Stuttgart seals late Europa passage
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August 7, 2010, Saturday
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VFB Stuttgart had to come from two goals down against Norwegian outsiders Molde on Thursday to scrape into the final qualifying round of the Europa League.
Liverpool and Juventus had no such problems as they strolled to home wins over Rabotnicki and Shamrock Rovers, respectively, in their third qualifying round, second leg ties.
Liverpool must beat Turkish side Trabzonspor to reach the group stage of the Europa League, while Juventus needs to get past Sturm Graz.
Trailing 2-3 from its home leg, Molde scored either side of halftime to stun Christian Gross' team, which last season reached the last 16 of the Champions League. Emil Johansson fired Molde ahead four minutes before the break and Knut Rindaroy added a second shortly after the restart.
But Russian striker Pavel Pogrebnyak headed one back from a free-kick and Timo Gebhart headed a stoppage time equalizer to give the Bundesliga side a 2-2 draw and 5-4 aggregate win.
David Ngog, who scored both goals in Liverpool's 2-0 first leg win last week against its Macedonian opponents, wrapped matters up when he headed Liverpool ahead after 22 minutes after a perfect pass from Joe Cole, making his competitive debut.
The five-time European champion doubled its lead after 40 minutes when Steven Gerrard scored from the spot after Fernando Lopes hauled down Ngog to complete a 2-0 win and go through 4-0 on aggregate.
Alessandro del Piero's 74th minute goal gave Juventus a 1-0 win at home to Shamrock Rovers as it won 3-0 on aggregate.
Australian Harry Kewell scored twice, including one penalty, to help Galatasaray demolish OFK Belgrade 5-1 away and win 7-3 on aggregate, after it had been held at home in the first leg.
Olympiakos was knocked out, losing 0-1 at Maccabi Tel Aviv where Roberto Colautti scored a 42nd minute goal to send his side through on away goals after a 2-2 aggregate draw.
Fellow Israeli Maccabi Haifa, which took part in the Champions League group stage last season, was on the wrong end of an upset against Dynamo Minsk.
The Belarus team came from behind to win 3-1 and go through 3-2 on aggregate. Azerbaijan's Qarabag, knocked out at the playoff stage last year by Twente Enschede, also went into the next stage as a 3-2 win over 12-time Polish champion Wisla Krakow gave it a 4-2 aggregate win.
Sibir Novosibirsk, the most easterly club to have taken part in European competition, went through despite a 1-2 defeat at Apollon.
Jose Semedo and Antonio Nunez scored for the Cypriots but Igor Shevchenko's 63rd minute goal was enough to take the Russians through on away goals after a 2-2 aggregate draw.
Former European champion Red Star Belgrade was also knocked out after a 1-1 draw at Slovan Bratislava, the Slovak side winning 3-2 on aggregate.
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