Werder Bremen, PSV Eindhoven and Everton won first leg matches on Wednesday in the round of 32 stage of the UEFA Cup. PSV beat Helsingborg 2-0, Werder Bremen defeated Braga 3-0, and Everton won 2-0 at SK Brann.
Other UEFA first leg results had Galatasaray playing to a 0-0 draw in Istanbul, Marseille beat Spartak Moscow 3-0 and Anderlecht defeated visiting Bordeaux 2-1. PSV was playing their first match of the UEFA Cup after having been eliminated in the Soccer Betting European Champions League along with seven other teams. Timmy Simons got the opener to put PSV ahead early. PSV goalkeeper Gomes stopped Razak Omotoyossi twice. He also stopped Martin Kolar. Lazovic made it 2-0 as he hit a shot from about 12 yards out into the top right corner.
Werder Bremen got excellent goalkeeping from Tim Wiese who stopped two first half penalty shots. Werder took the lead on a 20-yard free kick by Naldo. Daniel Jensen made it 2-0 in the 27th minute. Wiese was brilliant and saved the day for Bremen. Hugo Almeida completed the scoring for Bremen with a goal in injury time.
Everton won its sixth straight UEFA Cup match with goals by Leon Osman and substitute Victor Anichebe. "We knew we had to be patient," Osman said. "European football is a lot different to Premier League football. We've learned that."
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Marseille looked good winning 3-0 over Spartak. They got goals by Bruno Cheyrou, Taye Taiwo and Mamadou Niang. Elsewhere it was Serbia midfielder Simon Vukcevic scoring twice to give Sporting Lisbon a 2-0 win over FC Basel. Ismael Blanco scored in injury time to give AEK Athens the 1-1 draw against Getafe. Zenit St. Petersburg beat Villarreal 1-0, and Panathinaikos drew 0-0 with Rangers in Glasgow.
Sporting Lisbon was playing FC Basel later on Wednesday. There are another six matches on Thursday including two of the favorites for the Cup. Tottenham is at Slavia Prague, and Bayern Munich is at Aberdeen.
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