Ajax, Everton in Europa League knockout stage
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December 4, 2009, Friday
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STRIKER Luis Suarez scored one goal and missed two second-half penalties as Ajax Amsterdam beat nine-man FC Timisoara 2-1 in Romania on Wednesday to reach the knockout stage of the Europa League.
Elsewhere, Lazio's miserable season continued when it was dumped out after a 1-2 defeat at Salzburg while former European Cup winner Steaua Bucharest was also eliminated.
Salzburg, which has a 100 percent record from five group games, went through along with Benfica, Everton, Fenerbahce, Villarreal, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hamburg SV, all with a match to spare.
They joined Werder Bremen, Galatasaray and holders Shakhtar Donetsk who had already qualified.
English Premier League side Everton won 1-0 at AEK Athens with an early goal from Diniyar Bilyaletdinov.
Group A leader Ajax fell behind to a second-minute goal from Dorin Goga but levelled four minutes later through Uruguay striker Suarez, the Dutch league's top scorer with 17 goals.
Demy de Zeeuw's first-time ball freed Marko Pantelic to race through for the winner at the start of the second half.
Timisoara then had Eder Bonfim dismissed for hauling down Mitchell Donald in the box in the 50th minute, only for Suarez to see his penalty saved by Costel Pantilimon.
Pantilimon was sent off after giving away another penalty 12 minutes later for fouling Suarez as he raced clear on goal. The Uruguayan then produced an almost replica effort which was saved by replacement keeper Pedro Taborda.
Timisoara, bottom with two points, was eliminated.
In Group G, Cameroon's Somen Tchoyi scored a superb winner for Austrians Salzburg against Lazio, cutting in from the right and beating his marker twice before chipping nonchalantly into the net.
Lazio dropped three points behind second-placed Villarreal, 2-0 winners at Levski Sofia with goals from Giuseppi Rossi and Marcos Senna, and cannot catch the Spaniards who have a better head-to-head record.
Steaua was left bottom of Group H with three points after a 1-1 draw at Moldovan champion Sheriff Tiraspol, a late equalizer from Colombian Juan Toja cancelling out Senegal forward Amath Diedhiou's goal for Sheriff.
Elsewhere, Lazio's miserable season continued when it was dumped out after a 1-2 defeat at Salzburg while former European Cup winner Steaua Bucharest was also eliminated.
Salzburg, which has a 100 percent record from five group games, went through along with Benfica, Everton, Fenerbahce, Villarreal, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hamburg SV, all with a match to spare.
They joined Werder Bremen, Galatasaray and holders Shakhtar Donetsk who had already qualified.
English Premier League side Everton won 1-0 at AEK Athens with an early goal from Diniyar Bilyaletdinov.
Group A leader Ajax fell behind to a second-minute goal from Dorin Goga but levelled four minutes later through Uruguay striker Suarez, the Dutch league's top scorer with 17 goals.
Demy de Zeeuw's first-time ball freed Marko Pantelic to race through for the winner at the start of the second half.
Timisoara then had Eder Bonfim dismissed for hauling down Mitchell Donald in the box in the 50th minute, only for Suarez to see his penalty saved by Costel Pantilimon.
Pantilimon was sent off after giving away another penalty 12 minutes later for fouling Suarez as he raced clear on goal. The Uruguayan then produced an almost replica effort which was saved by replacement keeper Pedro Taborda.
Timisoara, bottom with two points, was eliminated.
In Group G, Cameroon's Somen Tchoyi scored a superb winner for Austrians Salzburg against Lazio, cutting in from the right and beating his marker twice before chipping nonchalantly into the net.
Lazio dropped three points behind second-placed Villarreal, 2-0 winners at Levski Sofia with goals from Giuseppi Rossi and Marcos Senna, and cannot catch the Spaniards who have a better head-to-head record.
Steaua was left bottom of Group H with three points after a 1-1 draw at Moldovan champion Sheriff Tiraspol, a late equalizer from Colombian Juan Toja cancelling out Senegal forward Amath Diedhiou's goal for Sheriff.
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