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December 16, 2011, Friday
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PARIS St. Germain went out of the Europa League despite a 4-2 win over Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday, losing its place to fellow big spender Salzburg which fought back to win 3-2 at Slovan Bratislava.
Dynamo Kiev was also knocked out after a squandering a two-goal lead and finishing with nine men in a 3-3 draw at home to Maccabi Tel Aviv as the evening's 12 ties produced 51 goals.
A last-minute goal cost 2010 runner-up Fulham its place in a 2-2 draw at home to Odense in more drama.
Lazio, Besiktas, former European champion Steaua Bucharest and Wisla Krakow reached the last 32, which will include Manchester United after its Champions League elimination last week.
Salzburg and PSG finished level with 10 points from six games in Group F, the Austrian side progressing thanks to its better head-to-head record. Bilbao, led by eccentric former Argentina and Chile coach Marcelo Bielsa, had already qualified.
PSG, backed by Qatari investors, spent over 80 million euros (US$107.76 million) on new players before the start of the season and its elimination is a setback for coach Antoine Kombouare after he appeared to have got back on track in Ligue 1.
Jon Aurtenetxe gave Athletic a third minute lead but Javier Pastore, the most expensive of PSG's signings, equalized and Mathieu Bodmer put it 2-1 ahead by halftime.
"It's a great disappointment because to be honest, there was a good chance to qualify in from this group," said Kombouare. "I think we lacked realism during the group stage, especially against Salzburg and Bratislava."
Although David Lopez made it 2-2, an Inigo Perez own goal and a Guillaume Hoarau penalty in the last five minutes gave PSG the win which turned out to be in vain after Jakob Jantscher scored twice in Salzburg's win.
Salzburg, which has invested heavily since its takeover and subsequent re-branding by energy drinks manufacturer Red Bull in 2005, was 2-0 behind after six minutes after Milos Lacny scored twice for the Slovakian champion.
However, the Austrians, who have never reached the Champions League since the takeover, were level by the 25th minute thanks to a Jantscher penalty and a strike from Leonardo.
Jantscher then sidefooted the crucial goal in the 68th minute.
Kiev, two winners of the old Cup Winners' Cup, had needed a large win combined with a Besiktas defeat to qualify from Group E and the evening began promisingly as Seran Yeini's own goal and an Oleh Gusev effort put it two ahead after 17 minutes.
Dynamo Kiev was also knocked out after a squandering a two-goal lead and finishing with nine men in a 3-3 draw at home to Maccabi Tel Aviv as the evening's 12 ties produced 51 goals.
A last-minute goal cost 2010 runner-up Fulham its place in a 2-2 draw at home to Odense in more drama.
Lazio, Besiktas, former European champion Steaua Bucharest and Wisla Krakow reached the last 32, which will include Manchester United after its Champions League elimination last week.
Salzburg and PSG finished level with 10 points from six games in Group F, the Austrian side progressing thanks to its better head-to-head record. Bilbao, led by eccentric former Argentina and Chile coach Marcelo Bielsa, had already qualified.
PSG, backed by Qatari investors, spent over 80 million euros (US$107.76 million) on new players before the start of the season and its elimination is a setback for coach Antoine Kombouare after he appeared to have got back on track in Ligue 1.
Jon Aurtenetxe gave Athletic a third minute lead but Javier Pastore, the most expensive of PSG's signings, equalized and Mathieu Bodmer put it 2-1 ahead by halftime.
"It's a great disappointment because to be honest, there was a good chance to qualify in from this group," said Kombouare. "I think we lacked realism during the group stage, especially against Salzburg and Bratislava."
Although David Lopez made it 2-2, an Inigo Perez own goal and a Guillaume Hoarau penalty in the last five minutes gave PSG the win which turned out to be in vain after Jakob Jantscher scored twice in Salzburg's win.
Salzburg, which has invested heavily since its takeover and subsequent re-branding by energy drinks manufacturer Red Bull in 2005, was 2-0 behind after six minutes after Milos Lacny scored twice for the Slovakian champion.
However, the Austrians, who have never reached the Champions League since the takeover, were level by the 25th minute thanks to a Jantscher penalty and a strike from Leonardo.
Jantscher then sidefooted the crucial goal in the 68th minute.
Kiev, two winners of the old Cup Winners' Cup, had needed a large win combined with a Besiktas defeat to qualify from Group E and the evening began promisingly as Seran Yeini's own goal and an Oleh Gusev effort put it two ahead after 17 minutes.
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