Wolfsburg and Tottenham go through to the UEFA Cup group phase
Submitted by William Kaelin on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 22:46.
German Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and English Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday advanced to the group phase of the UEFA Cup.
Wolfsburg were held to a 1-1 draw at Rapid Bucharest to advance 2- 1 on aggregate, while Tottenham also drew 1-1 at Wisla Krakow and advanced 3-2 on aggregate.
Wolfsburg had the ideal start in Romania taking the lead in the 15th minute through Grafite, giving the home side a tough task of having to score three goals to go through.
Although Vasile Maftei euqalized in the 70th minute, it was too late to allow the home side back into the game.
In Poland Tottenham went ahead through an own goal scored by Arkadiusz Glowacki on the hour. The home side then threw caution to the wind and were rewarded for their efforts seven minutes from time when Pawel Brozek levelled matters.
They then pushed forward even more in search of a second goal that would take them into extra time, but Spurs keeper Heurelho Gomes pulled off a number of classy saves to deny the home side.
On Tuesday another German club Hertha Berlin and Russian team CSKA Moscow became the first two clubs to advance to the next round.
Although Hertha were held to a goalless draw by Saint Patrick's Athletic in Dublin in their first round return-leg, they went through 2-0 on aggregate, while CSKA added a 1-0 victory against Croatian club NK Slaven to the 2-1 victory they secured in the first leg.
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