Though there was a full slate of matches in Division II, not one ended as an upset. In itself, that's something of an upset.
Celtic 2:0 Barcelona 3:1 ---------- Lyon 1:0 Manch B 1:1 ---------- Schalke 1:0 Porto 0:1 [a] ---------- Liverpool 2 Inter M 0 ---------- Roma 2:2 Real Mad 1:1 ---------- Arsenal 0:2 AC Milan 0:0 ---------- Olympiakos 0:0 CSKA Kens 0:3 ---------- Fenerbahce 3:2 Sevilla 2:3 [b]
[a] - 0:0 in extra time, Schalke 04 won 4:1 in kicks from the penalty mark.
[b] - 0:0 in extra time, Fenerbahçe wins 3:2 on kicks from the penalty mark.
It is not immediately clear if UEFA will carry through on its promise to seed the quarter- and semi-finals of the European League. When this season's regulations were announced a year ago, they contained provision to seed the later stages, based on results from the start of the competition's league phase. UEFA coefficients would be used to break ties. With one match outstanding, these are the seedings:
Barcelona 14 Manchester B 14 Arsenal 12 (104.618) CSKA Kensington 12 (99.618) Roma 12 (78.808) Fenerbahçe 10 Schalke 8 Inter Milan 10+ (107.808) Liverpool 9+
For the quarter-finals, Barcelona, Manchester Buccaneers, Arsenal, and either Inter Milan or CSKA Kensington would be the seeded sides; Roma, Schalke 04, Fenerbahçe and either Liverpool or CSKA Kensington would be unseeded. The winners of the matches involving Barcelona and the Buccaneers would be kept apart in the semi-final draw.
It appears that UEFA changed the rules in mid-season to make the draws fully open. We have no position on whether this seeding was a useful idea or not, but we really don't like the rules changing half-way through.
UEFA Cup, Achtelfinalrund
Anderlecht 2:1 Bordeaux 1:1 Anderlecht 0 ---------- Aberdeen 2:1 Bayern M 5 Bayern M 2:5 ========================= Rangers 0:1 Panath'kos 0:1 Rangers 2 ---------- Werder B 3:1 Werder B 0 Braga 0:0 ========================= Bolton 1:0 A. Madrid 0:0 Bolton 1 ---------- Sporting L 2:3 Sporting L 1 Basle 0:0 ========================= Galatasary 0:1 B Leverkus 0:5 B Leverkus 1 ---------- Zurich 1:0 Hamburg 0 Hamburg 3:0 ========================= AEK Athens 1:0 Getafe 1:3 Getafe 1 ---------- Benfica 1:2 Benfica 0 Nurnburg 0:2 ========================= Rosenborg 0:1 Fiorentina 1:2 Fiorentina 2 ---------- Brann 0:1 Everton 0 Everton 2:6 ========================= Slavia Pr 1:1 Tottenham 2:1 Tottenham 0 ---------- PSV 2:2 PSV 1 Helsingbgs 0:1 ========================= Marseille 3:0 Spartak M 0:2 Marseille 3 ---------- Zenit St P 1:1 Zenit St P 1 Villarreal 0:2
We should, belatedly, congratulate Hamburg; as the last of the eleven survivors from the summer's qualifying competition, the German side has won the Intertoto Cup.
Highlights this week-end include the Scottish Cup replay between Rangers and Hibs from five weeks ago. Plus PSV - Ajax (SET2, 1.30pm Sunday), Sparta Prague - Teplice (no TV), Bayern München - Karlsruhe (no TV), Barcelona - Villarreal (no TV), and Lyon - Bordeaux (SET2, 8pm Sunday).
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