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Wednesday evening in Europe saw 8 out of 16 UEFA Cup group stage 4th round matches in groups A, B, C, and D. The remaining matches will be played on Thursday.
Tom Danilevičius' team "Livorno" played at home against Haifa's "Maccabi" and took the lead for a long time after Cristiano Lucarelli's goal, but the visitors equalized the result in the last minute of the match. After these draws, "Livorno" complicated their chances of reaching the knockout stage - to qualify, the Italians will have to beat France's "Auxerre" team in the last round away. Tomas Danilevičius played until the 64th minute against the Jews.
Places in the next stage from groups A, B, C, and D have already been secured by Haifa's "Maccabi", Glasgow "Rangers", "Tottenham", Bucharest's "Dinamo", Alkmaar's "AZ", "Sevilla", and "Parma".
Wednesday's match statistics:
Group A:
"Livorno" 1 - 1 Haifa's "Maccabi" 19‘ [1 - 0] Cristiano Lucarelli 90+3‘ [1 - 1] Roberto Damian Colautti
Belgrade's "Partizan" 1 - 4 "Auxerre" 7‘ [0 - 1] Nebojsa Marinkovič 20‘ [1 - 1] Benoit Cheyrou 24‘ [1 - 2] Daniel Gheorghe Niculae 36‘ [1 - 3] Kanga Akale 83‘ [1 - 4] Luigi Pieroni
1. "Rangers" 3 2 1 1 7-4 7 2. "Maccabi" 4 2 1 1 5-4 7 3. "Auxerre" 3 1 1 1 7-6 4 4. "Livorno" 3 0 2 1 4-5 2 5. "Partizan" 3 0 1 2 2-6 1
Group B:
Bucharest's "Dinamo" 2 - 1 Leverkusen's "Bayer" 19‘ [0 - 1] Sergej Barbarez 37‘ [1 - 1] Claudiu Iulian Niculescu 75‘ [2 - 1] Claudiu Iulian Niculescu
Istanbul's "Besiktas" 2 - 1 "Brugge" 14‘ [0 - 1] Boško Balaban (pen.) 32‘ [1 - 1] Ibrahim Akin 70‘ [2 - 1] Ricardinho (pen.)
82‘ Ibrahim Akin ("Besiktas") sent off
1. "Tottenham" 3 3 0 0 6-1 9 2. "Dinamo" 3 2 1 0 5-3 7 3. "Besiktas" 3 1 0 2 3-5 3 4. "Brugge" 4 0 2 2 4-7 2 5. "Bayer" 3 0 1 2 2-4 1
Group C:
Zurich's "Grasshoppers" 0 - 4 "Sevilla" 12‘ [0 - 1] David 53‘ [0 - 2] Dani Alves 62‘ [0 - 3] Ernesto Javier Chevanton 85‘ [0 - 4] Blanco Kepa
Alkmaar's "AZ" 2 - 2 Slovan's "Liberec" 26‘ [0 - 1] Tomas Zapotočny 69‘ [1 - 1] Gretar Rafn Steinsson 85‘ [1 - 2] Petr Papoušek 89‘ [2 - 2] Julian Jenner
1. "AZ" 3 2 1 0 10-4 7 2. "Sevilla" 3 2 1 0 6-0 7 3. "Liberec" 4 1 2 1 6-7 5 4. "Braga" 3 1 0 2 4-5 3 5. "Grasshoppers" 3 0 0 3 3-13 0
Group D:
Pamplona's "Osasuna" 3 - 1 Odense's "OB" 29‘ [1 - 0] Francisco Punal 67‘ [2 - 0] Francisco Punal 75‘ [2 - 1] Francisco Punal (own goal) 86‘ [3 - 1] Bernardo Daniel Romeo
Lens 1 - 2 Parma 20‘ [1 - 0] Daniel Cousin 77‘ [1 - 1] Zlatko Dedič 90+2‘ [1 - 2] Daniele Paponi
1. "Parma" 3 3 0 0 6-3 9 2. "Lens" 3 1 1 1 5-4 4 3. "Osasuna" 3 1 1 1 4-4 4 4. "OB" 4 1 1 2 5-6 4 5. "Heerenveen" 3 0 1 2 1-4 1
