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December 18, 2010, Saturday
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HOLDER Atletico Madrid was frozen out of the Europa League at the group stage on Thursday after being held 1-1 at Bayer Leverkusen during a snowstorm in its final game.
Aris Salonika went through at Atletico's expense by beating Rosenborg 2-0 to finish second in Group B with 10 points from six games, two ahead of the Spaniards. Leverkusen had already qualified.
Atletico followed in the footsteps of Juventus which had already been eliminated and which drew 1-1 at home with Manchester City in its final Group A outing, a sixth draw in as many games.
"Our team is good enough to have gone further, but we haven't," said Atletico coach Quique Sanchez Flores.
"Now, we have to face the consequences and forget this as quickly as possible."
Lille and Anderlecht took the only two places which were still up for grabs in the round of 32 on the final night of group stage action.
Lille beat Ghent 3-0 to leapfrog the Belgian side and finish second in Group C behind Sporting Lisbon.
Anderlecht took second spot in Group G with a 2-0 win over Hajduk Split. Anderlecht pipped AEK Athens on their head-to-head record after the Greeks, needing only a draw at home to qualified Zenit St Petersburg, instead lost 0-3.
Atletico, level on seven points with Aris but with a worse head-to-head record, dominated early against Leverkusen with Uruguay striker Diego Forlan, whose two goals gave Atletico a 2-1 win over Fulham in May's final, going close with a half-volley just before the break.
Patrick Helmes gave Leverkusen the lead in the 69th. Atletico replied three minutes later through Fran Merida
City finished ahead of surprise package Lech Poznan on their head-to-head record after the Poles won 1-0 at Austrian champion Salzburg.
Aris Salonika went through at Atletico's expense by beating Rosenborg 2-0 to finish second in Group B with 10 points from six games, two ahead of the Spaniards. Leverkusen had already qualified.
Atletico followed in the footsteps of Juventus which had already been eliminated and which drew 1-1 at home with Manchester City in its final Group A outing, a sixth draw in as many games.
"Our team is good enough to have gone further, but we haven't," said Atletico coach Quique Sanchez Flores.
"Now, we have to face the consequences and forget this as quickly as possible."
Lille and Anderlecht took the only two places which were still up for grabs in the round of 32 on the final night of group stage action.
Lille beat Ghent 3-0 to leapfrog the Belgian side and finish second in Group C behind Sporting Lisbon.
Anderlecht took second spot in Group G with a 2-0 win over Hajduk Split. Anderlecht pipped AEK Athens on their head-to-head record after the Greeks, needing only a draw at home to qualified Zenit St Petersburg, instead lost 0-3.
Atletico, level on seven points with Aris but with a worse head-to-head record, dominated early against Leverkusen with Uruguay striker Diego Forlan, whose two goals gave Atletico a 2-1 win over Fulham in May's final, going close with a half-volley just before the break.
Patrick Helmes gave Leverkusen the lead in the 69th. Atletico replied three minutes later through Fran Merida
City finished ahead of surprise package Lech Poznan on their head-to-head record after the Poles won 1-0 at Austrian champion Salzburg.
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