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On Thursday evening, the last matches of the UEFA Cup tournament's 4th round were played in groups E, F, G, and H in Europe. Even in three out of eight matches, zero draws were recorded. "Blackburn", "Nancy", "Espanyol", "Zulte Waregem", "Panathinaikos", "Newcastle" have secured their spots in the round of sixteen, only a miracle can save the "Ajax" club from being left out of the knockout stage.
The matches in France did not go without troubles, where "Nancy" and Rotterdam's "Feyenoord" clashed. With 10 minutes left until the end of the match, the away team's fans released tear gas into the stadium. The match was suspended, and the players were evacuated from the stadium. After about ten minutes, the match resumed, but without spectators. Nevertheless, "Nancy" crushed "Feyenoord" with a score of 3-0.
Thursday's match statistics:
Group E
Krakow's "Wisla" 3 - 1 "Basel" 9‘ [0 - 1] Daniel Majstorovic 10‘ [1 - 1] Pawel Brozek 70‘ [2 - 1] Jean Paulista 83‘ [3 - 1] Pawel Brozek
"Nancy" 3 - 0 Rotterdam's "Feyenoord" 22‘ [1 - 0] Sebastien Puygrenier 42‘ [2 - 0] Andre Bahia (own goal) 66‘ [3 - 0] Moncef Zerka (penalty)
61‘ Roysten Drenthe ("Feyenoord") sent off
1. "Nancy" 3 2 1 0 7-3 7 2. "Blackburn" 3 2 1 0 5-1 7 3. "Wisla" 3 1 0 2 5-5 3 4. "Feyenoord" 3 0 2 1 1-4 2 5. "Basel" 4 0 2 2 4-9 2
Group F
Vienna's "Austria" 0 - 1 Prague's "Sparta" 11‘ [0 - 1] Tomas Repka
Amsterdam's "Ajax" 0 - 2 Barcelona's "Espanyol" 36‘ [0 - 1] Walter Pandiani 78‘ [0 - 2] Coro
1. "Espanyol" 3 3 0 0 10-2 9 2. "Zulte Waregem" 3 2 0 1 9-8 6 3. "Ajax" 3 1 1 1 3-2 4 4. "Sparta" 4 1 1 2 2-5 4 5. "Austria" 3 0 0 3 1-8 0
Group G
Athens' "Panathinaikos" 0 - 0 Bucharest's "Rapid" 85‘ Marius Marcel Constantin ("Rapid") sent off
"Mlada Boleslav" 0 - 0 "P.S.G." 45‘ Amara Diane ("P.S.G.") sent off
1. "Panathinaikos" 3 2 1 0 3-0 7 2. "Hapoel" 3 1 1 1 6-6 4 3. "Rapid" 4 0 4 0 3-3 4 4. "Mlada Boleslav" 3 0 2 1 1-2 2 5. "P.S.G." 3 0 2 1 2-4 2
Group H
Vigo's "Celta" 1 - 0 Istanbul's "Fenerbahce" 77‘ [1 - 0] Ernesto Canobbio
Frankfurt's "Eintracht" 0 - 0 "Newcastle"
1. "Newcastle" 4 3 1 0 4-1 10 2. "Celta" 3 1 1 1 3-3 4 3. "Fenerbahce" 3 1 0 2 3-2 3 4. "Palermo" 3 1 0 2 3-5 3 5. "Eintracht" 3 0 2 1 2-3 2
