Uefa Cup round-up A-F

Last updated: 2nd October 2008

Uefa Cup round-up A-F

Shevchenko: On target

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Ajax 2 Borac Cacak 0
Artmedia Bratislava 0 Braga 2
Benfica 2 Napoli 0
Club Brugge 2 Young Boys 0
Deportivo 2 SK Brann 0
Dynamo Bucaresti 0 NEC 0
FBK Kaunas 1 Sampdoria 2
FC Copenhagen 1 FC Moscow 1
FC Honka 0 Racing Santander 1
Metalist Kharkiv 4 Besiktas 1
FC Twente 1 Rennes 0
FC Vaslui 1 Slavia Prague 1
FC Zurich 0 AC Milan 1

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Milan, Ajax and Benfica progress, while McClaren also goes through

AC Milan booked their place in the group stages of the Uefa Cup, while Ajax Deportivo La Coruna and Benfica also progressed.

Milan led FC Zurich 3-1 from the first leg at the San Siro, and a solitary 70th minute goal from Andrei Shevchenko in Switzerland ensured another victory.

Dutch giants Ajax are also in the group stages as they eased past Borac Cacek 6-1 on aggregate.

Substitute Jeffrey Sarpong (71) and Luis Suarez (95) netted the goals to add to a 4-1 first-leg advantage.

Benfica dumped Napoli out of Europe following a thrilling home comeback.

The Portuguese side were 3-2 down from the first leg in Italy, but goals from Jose Antonio Reyes (57) and Nuno Gomes (84) earned a place in the later rounds.

Deportivo , who had Riki sent off, required a penalty shoot-out to defeat Brann as Diego Colotto (18 and 76) netted for the Spaniards to draw the sides level on aggregate.

And La Liga outfit Depor then came out on top as they triumphed 3-2 in a tense shoot-out.

Leading 5-0 from the home leg, Serie A outfit Sampdoria were stunned after 17 minutes by FBK Kaunas - who dumped Rangers out of the UEFA Champions League - as Irmamtis opened the scoring.

However, Bruno Fornaroli equalised three minutes after the interval, before Emiliano secured a 7-1 aggregate win with a second goal on the hour mark.

With the aggregate score poised a 0-1, Racing Santander sneaked past FC Honka with a two-goal advantage courtesy of Edu Bedia's fourth minute away strike.

Metalist Kharkiv cruised into past their first round opponents Besiktas as they defeated the Turkish side 4-2.

Besiktas won the first leg 1-0, but a Jackson Coelho brace (20 and 74) and goals from Marko Devic (30) and Seweryn Gancarczyk (79) saw Metalist comfortably through, despite a late consolation from Mert Nobre.

Steve McClaren and FC Twente are also going well in Europe following a an away goals victory over Rennes.

A 2-1 first leg defeat in France was overturned by McClaren's as his side responded through Blaise Nkufo (68) at Arke Stadion.

Slavia Prague eliminated FC Vasuli on away goals at the Municipal stadium as the Czech side earned a 1-1 draw after Erich Brabec (48) cancelled out Lucian Burdujan's 21st minute opener.

FC Copenhagen sneaked past FC Moscow 3-2 on aggregate as they drew their second leg.

Hector Bracamonte opened the scoring in the 37th minute, but a Alexander Shyeshukov own goal levelled the scoring on the night.

With a 1-0 lead from the home leg, Dutch side NEC progressed following a goalless away draw with Dynamo Bucurest.

Club Brugge comfortably eliminated Young Boys 4-2 on aggregate to secure their place in the group stages.

With a two-goal advantage from the first meeting, Joesph Akpala extended the lead after 17 minutes before Wesley Sonck added a second just before the half-hour mark.

Braga strolled past Artmedia Bratis as a brace from Luis Aguiar secured a 6-0 aggregate victory for the Portuguese outfit.