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On Thursday, 16 matches of the third group stage round of the UEFA Cup were played. The three English clubs - "Tottenham", "Blackburn" and "Newcastle" continue to lead their groups undefeated.
Barcelona's "Espanyol" celebrated their biggest victory yesterday, crushing "Zulte Waregem" 6-2, while "P.S.G." unexpectedly fell 2-4 to "Hapoel" in Tel Aviv at their home field.
Tom Danielovic's "Livorno" did not play yesterday.
Statistics of Thursday's matches:
Group A
"Auxerre" 2 - 2 Glasgow "Rangers" 31‘ [1 – 0] Ireneusz Jelen 62‘ [1 – 1] Nacho Novo 75‘ [2 – 1] Daniel Niculae 84‘ [2 – 2] Kris Boyd
Haifa's "Maccabi" 1 - 0 Belgrade "Partizan" 21‘ [1 – 0] Xavier Anderson
1. "Rangers" 3 2 1 0 7-4 7 2. "Maccabi" 3 2 0 1 4-3 6 3. "Partizan" 2 0 1 1 1-2 1 4. "Livorno" 2 0 1 1 3-4 1 5. "Auxerre" 2 0 1 1 3-5 1
Group B
Leverkuzen "Bayer" 0 - 1 London "Tottenham" 36‘ [0 – 1] Dimitar Berbatov
"Brugge" 1 - 1 Bucharest "Dinamo" 33‘ [0 – 1] Claudiu Niculescu 62‘ [1 – 1] Sven Vermant (11 m.)
1. "Tottenham" 3 3 0 0 6-1 9 2. "Dinamo" 2 1 1 0 3-2 4 3. "Brugge" 3 0 2 1 3-5 2 4. "Bayer" 2 0 1 1 1-2 1 5. "Besiktas" 2 0 0 2 1-4 0
Group C
Slovan "Liberec" 4 - 1 Zurich "Grasshoppers" 7‘ [1 – 0] Jan Blažek 9‘ [1 – 1] Roland Schwegler 21‘ [2 – 1] Tomaš Zapotočny 68‘ [3 – 1] Petr Papoušek 90+1‘ [4 – 1] Tomaš Frejlach
"Sevilla" 2 - 0 "Braga" 40‘ [1 – 0] Luis Fabiano 76‘ [2 – 0] Ernesto Chevanton
1. "AZ" 2 2 0 0 8-2 6 2. "Sevilla" 2 1 1 0 2-0 4 3. "Liberec" 3 1 1 1 4-5 4 4. "Braga" 3 1 0 2 4-5 3 5. "Grasshoppers" 2 0 0 2 3-9 0
Group D
"Parma" 2 - 1 "Heerenveen" 21‘ [0 – 1] Dniel Pranjič 24‘ [1 – 1] Igor Budan 73‘ [2 – 1] Igor Budan
"OB" 1 - 1 "Lens" 58‘ [1 – 0] Tobias Grahn 87‘ [1 – 1] Issam Jemaa
1. "Parma" 2 2 0 0 4-2 6 2. "Lens" 2 1 1 0 4-2 4 3. "OB" 3 1 1 1 4-3 4 4. "Osasuna" 2 0 1 1 1-3 1 5. "Heerenveen" 3 0 1 2 1-4 1
Group E
"Basel" 2 - 2 "Nancy" 31‘ [0 – 1] Kim 32‘ [1 – 1] Scott Chipperfield 34‘ [1 – 2] Pascal Berenguer 56‘ [2 – 2] Mile Sterjovski 90+1‘ Franco Contanzo ("Basel") sent off
"Feyenoord" 0 - 0 "Blackburn"
1. "Blackburn" 3 2 1 0 5-1 7 2. "Nancy" 2 1 1 0 4-3 4 3. "Feyenoord" 2 0 2 0 1-1 2 4. "Basel" 3 0 2 1 3-6 2 5. "Wisla" 2 0 0 2 2-4 0
Group F
Prague "Sparta" 0 - 0 Amsterdam "Ajax" 39‘ Urby Emanuelson ("Ajax") sent off
Barcelona's "Espanyol" 6 - 2 "Zulte Waregem" 9‘ [1 – 0] Ferran Corominas 14‘ [2 – 0] Walter Pandiani 17‘ [2 – 1] Tim Matthys 19‘ [3 – 1] Luis Garcia 27‘ [4 – 1] Luis Garcia (11 m.) 62‘ [4 – 2] Karel D'Haene 73‘ [5 – 2] Luis Garcia 83‘ [6 – 2] Walter Pandiani
1. "Espanyol" 2 2 0 0 8-2 6 2. "Zulte Waregem" 3 2 0 1 9-8 6 3. "Ajax" 2 1 1 0 3-0 4 4. "Sparta" 3 0 1 2 1-5 1 5. "Austria" 2 0 0 2 1-7 0
Group G
Bucharest "Rapid" 1 - 1 "Mlada Boleslav" 42‘ [0 – 1] Jan Rajnoch 52‘ [1 – 1] Marius Constantin
"P.S.G." 2 - 4 Tel Aviv "Hapoel" 2‘ [0 – 1] Salim Toema 6‘ [0 – 2] Salim Toema 14‘ [1 – 2] Pierre-Alain Frau 25‘ [2 – 2] Pedro Pauleta 44‘ [2 – 3] Walid Badir 57‘ [2 – 4] Elyaniv Barda
1. "Panathinaikos" 2 2 0 0 3-0 6 2. "Hapoel" 3 1 1 1 6-6 4 3. "Rapid" 3 0 3 0 3-3 3 4. "Mlada Boleslav" 2 0 1 1 1-2 1 5. "P.S.G." 2 0 1 1 2-4 1
Group H
"Newcastle" 2 - 1 Vigo "Celta" 9‘ [0 – 1] Ernesto Canobbio 37‘ [1 – 1] Antoine SIbierski 86‘ [2 – 1] Steven Taylor
Istanbul's "Fenerbahce" 3 - 0 "Palermo" 20‘ [1 – 0] Stephen Appiah 62‘ [2 – 0] Lugano 83‘ [3 – 0] Tuncay Sanli
1. "Newcastle" 3 3 0 0 4-1 9 2. "Fenerbahce" 2 1 0 1 3-1 3 3. "Palermo" 3 1 0 2 2-5 3 4. "Celta" 2 0 1 1 2-3 1 5. "Eintracht" 2 0 1 1 2-3 1
