Udinese of Italy maintained his composure yesterday to reach the stage of direct elimination from the UEFA Cup to win 2-1 at home to Dinamo Zagreb of Croatia, after which fans visiting the launch flares playing field.The team of the Serie A added nine points and was classified in Group D, in a day in which he also secured their passage Turkish Galatasaray, Standard Liege of Belgium, the Dutch Twente and the Metalist of Ukraine.
Thus, joined AC Milan of Italy, CSKA Moscow, Manchester City and English to Saint Etienne, who already had qualified earlier in the day.
Galatasaray, the 2000 champion, won 1-0 on their visit to Hertha Berlin in Germany and became a leader of the group B with nine units, followed by Metalist, who arrived at seven by defeating Olympiakos 1-0 at home to Greek .
Standard returned to give another sample of the good time that is living and goleó 3-0 as the local Sampdoria of Italy, whose chances in Group C was further complicated with the victory of Sevilla, who also won 3-0 at home to Partizan Serbian.
Twente rose to consolidate second place in Group A after beating Holland 2-1 to Schalke in German, who was outside.
For that same area, the leader Manchester City, which already had its place in the next round, was devoted to complicate things at Paris Saint Germain of France, was third and must win their last encounter if you want to move forward.
Incidents. The duel between Udinese and Dinamo in the Friuli stadium had to stop for 10 minutes when flares landed on the grass and forced the players to go to the locker rooms.
When the game was suspended, Udinese, whose smooth start of the season in the Italian league has stagnated in recent days after four consecutive defeats, winning 1-0 thanks to a goal by Fabio Quagliarella tempranero to 5 minutes.
With the game restarted, the steering wheel Nigerian Christian Obodo scored the second (79 ') while Igor BISC discounted for Dinamo-time discount.
In Group D game, NEC Nijmegen in the Netherlands surprised to Spartak Moscow and beat Russia 2-1 to keep alive their chances of qualification and to facilitate the Tottenham Hotspur of the English, which will need only a draw in its final presentation.
The first three of each of the eight groups qualify the first direct elimination phase of the UEFA Cup.
There, they were joined by eight clubs who finished in third place in their respective areas of the Champions League. The final of the competition will be held on May 20 in Istanbul, Turkey.
