Udinese vs Werder Bremen Highlights

Brazilian Diego scored twice in an entertaining 3-3 draw at Udinese to send Werder Bremen into the UEFA Cup semi-finals with a 6-4 aggregate victory on Thursday.

Werder meet fellow German side Hamburg SV in the last four but were fortunate at times against a determined Udinese, who were the last Italian side in European competition. But Udinese were to blame their sloppy defending which allowed Werder to score and come back into the game.

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Marseille vs Shakhtar Donetsk Highlights: UEFA Cup

Shakhtar Donetsk set up an all-Ukrainian UEFA Cup semi-final clash against Dynamo Kiev by securing a smash and grab 2-1 triumph over Marseille at the Stade Velodrome to round off a 4-1 aggregate victory.

Shakhtar built on their 2-0 home win in last week’s quarter-final first leg by going taking the lead on the half-hour mark through Fernandinho.

Needing to score four goals without reply, OM pulled one back when Hatem Ben Arfa slammed home two minutes before half-time but that was all they could manage.

After soaking up lots of pressure, Shakhtar broke forward three minutes into second-half injury time and Luiz Adriano finished with aplomb to seal victory on the night.

Dynamo, 15 points clear of Shakhtar at the summit of the Ukrainian top flight, are next stop for Mircea Lucescu’s men, while Marseille  the new leaders in France’s Ligue 1 - are left to concentrate on winning their first domestic title since 1992.

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Manchester City vs Hamburg SV Highlights: UEFA Cup

Manchester City rediscovered much needed winning mentality but it was Hamburg who secured a place in the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, progressing 4-3 on aggregate despite City’s 2-1 win on the night.

After being 3-1 down from the first leg the last thing manager Mark Hughes wanted was for his side to concede an early goal. But that’s exactly what happened and Hamburg extended their lead after just 11 minutes into the game.

City’s defense failed to deal with a routine cross from Jonathan Pitroipa and Paolo Guerrero took full advantage to score from close range.

However they battled back and goals from Elano with a penalty and Felipe Caicedo gave them hope.

But City were left cursing their luck as Elano twice had superb free-kicks denied by the woodwork.

To pile on City’s misery skipper Richard Dunne was sent off in the second half.

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Dynamo Kiev vs Paris Saint-Germain Highlights :UEFA Cup

Dynamo Kiev benefited from two goalkeeping erors by Mickael Landreau to ease past Paris St Germain 3-0 and qualify for the UEFA Cup semi-finals.

The tie was well-poised after last week’s goalless first leg at the Parc des Princes but PSG were no match for Dynamo tonight, although the French side were not helped by a couple of costly clangers by Landreau.

Ismael Bangoura put the hosts in th lead in the fourth minute and Landreau punched the ball into his own net soon after to leave PSG with a mountain to climb.

Worse was to come for the 11-times-capped France custodian, who spilled a free-kick to allow Ognjen Vukojevic to slot home Dynamo’s third and final goal just after the hour mark.

The Ukrainian league leaders progress to the last four where they will meet either Marseille or compatriots Shakhtar Donetsk.

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