UEFA Cup | Road To Manchester

Monday, May 12, 2008, 21:37

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I’m inviting you, to read the two finalists road’s to Manchester, in the UEFA Cup final.

I’ll start with the scottish side, Glasgow Rangers. They started there european campaign in the Champions League in the groups, finishing 3th, with Barcelona, Lyon and Stuttgart also in the Group E. After the six matches, they reached the 3rd place and qualified for the Round of 32 in the UEFA Cup.
Round of 32
Rangers - Panathinaikos 0-0
Panathinaikos - Rangers 1-1
Goumas ‘12 / Novo ‘81

Round of 16
Rangers - Bremen 2-0
Cousin ‘45, Davis ‘48
Bremen - Rangers 1-0
Diego ‘58

Quarter-finals
Rangers - Sporting 0-0
Sporting - Rangers 0-2
Darcheville ‘60, Whittaker 90+ 2

Semi-finals
Rangers - Fiorentina 0-0
Fiorentina - Rangers 0-0*
The scottish side wins, 2-4 on penlties.

Second qualifying round
And now let see the russians road to the final. They began their campaign in the Second qualifying round against Zlate Moravce, by the end of the two legs, Zenit won with 5-0 on aggregate.
First round
In the next round they bumped into belgium side, Standard Liege, beating them in the first leg with 3-0, and holding out for a draw, 1-1, in Liege.
Group A
Zenit were drawn in Group A, along sides Evertom. Nurnberg, AZ Alkmaar and Larissa.
Zenit - AZ 1-1
Larissa - Zenit 2-3
Zenit - Nurnberg 2-2
Everton - Zenit 1-0

Round of 32
Zenit - Villareal 1-0
Villareal - Zenit 2-1

Round of 16
Marseille - Zenit 3-1
Zenit - Marseille 2-0

Quarter-finals
Leverkusen - Zenit 1-4
Zenit - Leverkusen 0-1

Semi-finals
Bayern - Zenit 1-1
Zenit - Bayern 4-0

The final - 14.05.2008 at Old Trafford, Manchester.
Zenit Sankt Petersburg vs. Glasgow Rangers

Referee
Peter Fröjdfeldt (SWE)
Assistant referee
Stefan Wittberg (SWE) Henrik Andren (SWE)
Fourth official
Martin Ingvarsson (SWE)

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