City draws Juve in Europa group
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August 28, 2010, Saturday
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BIG-SPENDING Manchester City will meet former European champion Juventus in the group stage of the Europa League following yesterday's draw for the competition.
Group A also includes Salzburg of Austria and Lech Poznan of Poland and should see the ambitious English club and the Italian aristocrats, twice champion of Europe, advance to the round of 32.
Defending champion Atletico Madrid will face Bayer Leverkusen, Rosenborg Trondheim and Aris Salonika in Group B.
Five-time European champion Liverpool will face former European champion Steaua Bucharest, past UEFA Cup winners Napoli and Utrecht in Group K.
On Thursday, Liverpool scored two late goals to win 2-1 at Trabzonspor to advance, while Swiss second division side Lausanne came through with a shock win over Lokomotiv Moscow.
Rapid Vienna, which knocked out English Premier League Aston Villa at the playoff stage last year, repeated the trick, coming from behind with two late goals to win 3-2 away and qualify 4-3 on aggregate in a rare boost for Austrian football.
Alessandro del Piero's 53rd minute goal was enough for Juventus, which beat Austria's Sturm Graz 1-0 for a 3-1 aggregate win, while ambitious Manchester City beat Timisoara 2-0 to complete a 3-0 aggregate success.
Celtic, dumped out of the Champions League qualifiers by Braga earlier this month, squandered a two-goal first leg lead at Utrecht, losing 0-4 on another night of European misery.
Liverpool looked like suffering a similar fate as the five-time European champion, taking a 1-0 lead to Turkey's Black Sea Coast, saw it wiped out after only four minutes by Colombian forward Teofilo Guiterrez, who sidefooted Gustavo Colman's shot into the net from 12 meters.
The host led until the 83rd minute when defender Giray Kacar turned Glen Johnson's pass into his own goal under pressure from David Ngog.
Five minutes later, Dutch striker Dirk Kuyt, whose mistake led to the first goal, turned in a rebound after Onur Kivrak spilled a Dani Pacheco shot to complete a 3-1 win for Roy Hodgson's team.
Group A also includes Salzburg of Austria and Lech Poznan of Poland and should see the ambitious English club and the Italian aristocrats, twice champion of Europe, advance to the round of 32.
Defending champion Atletico Madrid will face Bayer Leverkusen, Rosenborg Trondheim and Aris Salonika in Group B.
Five-time European champion Liverpool will face former European champion Steaua Bucharest, past UEFA Cup winners Napoli and Utrecht in Group K.
On Thursday, Liverpool scored two late goals to win 2-1 at Trabzonspor to advance, while Swiss second division side Lausanne came through with a shock win over Lokomotiv Moscow.
Rapid Vienna, which knocked out English Premier League Aston Villa at the playoff stage last year, repeated the trick, coming from behind with two late goals to win 3-2 away and qualify 4-3 on aggregate in a rare boost for Austrian football.
Alessandro del Piero's 53rd minute goal was enough for Juventus, which beat Austria's Sturm Graz 1-0 for a 3-1 aggregate win, while ambitious Manchester City beat Timisoara 2-0 to complete a 3-0 aggregate success.
Celtic, dumped out of the Champions League qualifiers by Braga earlier this month, squandered a two-goal first leg lead at Utrecht, losing 0-4 on another night of European misery.
Liverpool looked like suffering a similar fate as the five-time European champion, taking a 1-0 lead to Turkey's Black Sea Coast, saw it wiped out after only four minutes by Colombian forward Teofilo Guiterrez, who sidefooted Gustavo Colman's shot into the net from 12 meters.
The host led until the 83rd minute when defender Giray Kacar turned Glen Johnson's pass into his own goal under pressure from David Ngog.
Five minutes later, Dutch striker Dirk Kuyt, whose mistake led to the first goal, turned in a rebound after Onur Kivrak spilled a Dani Pacheco shot to complete a 3-1 win for Roy Hodgson's team.
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