and Johansen 15 minutes from time.
Monaco saw off Willem II Tiburg’s resistance with goals at each half by Kapo and Adebayor, whereas Banik Ostrava surprised the other Dutch team, SC Heerenveen, thanks to first half goals by Klimpl and Magera (penalty).
A 90th minute goal by Borgetti awarded Bolton with a 2-1 win over Lokomotiv Plovdiv. The visitors took the lead through Jancevski in the 28th minute, but a late comeback enabled the English side to end the first leg on top, as first Diouf equalised in the 72nd minute, then Borgetti scored the winner.
After being eliminated from the UEFA Champions League preliminaries, Everton are most likely out of the UEFA Cup too after a humiliating 5-1 defeat away to Dinamo Bucharest. After a well-balanced first half which ended 1-1 (Niculescu and Yobo), the Romanian side crushed their opponents with 4 goals in the second period coming from Zicu (55th), Petre (71st) and Bratu (75th and 90th).
There was also an important win for Vitoria Guimares, who booked a ticket to the next round following their 3-0 win over Wisla Krakow of Poland. The goals for the Portuguese side came from Cleber (24th) through a penalty, Sergio (69th) and Benachour (72nd).
Another Portuguese side with a very good chance of qualifying are Sporting Lisbon who defeated Sweden’s Halmstad 2-1 away from home. The Swedes had taken the lead in the 43rd minute from a penalty scored by Thorvaldssonm but Sporting equalised two minutes later. Then Deivid scored the winner early in the second half to pave the way for his club’s qualification.
Hamburg had a disappointing home 1-1 draw against Copenhagen. The German side opened the score in the 37th minute through Van der Vaart, but their opponents were good enough to equalise just three minutes later.
Strasbourg scored an important away win at Graz as the French side defeated the Austrians with 2-0. The goals arrived in the first and last minute of the first half, with Pagis and Lacour being the scorers.
Palermo suffered a goal away but still managed to take home the win as they defeated Cypriot side Anorthosis 2-1. Corini opened the score in the 6th minute and Brienza (penalty) made it 2-0 in the 30th minute. Ketsbaia kept a line of hope for Anorthosis ahead of the second leg with a 76th minute strike.
It was all easy for Roma who thrashed Aris Salonika 5-1. Aquilani (1st), Panucci (22nd and 44th), Montella (28th) and Totti (53rd) scored the Giallorossi’s 5 goals, whereas Sanjurjo scored Aris’ consolation goal in the 40th minute.
Tromso surprised Galatasaray with a 1-0 home win thanks to a goal by Szekeres in the 78th minute, and the Turkish team will have to do their utmost to overturn the deficit and qualify to the next round.
The last matches of the day, Red Star Belgrade-Braga, Germinal Beerschot-Marseille, Hibernian-Dnipro D’trovsk and Sevilla-Mainz all ended in a goalless draw, thus leaving the doors wide open for any solution.
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