The Hindu : Sport / Football : Toni stars for Bayern

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Saturday, Apr 12, 2008
ePaper | Mobile/PDA Version

Sport

Sport - Football

Toni stars for Bayern

LONDON: Bayern Munich striker Luca Toni scored two goals in the last five minutes of extra-time on Thursday to earn the Bundesliga leader a 3-3 draw at Getafe and a place in the semifinals of the UEFA Cup.

Bayern will host Zenit St. Petersburg in the first leg of the semifinals on April 24. The Russian team advanced in spite of its 0-1 loss because of a 4-1 win at Leverkusen last week.

Fiorentina won at PSV Eindhoven 2-0 to go through, while Glasgow Rangers upset host Sporting Lisbon to win 2-0.

The results (quarterfinals): Zenit St. Petersburg 0 lost to Bayer Leverkusen 1 (Bulykin 18); Zenit won 4-2 on aggregate; PSV Eindhoven 0 lost to Fiorentina 2 (Mutu 38, 53); Fiorentina won 3-1 on aggregate; Sporting Lisbon 0 lost to Glasgow Rangers 2 (Darcheville 60, Whittaker 90+2); Rangers won 2-0 on aggregate; Getafe 3 (Contra 44, Casquero 91, Braulio 93) drew with Bayern Munich 3 (Ribery 89, Toni 115, 120). 4-4 on aggregate; Bayern won on away goals. — AP

Printer friendly page
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Sport