Spanish clubs score victories in UEFA Cup matches
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Tommaso Rocchi scored a late equaliser to help Lazio for a 1-1 home draw with Villarreal while other two Spanish teams won their first-night actions in the new group stage of the UEFA Cup on Thursday.
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Newcastle United cruised into the Group Stage of the Uefa Cup with a resounding 5-1 victory over Hapoel Bnei Sachnin. A hat-trick for Alan Shearer and a brace for Patrick Kluivert ensured the Magpies won 7-1 on aggregate.
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Espanyol took a provisional place at the top of the Spanish table by virtue of a 1-0 triumph over Real Madrid. Walter Samuel saw red on his domestic debut and each club failed from the spot, but it was last
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Ruud van Nistelrooy scored two late goals as Spanish champions Real Madrid defeated bottom side Levante 2-0 on Sunday to re-establish their seven-point lead over Barcelona at the top of the table.
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* Dynamo won 4-2 the only other time the two teams have met in Kiev in a Champions League match in the 1999/2000 season. * Roma upset Real 1-0 on their last visit to the Bernabeu in the 2002-03 Champions League
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Match of the week in the Champions&#39; League features two clubs that have won eight Champions&#39; Cups between them, the powerhouses of Germany and the Netherlands, Bayern Munich versus Ajax Amsterdam.
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NEWCASTLE, England  - Newcastle gave their UEFA Cup aims a boost when they finished top of Group D following a 1-1 draw with Sporting Lisbon at St James&#39; Park.
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A last-gasp goal by Zinedine Zidanegave Real Madrid a hard-earned 3-2 victory over Santander on Saturday, while leader Barcelona conceded home points in a 1-1 draw with Valencia.
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Both teams have 42 points after 17 matches and the same goal difference but AZ have scored 44 against PSV&#39;s 42. Ajax Amsterdam are third on 34 and travel to Groningen on Sunday.
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Barcelona stayed five points clear at the top of the Primera Liga as two goals by Samuel Eto&#39;o and a Ronaldinho penalty sealed a 3-0 home win over Osasuna on Sunday.
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DUTCH club Feyenoord won the battle of the former winners to reach the last 32 of the UEFA Cup yesterday after a 2-1 victory over German side Schalke 04.
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Multiple European Cup winners Real Madrid and Liverpool squeezed through to the last 16 of the Champions League after winning their respective final group matches.
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Former champions Ajax, Feyenoord, Parma and Sevilla advanced to the group stage of the UEFA Cup on Thursday when the 80-club field was cut in half after a two-leg first round.
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Middlesbrough beat Partizan Belgrade to qualify for the Uefa Cup knockout stage as Group E winners.
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It has not gone unnoticed in Spain that the four goals Real Madrid put past Roma in the Champions League on Tuesday equalled their tally in five league matches after one of their worst starts to a domestic campaign for many years.
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Middlesbrough can look forward to the draw for the last 32 of the UEFA Cup on Friday after dismantling the previously unbeaten 25-match record of Partizan Belgrade with a 3-0 win.
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PARIS  - Multiple European Cup winners Real Madrid and Liverpool squeezed through to the last 16 of the Champions League after winning their respective final group matches.