Intertoto Cup round-up on Saturday
Newcastle were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw with Norwegian side Lillestrom in the first leg of their Intertoto Cup third round meeting at St James’ Park.
The Magpies looked sluggish early on and slipped behind on 21 minutes, but Albert Luque came to their rescue to level the scores with a fine goal on 50 minutes. Newcastle carried the greater threat in the second period, with Emre and Luque going close, but they failed to find the winner.
A first half penalty from Chris Sorensen handed Danish side Odense a 1-0 win over Scottish side Hibernian.
Spanish side Villarreal‘s European aspirations suffered a jolt as they were beaten 2-1 at home by NK Maribor. The Slovenian side were not overawed by making the trip to El Madrigal and took the lead through Milan Rakic.
It got worse for Villarreal shortly before the hour as Josica was given his marching orders. They did, though, haul themselves level 18 minutes from time through Diego Forlan, but Dragan Jelic popped to hand Maribor a famous win and first leg advantage with a goal three minutes from time.
A second half goal from Mickael Blomberg handed Kalmar a 1-0 win over Dutch outfit Twente who finished the game with ten men following the dismissal of Ramon Zomer.
Auxerre look set to progress after a 4-1 win over Farul Constanta. Lionel Mathis set the ball rolling with the opener on eight minutes and the lead was doubled shortly after by Luigi Pieroni. Mihai Gurita gave the visitors hope when reducing the arrears, but second half goals from Thomas Kahenberg and Alain Traore put Auxerre firmly in the driving seat.
Marseille‘s passage to the next round looks far less secure, as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Ukrainian outfit Dnipro.
Grasshoppers recovered from conceding an early goal to Gent to run out 2-1 winners. Michal Zewlakow gave Gent a third-minute lead, but Sreto Ristic and Vero Salatic netted in the second half to hand the Swiss side an advantage.
Lars Schlichting and Levan Kebadze scored second half goals as Ethnikos Achnas claimed a 2-0 win at Maccabi Petah Tikva, while Ried ran out 3-1 winners over Tiraspol and the game between Larisa & Kayserispor ended goalless.
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