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Portugal's S.C. Braga beat Turkey's Sivasspor 2-0 in the Intertoto Cup first leg on Sunday, and
it's safe to say that Sivasspor keeper Volkan Ünlü had a bad night. With Sivasspor
already 1-0 down, Ünlü was beaten from about 70 meters out by a strike from defender
Moisés. I say strike, but it was more like [.
UEFA held the draw for the UEFA Cup group stage today and some fascinating pairings emerged. Both
Martin Jol and Steve McClaren will take their new clubs back to England as FC Twente will face
Manchester City and Jol's Hamburg will take on Aston Villa. This year's groups are looking really
tough and the field contains [.
With Euro 2008 taking up everybody's attention the 2008/09 Intertoto Cup kicked off this weekend.
The Intertoto Cup is a Summer competition that allows clubs from all over Europe to qualify for the
UEFA Cup, joining the competition at the 2nd Qualifying round.
Due to a complete reformat of European Competition next season this is the last season of the
Intertoto Cup in its present format.
The final set of Intertoto Cup fixtures took place over the weekend and the eleven winning clubs
now advance to the UEFA Cup second qualifying round. Advancing are Aston Villa, Napoli, Stade
Rennais FC, RC Deportivo La Coruna, SC Braga, SC Vaslui, SK Sturm Graz, Grasshopper-Club, VfB
Stuttgart, IF Elfsborg and Rosenborg BK.
The UEFA Cup first-round draw was held on Friday and there are a number of interesting new faces in
the competition. One of those teams is Dutch side FC Twente, who as we've detailed in previous
posts, is now coached by former England boss Steve McClaren. Twente, who were entered into the UEFA
Cup after [.
