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Aston Villa’s second-string team were comprehensively outplayed in their final Uefa Cup group game in Hamburg.
Having already qualified for the last 32, Villa made a raft of changes and Mladen Petric volleyed Hamburg ahead.
Ivica Olic headed in Dennis Aogo’s left-wing cross and Olic made it 3-0 with another fine strike after Craig Gardner nearly scored [...]

St Etienne held on to top spot in Group G after playing out an exciting 2-2 draw against second-placed Valencia in testing conditions at a snow-covered Stade Geoffrey-Guichard.
Brazilian forward Ilan twice put St Etienne ahead with contrasting first-half goals, but Valencia battled back both times thanks to strikes from forwards Fernando Morientes and Nikola Zigic.
St [...]

AC Milan was held to a 2-2 draw by Wolfsburg on Wednesday and consequently will face a team eliminated from the Champions League in the next round of the UEFA Cup. Wolfsburg won Group E with 10 points and Milan finished second with eight. Milan’s opponent in the next round will be chosen from a [...]

Aston Villa fell to a shock defeat to MSK Zilina but still reached the Uefa Cup’s last 32, thanks to Hamburg’s victory over Slavia Prague.
Zilina took the lead when Vladimir Leitner’s cross went straight in.
They doubled their advantage when Peter Styvar converted Peter Pekarik’s cross after a breakaway.
Nathan Delfouneso, on his full debut for Villa, [...]

Portsmouth were eliminated from the Uefa Cup after losing to Wolfsburg.
The hosts took a third-minute lead when Edin Dzeko scored from close range but Jermain Defoe took advantage of a mistake to level on 11 minutes.
Arnold Mvuemba’s deflected shot gave Pompey the lead before Christian Gentner’s cross-shot levelled terms.
An error by David James left Zvjezdan [...]

Manchester City’s fringe stars failed to impress against Paris St Germain but held on for a draw in Uefa Cup Group A.
City, already through to the last 32, recalled Jo and Elano but both looked short of form and confidence.
Daniel Sturridge was denied by Mickael Landreau early on after Elano slid him clear but City [...]

Filippo Inzaghi struck a late equaliser to break Portsmouth’s hearts and send AC Milan into the Uefa Cup’s last 32.
Inzaghi hit the post and the bar early on, while Peter Crouch was guilty of missing three excellent chances.
Younes Kaboul headed in Glen Johnson’s pin-point cross to put Pompey ahead and Kanu doubled the lead from [...]

Jamie O’Hara’s 14th-minute goal proved enough to earn Tottenham a deserved win in Holland and put them on the brink of reaching the last 32 of the Uefa Cup.
The young midfielder was on hand to nod home from close range after Fraizer Campbell had poked Gareth Bale’s low cross onto the underside of the bar.
O’Hara [...]

Manchester City booked their place in the last 32 of the Uefa Cup with an impressive victory away at Schalke.
Jermaine Jones was twice denied by City goalkeeper Joe Hart in the first half as the home side started brightly.
However, it was the visitors who went in front as Daniel Sturridge burst down the left flank [...]

Aston Villa took a big step towards qualification from Uefa Cup Group F with a narrow win at Slavia Prague.
Villa took the lead when Steve Sidwell’s shot from just outside the box was deflected in by John Carew.
Ashley Young’s free-kick hit the bar and Carew’s drive was well saved as Villa pushed on, while Brad [...]