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MU was ahead when the game was only six minutes. Preceded the success of Park Ji-sung to cut the ball in midfield, Dimitar Berbatov then sent a breakthrough in the direction of Hernandez.

After trick Alderweireld, Hernandez then faced with goalkeeper Kenneth Vermeer. With the cold, the Mexican striker sent the ball into the goal.

Hernandez again endanger the movement of the Ajax goal in the 15th minute. However, mature feedback Hernandez released towards Berbatov can be driven by Jan Vertonghen at the mouth of the goal.

Seven minutes later, Ajax have a good chance of passing Ozbiliz kick in the penalty box. But, David de Gea still spry secure Chelsea's goal.

Entering the 38th minute, Ozbiliz truly the home team's goalkeeper. Hard shot from the front left leg was unable to reach the penalty box by De Gea.

Tom Cleverley Kans obtained in the 42nd minute could not make Manchester United winning again. His shot from outside the box 16 can be countered by Vermeer.

At halftime, the score was still 1-1.

At the beginning of the second half, the visitors launched a barrage against MU. Nicolas Lodeiro a shot at the 57th minute thin float over the bar.

A few moments later, Ajax almost equalized. Welcoming Christian Eriksen corner kick, Siem De Jong won the duel air and the ball toward the goal. Unlucky for him, De Gea showed tremendous reflexes and can be brushed off the ball.

MU counter-attack on the 73rd minute almost scored fruitful. Comb from the right wing, Nani and then stabbed into the fire from outside the area. The ball hit the crossbar was Ajax.

Ajax back ahead in the 87th minute. A free kick by Alderweireld Ozbiliz forwarded to Chelsea's goal with his head. De Gea've tried to block the ball, but the skin round it sped into the net.

After the goal Alderweireld, Ajax need one more goal to qualify. But, until the end of the game, their efforts were fruitless.

The lineup
Man Utd: De Gea, Rafael Da Silva, Jones, Smalling, Fabio Da Silva, Nani, Park, Cleverley (Scholes 61 '), Young (Evans 61'), Hernandez, Berbatov (Welbeck 72 ')

Ajax: Vermeer, Van Rhijn, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Koppers (Klaassen 46 '), De Jong, Anita, Eriksen (Serero 60'), Ozbiliz, Lodeiro (Blind 81 '), Sulejmani

Manchester City convincing victory over FC Porto in the second leg 32 of the Europa League. Beat the defending champion with a score of 4-0, The Citizens have the right to advance to the next phase.

Armed with a 2-1 win on away games, City lead through Sergio Aguero quickly when the game was 19 seconds old. At Etihad Stadium on Wednesday (2/22/2012), a new three other City goals came in the second round.

Edin Dzeko change the score to 2-0 in the 76th minute, before David Silva added advantage protégé Roberto Mancini finished 3-0. Ultimate goal in the game scored by David Pizarro.

This victory makes the City a 6-1 aggregate win over Portugal's representative at the same time defending champion status. The Citizens in the last step is the next face the winner of the match between Legia Warsaw cons of Sporting Lisbon.


The game

Exact match point-19 seconds when Aguero was Porto goalkeeper. Nicols error stems from the fact Otamendi feed on Nigel De Jong, the ball is passed directly to the Dutch defender Yaya Toure.

Keen to see Aguero moving into the penalty area, Toure immediately send feedback to the associates. Porto managed to split the defense, Aguero also successfully deceiving goalkeeper Helton. Goals and the City ahead 1-0.

Toure on 16 minutes almost enlarge the benefits of his team if he can pass Helton in position one on one. Less than a minute turn of Porto threatened by Varela, who also failed thanks to the alertness of goalkeeper Joe Hart below.

Another mistake that is made of a back row of Porto makes Aguero had another chance to score. But this time his attempt was stopped crossbar, although he had made it past goalkeeper Helton.

Porto really do not give up even in the left position. However, some opportunities dikreasikan always failed to convert a goal. As a result, until the halftime score 1-0 to the host is not changed.

At the beginning of the second half after Porto again showed tenacity finally able to make goals. But James Rodriguez flick into the referee canceled the goal because he was in an offside position.

City could only score his second goal in minute 76. New entry field to replace Nasri, Edin Dzeko took a 2-0 lead after The Citizens can accurate feedback from Aguero.

After conceding two goals Porto do not get better fate because they have lost to Rolando red card from referee. These conditions put to good use by the host to increase the number of goals in the rest of the game.

At 83 minutes turned into a 3-0 Score. Return the error stems from Porto defender, David Silva easily struck the ball into the goal passed Pizarro the ball forward. City turn created the ultimate goal Pizarro, taking advantage of loopholes in the back row of Porto.

Teams Line-up:

City: Hart; Richards, Kompany, Lescott, Clichy; De Jong, Barry ('58 Milner); Nasri (Dzeko '69), Yaya Toure, Silva; Aguero (Pizarro '80).

Porto: Helton, Maicon, Rolando, Alex Sandro, Otamendi (Rodriguez '63), Gonzalez, Joao Moutinho, James Rodriguez ('81 Defour), Fernando Varela ('63 Sapunaru), Hulk.

Lazio should recognize the benefits of Atletico Madrid in the last 32 first leg Europa League. While Schalke only able to achieve a draw at the headquarters of Viktoria Plzen.

Host Atletico at the Olimpico, Thursday (16/02/2012), had superior Biancoceleste first goal by Miroslav Klose in the 19th minute. But the menti six and Adrian Lopez brings Atletico equalized.

Eight minutes before halftime, Radamel Falcao doubled the visitors' advantage. Falcao once again listed his name on the scoreboard after scoring a goal on 63 minutes and give a 3-1 victory for his team.

This defeat makes move to Lazio for the last 16 to be a little heavy. They have recorded a victory by a margin of at least three goals in the second leg will be played at Atletico next week.

Manchester City came from behind to beat defending Europa League champions Porto 2-1 in the first leg of their last-32 clash.
Silvestre Varela put the home side ahead on 27 minutes but an Alvaro Pereira own-goal and a tap-in from late substitute Sergio Aguero completed a second-half comeback from Roberto Mancini’s side.

It was a fine response from the away side, who overcame hostile supporters and a fussy referee to stun last year’s winners, who are near impossible to beat at home.

Porto have a fearsome record in Oporto - unbeaten in the league at Estadio Drago for three-and-a-half years although more susceptible against the top continental sides - and they initially showed why by attacking the Premier League leaders from the off, Rolando’s goal-bound header deflected over by Gael Clichy early on.


But before Porto took the lead, the counter-attacking visitors had some good chances themselves as Helton was called into action when the returning Mario Balotelli flicked a free-kick his way, the Brazilian keeper also doing well to keep Samir Nasri’s low shot out when David Silva split the home defence in two.

The opener came on 27 minutes as City were caught napping by a quick free-kick, Hulk drifting wide and hammering in a low, curling cross that left Joleon Lescott and Vincent Kompany for dead, Varela drilling an unstoppable finish into the bottom left.

It was a fine cross and finish but sloppy defending from City, Gareth Barry guilty of turning his back on the initial free-kick, Clichy failing to track Varela’s run inside from the right and Kompany negligent with the Portugal winger.

While Porto had more possession and a greater attacking impetus, City were still dangerous on the break as Balotelli - back from a domestic ban - snatched at a shot when put through by Nasri’s fine pass: he had time and space to take it on, but swivelled in a half-volley that still needed a good stop from Helton.

Balotelli was cutting an isolated figure up front but he was making a nuisance of himself anyway, flicking a header wide of Helton, his defence but also the far post as Clichy showed the better side of his game getting forward.

But on the balance of play the hosts deserved the half-time lead, which they almost added to when Lucho Gonzalez’s goal-bound effort was blocked by Lescott.

So it was unsurprising that City would start the second half with a different strategy, leading from the front and going mighty close when Micah Richards rattled one off the post following one of his trademark rampaging runs from right-back.

Porto were struggling to get past halfway so, when the equaliser came just before the hour mark, it was deserved. It was, however, somewhat fortuitous as Alvaro - harassed by a Balotelli still smarting from an arm in the face by the Uruguayan - tried to intercept a long ball but merely knocked it past his own keeper, who had come to claim it himself.

Having toiled until that point in the second half, Porto responded well with a spell of intense pressure: all they had to show for it was a Hulk free-kick that Joe Hart batted behind for a corner.

The more urgent they became, the happier City were to sit deep and counter.

Indeed, following that Hart save there was little of note for either keeper to do as the match degenerated into a scrappy exchange of fouls and whines, with Porto in particular over-reacting to any challenge as they tried to force the referee to send off City players.

Little, that is, until City won it when - with five minutes remaining - the Porto defence lost track of Nasri, who sent the otherwise quiet Yaya Toure down the left: he could have opted for a near-post finish but, with Helton dragged inside and Aguero unmarked from six yards, the Ivorian played a square ball to the Argentine who rolled the easiest finish of his season into an empty net.

An aggregate lead and two away goals were more than enough for Mancini, who - having already withdrawn Silva - further shut up shop by bringing on Pablo Zabaleta.

There was no chance of a comeback, Porto’s attempts more speculative than penetrating, as City held on to a solid win that sees them clear favourites for the return leg in Manchester next week.
Source :Eurosport

TEAMS:
FC Porto: Helton, Danilo, Rolando, Maicon, Pereira, Gonzalez, Fernando, Joao Moutinho, Varela, Hulk, James Rodriguez. Subs: Bracali, Cristian Rodriguez, Kleber, Djalma, Mangala, Alex Sandro, Defour.
Man City: Hart, Richards, Kompany, Lescott, Clichy, Barry, De Jong, Nasri, Toure Yaya, Silva, Balotelli. Subs: Pantilimon, Zabaleta, Pizarro, Dzeko, Kolarov, Savic, Aguero.

Manchester United to achieve positive results in the leg first round of Europa League last 32 cons Ajax Amsterdam . Playing away against Ajax, The Red Devils win two goals without reply.

In the action at the Amsterdam Arena on Thursday (2/16/2012), MU got the goals in the second half from Ashley Young and Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez.

With a 2-0 advantage, the step towards the last 16 MU also becoming a field for the second leg will be played at Old Trafford.


The game

Throughout the last 30 minutes of action, no dangerous chances from both teams with Manchester United dominated the match.

Only in the 33rd minute when Siem De Jong got the ball in midfield. He was then a hard kick that was tipped by David De Gea.

The first half ended with the score 0-0 after a penalty claim by the Ajax players were dropped after Miralem Sulejmani opponent was ignored by the referee.

A minute after the restart, Chelsea had a chance to let go of crossing over Nani. But the ball instead heading straight to the goalkeeper Kenneth Vermeer and swiftly dismissed.

At the 53rd minute cross from Nani to see Wayne Rooney in the penalty box and passed through a kick. Vermeer successfully pushed the ball.

Young! An hour game runs eventually he was able to bring Manchester United winning. Nani started crossing horizontally from the right wing, Young got the ball. He also outwit the Ajax players before kicking the ball into the goal. Ajax 0 Manchester United 1.

Vermeer MU back to threaten the goal on 63 minutes when Nani fired hard from inside the box and the ball is still thin float over the bar.

In 85 minutes Chicharito doubled the lead of his team. Begins the hard work of Antonio Valencia to win the ball, he pass to Chicharito, who then passed on to Rooney on the left wing.

Rooney is not selfish with the ball handed back to Chicharito at the far post. With one hard kick, goalkeeper dibobolnya Vermeer.

Manchester United were 2-0 up and ended up 90 minutes of the game is over.

The lineup

Ajax: Vermeer, Anita, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Koppers (Boilesen 63 '), De Jong, Aissati, Eriksen, Ozbiliz (Lukoki 79'), Bulykin (Van Rhijn 60 '), Sulejmani

Man Utd: De Gea, Jones, Ferdinand, Evans, Fabio Da Silva, Nani, Carrick, Cleverley (Scholes 61 '), Young (Valencia 70'), Rooney, Hernandez

Celtic made an agonising exit from Europe after holding Serie A pacesetters Udinese to a 1-1 Europa League draw in a pulsating contest at the Stadio Friuli.
With both sides committed to attack, Neil Lennon's side could easily have emerged with the win they needed in a game that raged from end to end throughout the evening.

Celtic grabbed a merited lead when Gary Hooper slipped the ball home from close range on 28 minutes only to be undone a minute into two of time added on in the first half as Cha Du Ri nodded into the path of Antonio Di Natale, who slipped the ball home from five yards out.

The visiting goalkeeper Fraser Forster made some exceptional saves in the second period, but Celtic were also left to rue their luck as Cha saw a shot come back off a post in the second half.

They were also denied a clear-cut penalty when Mehdi Benatia handled in the area from Daniel Majstorovic's header.
Udinese - who share top spot in Italy with Juventus - join group winners Atletico Madrid in progressing from Group I, but there was an air of relief among the home bench when the final whistle sounded.

Di Natale showed his menace early on when he lobbed the ball over Forster and over the bar after Scott Brown had needlessly squandered possession, but Celtic looked the brighter side as they carried the game to the home side.

Danilo was fortunate to be awarded a free-kick when he clearly obstructed a rampant Georgios Samaras as he bounded towards goal before Hooper clipped a shot wide from 10 yards out after being played in by Samaras when it looked easier to net.

Celtic were rewarded for the adventure of their play when Samaras' cross broke kindly off Joel Ekstrand for Hooper to score. Celtic looked to have done enough to establish a lead at the break, but Di Natalie showed why he is top goalscorer in Serie A with 10 goals courtesy of an opportunistic finish.

As the second half caught fire in the freezing cold conditions, Forster halted Di Natale from adding to his tally by diving to claw out a thumping shot by the striker from distance before standing tall to save another Di Natale effort moments after Majstorovic had been caught out of position.

Forster then dived to deny Di Natale from netting with a header as Udinese pushed for the second goal they craved to kill off the Scottish side.

With Celtic continuing to push bodies up the park, Kwadwo Asamoah hit a post from close range to the frustration of the home fans after the inspired Forster had blocked Mauricio Isla's header with Charlie Mulgrew beaten in the air.

Celtic maintained their offensive ploy and Cha was left looking bewildered as his volley hit a post before the ball just stopped short of the line after hitting the back of the beaten home goalkeeper Samir Handanovic on 75 minutes.

The visitors had plenty of bodies in the box deep in injury time as Handanovic missed Mulgrew's corner.

But Celtic could not force the ball over the line to come up narrowly short of leaving Udine with three points that would have carried them through to the knock-out stages.

Source: Eurosport

Team Line-up:
Udinese: Samir Handanovic-Dusan Basta-Danilo-Mehdi Benatia-Joel Ekstrand-Pablo Armero-Almen Abdi-Tape Doubai (Mauricio Isla 46)-Kwadwo Asamoah-Emmanuel Badu Agyemang (Giampiero Pinzi 29)- Antonio Di Natale

Celtic: Fraser Forster-Daniel Majstorovic-Du-Ri Cha-Charlie Mulgrew-Scott Brown -Baram Kayal (Anthony Stokes 71)-Ki Sung-Yueng-Victor Wanyama-Georgios Samaras (Mohamed Bangura 83)-Gary Hooper-James Forrest

A 4-0 win over Shamrock Rovers was not enough to see Tottenham through to the last 32 of the Europa League as Harry Redknapp's European campaign ended in disappointment and anger in Dublin.Goals from Steven Pienaar, Andros Townsend, Jermain Defoe and Harry Kane gave Tottenham a comprehensive victory over the Irish part-timers, but Rubin Kazan's 1-1 draw at PAOK Salonika meant the favourites for Group A crashed out.
The match took an ugly turn with 20 minutes to go when Redknapp reacted angrily to barracking from the Rovers fans by appearing to aim a defiant clenched-fist gesture towards them from the edge of his technical area.

Team Line-up:
Shamrock Rovers: Brush, Sullivan, Oman, Murray, Stevens, Rice, Turner, Dennehy, Finn, Paterson, Sheppard..subs: Thompson, O'Donnell, McCabe, Twigg, Kilduff, O'Neill, Ricketts
Tottenham: Cudicini, Assou-Ekotto, Kaboul, Livermore, Rose, Townsend, Kranjcar, Sandro, Pienaar, Giovani, Defoe..subs: Gomes, Falque, Kane, Carroll

A last-second goal from Baye Fall saw Fulham throw away a two-goal lead to crash out of the Europa League with a 2-2 draw to OB at Craven Cottage.
Having led through first-half goals from Clint Dempsey and Kerim Frei, Fulham somehow contrived to draw a game they dominated, as a contentiously-taken free-kick by Hans Andreasen and Fall’s last-gasp header saw Wisla Krakow qualify after a 2-1 win over group winners FC Twente.

The result means the Poles, who started the night behind Fulham, take second in Group E.
Fulham controlled the match from the outset as Chris Baird forced a smart save from former Everton reserve keeper Stefan Wessels.

Brede Hangeland was denied a trademark header by both the palm of Wessels and Bashkim Kadrii on the line, with Dembele putting the rebound over from six yards, while Espen Ruud managed to get back to hoof Dempsey’s finish away after the USA international clipped a cool finish over Wessels.

Finally the opener came on 27 minutes, and it was some goal too.

Frei, only 18 but the best player on the park, drilled a low ball in for the otherwise quiet Bobby Zamora, who slipped a deft flick to Dempsey, who in turn drilled a fierce shot past Wessels from the edge of the area.

It was glorious one-touch football and soon afterwards Fulham got a similarly-stylish second.

The co-creator for the first goal, this time Frei was on hand to break his Fulham duck with a cool low finish through the legs of Wessels after his clever diagonal run met the excellent through-ball of Dembele.

Stephen Kelly stung the palms of Wessels with a long-range effort but by this point Fulham were home and dry - Wisla, who had opened the scoring against group winners FC Twente - had conceded an equaliser to leave a four-point gap between second and third.

But it was not all positive for the hosts, with Zamora motioning as if he wished to be substituted at one point, having been the intended recipient of a failed pass. Clearly not injured, the talk will continue of an alleged fall-out with Martin Jol, although there was a chance his rolling-hands motion was intended to signify a proposed tactical switch.

The England striker came out for the second half though, indicating that the problem was either tactical or something easily soothed by Jol.

However, Fulham were a touch sluggish in the second half, failing to create anything as OB sensed an unlikely upset.

The Danes fired a warning shot when full-back Ruud forced a smart low stop from the previously untested Neil Etheridge, given his Fulham debut with Mark Schwarzer injured and David Stockdale unregistered for the group stages after his abortive loan at Ipswich Town.

And the visitors pulled one back, and not without controversy. Baird had given away a free-kick on the right side of the box but, with Fulham’s wall and the referee otherwise preoccupied, they sneakily moved the ball a yard or so inside: Andreasen drove the ball in the gap and, with Etheridge unsighted, it nestled inside the near post.

That spurred the visitors on, although without too much avail as they struggled to get past the home defence. On the one occasion they did get through, a combination of Matthew Briggs and Etheridge keeping Rasmus Falk from reaching Peter Utaka’s cross.

Indeed Fulham had the better late chances as Aaron Hughes headed over from a corner and, deep into injury time, substitute Orlando Sa attempted to dribble all the way when a frustrated Damien Duff was free and awaiting an easy finish.

From that piece of naivety by Sa, OB levelled: the counter attack saw Fulham fail to mark Senegal forward Fall, who got between Hughes and Hangelad to meet a glorious cross from the untracked Ruud which he buried with aplomb.

The equaliser was a sickener but Fulham can at least focus on staying in the Premier League, with their form so far this season unconvincing on all fronts.
Source: Eurosport

Team Line-up:
FULHAM: Etheridge, Kelly, Hangeland, Hughes, Briggs, Frei, Gecov, Baird, Dempsey, Dembele, Zamora - subs - Somogyi, JA Riise, Sa, Kasami, Senderos, Duff, Etuhu
ODENSE: Wessels, Ruud, Andreasen, Utaka, Reginiussen, Falk, Sorensen, Gislason, Mendy, Kadrii, Hoegh - subs - Krog, Johnasson, Schoop, Djemba-Djemba, Larsen, Fall

With one ticket in Group F had belonged to Athletic Bilbao, one ticket remaining bone of contention so Paris Saint Germain and Red Bull Salzburg.

Both PSG and Salzburg have the figure stood at seven before diving final matchday. But Salzburg had a goal record head to head better than PSG.

It was then proved crucial for both teams together to achieve victory in each game; PSG beat Bilbao 4-2, while Salzburg slim 3-2 win over Slovan Bratislava.

The result left PSG and Salzburg are both collecting ten points, three points adrift of group winners Bilbao, but Salzburg qualify because he has scored head to head advantage over PSG.

Lazio  2-0 win over Sporting Lisbon  to make sure ticket to qualify for the Europa League round of 32. Besiktas and Red Bull Salszburg go grab a ticket from each group.

Lazio ensure the success of the ticket is not separated from Zurich's 2-0 victory, which has been ascertained eliminated, over Vaslui who become rivals Lazio.

So a 2-0 win Lazio at the Olimpico, Wednesday(14/12/2011), over Sporting had ensures qualify as winners of Group D, both teams were making progress.

In the match, Lazio Libor Kozak lead through a header in front of goal after a cross from side welcomes the left, with two minutes before the break.

In the 55th minute, Lazio doubled their advantage. Escaped the offside trap, Giuseppe Sculli managed to send the ball past the opponent's goalkeeper.

For Lazio, an additional three points to make the collection now numbers nine, three points adrift of Sporting. Vaslui unmoved by six points, one point ahead of Zurich.

From Group E, Besiktas not only ensure a ticket to the round of 32 to accompany Stoke who had already been passed, but also advanced as group winners.

This was achieved after Besiktas 3-1 victory when the host Stoke, which finished the game minus one player following a red card for Matthew Upson in the middle of the second half.

With these results, Besiktas are now top Group E with 12 points, one point ahead of Stoke.

Kenwyne Jones headed home the equaliser as Stoke drew 1-1 with Dynamo Kiev at the Britannia Stadium to reach the Europa League last 32.
Tony Pulis's side were outplayed in the first half and went in a goal down at the break after Matthew Upson had prodded Oleksandr Aliyev's shot beyond his goalkeeper Asmir Begovic on 28 minutes.

The Premier League team looked set to need the daunting prospect of a draw against Besiktas in Istanbul in their final match on December 14 until Jones popped up to nod Jermaine Pennant's cross into the unguarded net to hand Stoke the point they craved.

Besiktas - 3-2 winners over Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel - will go through as Group E winners if they down Stoke in the group's concluding match, but at least the visitors do not need a result from that trip.

Kiev conclude their campaign with a home match against Maccabi on the same night, but require a Stoke win in Turkey to keep alive their hopes of progress.



The Ukrainian side thought they had snatched a dramatic win in injury time, but the much-maligned Begovic performed heroics when he dived at full stretch to tip Andriy Yarmolenko's long-range effort past a post with a breathtaking save.

Kiev probably paid the price for failing to press home their advantage when they outplayed and outpassed the home team for most of the first hour.

The warning signs were already there before Kiev struck as Begovic saved from Aliyev on five minutes before Aliyev hammered an effort wide of goal on 10 minutes.

Andriy Shevchenko then thumped a shot into the side of a post on 36 minutes with the home fans still reeling from seeing their side - unbeaten in Europe this term - fall a goal behind.

Stoke emerged after half-time looking a bit more like themselves as they were finally rewarded for increasing the tempo against a visiting side suddenly content to sit on their one-goal lead.

Wilson Palacios forced Dynamo keeper Olexander Shovkovskiy to make his first real save of the night on 51 minutes before Pennant saw a blistering effort beat Shovkovskiy only to be hacked off the line by Yevhen Khacheridi.

But Pennant was to be the catalyst for the Stoke revival as he unearthed a sublime cross from out wide that fell perfectly on Jones's head for the goal that delighted the home supporters.

Amid the feeling of euphoria and relief at the full-time whistle, there was also the welcome sight of substitute Ricardo Fuller appearing for the first time since he ruptured an Achilles tendon in April.
Eurosport

Team Line-up:
Stoke City: Begovic, Shotton, Huth, Upson, Higginbotham, Pennant, Palacios, Diao, Delap, Jones, Jerome; Subs: Nash, Fuller, Wilson, Shawcross, Whitehead, Walters, Crouch

Dynamo Kiev: Shovkovskiy, Danilo Silva, Yussuf, Khacheridi, Betao, Gusev, Aliev, Vukojevic, Yarmolenko, Ideye, Shevchenko; Subs: Koval, Milevskiy, Haruna, Adi, Ninkovic, Leandro Almeida, Correa

Raul Gonzales to be decisive goalscorer Schalke 04's 2-1 victory over Steaua Bucharest in the Europa League lajutan. Three points from the game led the Royal Blues into the last 32.

Competed in front of their own supporters, Veltins-Arena, Schalke opened the scoring through Kyriakos Papadopoulos as the game entered the 25th minute. But eight minutes later the visitors had equalized through Raul Rusescu action.

More dominant Schalke finally managed to score his second goal on 57 minutes. Utilizing the heat in the face of the opponent's goal, Raul turned the direction of the ball and Steaua goalkeeper to change it 2-1.

This victory ensures Schalke qualified for the Europa League round of 32, collecting 11 points from five matches. Horst Heldt's squad as well as sealing the position of the Group A standings since the point could not be pursued at Maccabi Haifa is another game lost to AEK Larnaca with a score of 1-2.

Opportunities Macabi accompany Schalke is still open, which is now six points they have still one ahead of Steau that while perched at number three.

Meanwhile, from Group C, thin defeat Fulham 0-1 when a visit to FC Twente through goals scored by Marc Janko. Although still sit in second place standings with seven points, The Cottagers threatened failed to qualify for next round.

To get in the last 32 Fulham should win over Odense in the last match or fail to Wisła Kraków won over Twente.

Tottenham Hotspur threatened not qualify for the Europa League last 32 after losing at home to PAOK with a score of 1-2. Create the representatives of Greece, three points from White Hart Lane to take them to the next phase.

This 1-2 defeat to Spurs are now stuck in the top three standings of Group A with seven points. Being the top standings are PAOK with 11 points, while Rubin Kazan in second position with a score of 10.

Although still have one game remaining chance of Spurs escape is fairly small, because their fate will be determined in another game. Even if Harry Redknapp protégé win over Shamrock Rovers at the final matchday it will be worth it if PAOK and Rubin Kazan drew the line of sight.

Spurs fans who packed the White Hart Lane on Wednesday (30/11/2011), forced to swallow the disappointment related to poor performance of the Lilywhites in the first round. The brittle back line capable of making direct PAOK 2-0 lead even before the game was 15 minutes.


The game has been running for six minutes when Dimitris Salpigidis gore freely cross from the left side into the goal. Standing in the middle of the penalty box without any escort, she's easy to beat goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes.

Scores then changed to 2-0 in minute 14. Stefanos Athanasiadis is a time to bring this to deceive Gomes PAOK excel even further.

Having left behind two goals before the Spurs get up. Attack after attack they finally paid up after the referee pointed to the spot in the penalty box when Kostas Stafylidis PAOK are considered to touch the ball with a ladder right at the goal line. The court then also megirim Stafylidis out of the field by giving him a red card.

Exactly Luca Modric in the 38th minute to complete his duties as executor perfect penalty. Score was changed to 1-2.

Throughout the second half Spurs dominated the full course of action. But they were waiting for an equalizing goal did not come.

Jermaine Defoe's goal really was tearing his guest. But the referee then abandoned the goal because he was considered first offense.

Atletico Madrid to ensure qualifying for the Europa League last 32 after picking narrow victory at home to Celtic. While Udinese played a goalless draw when visited Rennes.

In a match that took place at Celtic Park on Wednesday (30/11/2011), Atletico came home with a 1-0 victory. Goals mere puppet in the game came from Arda Turan long-range shot in minute 30.

Three points of the game put Atletico sturdy stand on top of Group I with 10 points, the results of three wins and a draw respectively and lost. With only one match remaining, Rennes faced at home, Los Rojiblancos have already ordered tickets to the round of 32.

While for Celtic, this defeat makes their chances of escape are now depleted. With their five points while sitting in third position, behind three points from Udinese in the order of two.

If you want to qualify for the next phase of Celtic need a win in his last match. Their struggle certain to be difficult because it will be visited Udinese in the last matchday.

Zebrette, who drew 0-0 in another match Rennes cons, just needs to play a draw in the last game.


TEAMS LINE-UP:
Celtic: Forster, Matthews, Majstorovic, Loovens, Wanyama, Ledley, Kayal, Ki, Forrest, Stokes, Samaras. Subs: Zaluska, Mulgrew, F Twardzik, Brown, McCourt, Bangura, Hooper.

Atletico: Courtois, Godin, Perea, Miranda, Filipe Luis, Suarez, Turan, Gabi, Diego, Lopez, Salvio. Subs: Asenjo, Juanfran, Dominguez, Assuncao, Reyes, Koke, Falcao.