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Marseille Crash Out of Europe The rest of the favorites cruised on	By Ovidiu Panzariu, Sports Editor 29th of September 2006, 06:56 GMT Adjust text size:


The UEFA Cup finally chose its winners for the group stages. After two exhausting rounds - one qualifier and the 1st round - most of the favorites lived up to their expectations and cruised through into the groups. However, few of them were not that lucky. West Ham, despite Palermo's great run in the UEFA Cup last year, was considered favorite of their clash against the Italians. With newly signed Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez, Alan Pardew's side had to recover a 1-0 disadvantage from the first leg. The confrontation was preceded by a few awkward statements from the Palermo president, who said he would like his team to lose the UEFA 1st round, in order to better concentrate on Serie A. Still, his players got their way and beat the Premiership side 3-0, to book their place for another (at least) 4 matches in Europe. Still, the European stunner took place in Czech Republic, where Mlada Boleslav crushed Marseille out of Europe. The French side was 1-0 up from the first leg, and seemed to have their way when scoring the opener 13 minutes into the game. After Mlada's equalizer, Marseille started to put pressure on their opponents and took the lead one more time, in the 55th minute. Still, despite leading 3-1 on aggregate with 35 minutes to go, Marseille couldn't hold on. The French side crashed out in the last half-hour and conceded 3 goals, including one in the last minute. Sedlacek scored his side's winner in injury time and gave Mlada its best European party in years. Here are a few other important results in yesterday night's UEFA clashes: Red Star Belgrade - Liberec 1-2 Sevilla - Atromitos 4-0 Lens - Ethinkos 3-1 Nancy - Schalke 04 3-1 Brondby - Frankfurt 2-2 Parma - Rubin 1-0 Dinamo Bucharest - Xanthi 4-1 Kayserispor - AZ Alkmaar 1-1 Auxerre - Dinamo Zagreb 3-1 Feyenoord - Lokomotiv Sofia 0-0 Leverkusen - Sion 3-1 Newcastle - Tallin 2-1 Ajax - Start 4-0 Blackburn - Salzburg 2-0 Chievo - Braga 2-1 Celta Vigo - Standard Liege 3-0 Nacional - Rapid Bucharest 1-2 PSG - Derry City 2-0 Tottenham - Slavia Prague 1-0

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