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December 17, 2010, Friday
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SEVILLA sneaked into the last 32 of the Europa League on Wednesday with a 2-2 draw at home to Borussia Dortmund as the German side failed to translate its devastating domestic form into European success.
The Spanish side joined PAOK Salonika and Napoli, which left it late to score the goal it needed, in securing three of the remaining berths in the knockout round ahead of the final day of group matches.
Dortmund, which has a massive 11-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga and needed a win in Spain to progress, had looked on course for the next round when it took a fourth-minute lead through Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa.
Two goals in four minutes just after the half hour mark put the hosts ahead thanks to Ndri Romaric and Frederic Kanoute. Dortmund levelled through Neven Subotic's header on 49 minutes. Sevilla was runner-up to Paris St Germain in Group J.
Napoli waited until the third minute of stoppage time for the goal it needed to beat Steaua Bucharest 1-0 and qualify at the expense of the Romanians in Group K, won by Liverpool.
Edinson Cavani nodded in at the near post to make sure there would be one Italian representative in the next round.
In another game where both teams were chasing a qualifying berth, PAOK Salonika won 1-0 at Dinamo Zagreb to take the second Group D spot behind Villarreal thanks to Dimitris Salpingidis' strike on the hour.
Dynamo Kiev and BATE Borisov had already qualified but top spot in their Group E was still up for grabs. A 0-0 draw at home to Sheriff Tiraspol handed that honor to the Ukrainians after BATE was thrashed 0-3 at eliminated Dutch side AZ Alkmaar.
Group F winner CSKA Moscow's perfect record came to an end after it drew 1-1 away to Sparta Prague, which had also already qualified.
The top two places in Group L had also already been decided for Porto and Besiktas respectively.
The Spanish side joined PAOK Salonika and Napoli, which left it late to score the goal it needed, in securing three of the remaining berths in the knockout round ahead of the final day of group matches.
Dortmund, which has a massive 11-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga and needed a win in Spain to progress, had looked on course for the next round when it took a fourth-minute lead through Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa.
Two goals in four minutes just after the half hour mark put the hosts ahead thanks to Ndri Romaric and Frederic Kanoute. Dortmund levelled through Neven Subotic's header on 49 minutes. Sevilla was runner-up to Paris St Germain in Group J.
Napoli waited until the third minute of stoppage time for the goal it needed to beat Steaua Bucharest 1-0 and qualify at the expense of the Romanians in Group K, won by Liverpool.
Edinson Cavani nodded in at the near post to make sure there would be one Italian representative in the next round.
In another game where both teams were chasing a qualifying berth, PAOK Salonika won 1-0 at Dinamo Zagreb to take the second Group D spot behind Villarreal thanks to Dimitris Salpingidis' strike on the hour.
Dynamo Kiev and BATE Borisov had already qualified but top spot in their Group E was still up for grabs. A 0-0 draw at home to Sheriff Tiraspol handed that honor to the Ukrainians after BATE was thrashed 0-3 at eliminated Dutch side AZ Alkmaar.
Group F winner CSKA Moscow's perfect record came to an end after it drew 1-1 away to Sparta Prague, which had also already qualified.
The top two places in Group L had also already been decided for Porto and Besiktas respectively.
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