Lots of games happening in the Europa League tonight, but it was a sliding extra time goal from US midfielder and Rangers clutch-man Maurice Edu that has sent the boys from Glasgow through to the next round on away goals.
US defender Oguchialu Onyewu was in action with Twente as well. Big guy has been getting starts and playing pretty well. Highlights of the match after the bump, along with highlights of the Villarreal – Napoli game, the pick of the litter last night.
Yesterday was UEFA Champions LeagueMatchday 2.1, with 8 matches all across the continent. There were games in the west–highly touted Real Madrid going into Auxerre (Burgundy, Franc) and escaping with a 1-0 win–and games in the east–Shaktar Donetsk (eastern Ukraine) hosting and destroying Braga of Portugl (score: 3-0).
Matchday 2.2 is today, with 8 more matches featuring the other 16 teams. All of them kick off at 2:45pm ET, except for one: FC Barcelona goes even further east, to play FK Rubin Kazan on their home field (Kazan being the 6th largest city in Russia, and the capital of Tatarstan (see below the fixture list):
Wednesday, September 29
Group A
Internazionale v Werder Bremen @ Giuseppe Meazza (Milan, ITA)
Tottenham Hotspur v Twente Enschede @ White Hart Lane (London, ENG)
Group B
Hapoel Tel Aviv v Lyon @ Ramat Gan Stadium (Tel Aviv, ISR)
Schalke 04 v BenficaB @ Veltins-Arena (Gelsenkirchen, GER)
Group C
Rangers v Bursaspor @ Ibrox Stadium (Glasgow, SCO)
Valencia v Manchester United @ Mestalla (Valencia, ESP) – FSC & FSE @ 2:45pmET
Group D
FK Rubin Kazan v Barcelona @ Central Stadium Kazan (Kazan, RUS) – FSC & FSE @ 12:30pmET
Panathinaikos v FC Copenhagen @ Athens Olympic Stadium (Athens, GRE)