Polish team Krakow dumps Parma out of UEFA Cup

Krystyna Rudzki, Associated Press, London

Two-time UEFA Cup winner Parma was dumped from the competition Thursday, losing 4-1 to lightly regarded Polish club Wisla Krakow. The Poles made a sensational comeback to beat the highly fancied Italians in extra time to advance to the third round with a 5-3 aggregate win.

Krakow had lost the first leg 2-1 in Italy on Oct. 31 and was trailing 1-0 at home after Adriano scored for Parma in the fifth minute.

But in a remarkable comeback, Kamil Kosowski scored in the 71st minute and Maciej Zurawski added Krakow's second nine minutes later to level the aggregate score.

The match then went into extra time - with Zurawski scoring again after four minutes. Daniel Dubicki added Wisla's fourth goal in the 104th minute to upset the form book.

When Parma, which won the UEFA Cup in 1995 and '99, was drawn against Wisla on Oct. 8, British bookmaker Coral rated the Italians fourth favorite at 16-1 to win the UEFA Cup.

Meanwhile, in Athens, Panathinaikos took advantage of a stadium almost devoid of Turkish fans to beat Fenerbahce 4-1 and advance to the third round.

After the 1-1 first leg draw in Istanbul was marred by fan violence fueled by historical and regional rivalries, the return leg was strictly patrolled.

Hundreds of police patrolled the stadium and only 150 Turks were allowed to watch as Panathinaikos advanced on a 5-2 aggregate.

In another match with a historical rivalry, Celtic won the return leg of the "Battle of Britain," with Chris Sutton and Henrik Larsson scoring to give the Scottish champion a 2-0 win over England's Blackburn Rovers for a 3-0 aggregate win.

Also advancing Thursday were Lazio, Leeds, Schalke, Celta Vigo, Anderlecht, Boavista, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Betis, Fulham, Slavia Prague, PAOK Thessaloniki, Vitesse Arnhem and FC Porto.

But 2001 finalist Alaves of Spain was eliminated by Besiktas, an Ilhan Mansiz goal giving the Turkish side a 1-0 win and a 2-1 aggregate score.

In another win for Turkey, Denizlispor ousted Sparta Prague, which reached the second round of the Champions League last season. Denizlispor advanced 2-1 on aggregate after a 2-0 win.

Violence flared in Bulgaria where a newspaper photographer was injured by a homemade bomb thrown from the stands during Levski Sofia's match against Sturm Graz of Austria.

The match ended 1-0 to Levski, but went to penalties after a drawn aggregate score. Sturm advanced after winning the shootout 8-7.

Leeds striker Alan Smith scored four goals as the Premier League club beat Israel's Hapoel Tel-Aviv 4-1 in the neutral venue of Florence, Italy. The 22-year-old England striker scored in the 29th, 54th, 62nd and 82nd minutes against Hapoel, a surprise UEFA Cup quarterfinalist last season.

Leeds advanced on a 5-1 aggregate.

Fulham beat Dinamo Zagreb 2-1 with goals from Steed Malbranque and Luis Boa Morte to win 5-1 on aggregate.

But division one club Ipswich was eliminated by Czech club Slovan Liberec 4-2 on penalties. Liberec won 1-0 Thursday from a Baffour Gyan goal to level the aggregate score.

In Germany, Schalke drew 0-0 with Legia Warsaw in Gelsenkirchen but progressed 3-2 on aggregate.

Lazio drew 1-1 with Red Star of Belgrade in Yugoslavia, but advanced on a 2-1 aggregate. Red Star took the lead with a spectacular header by Branko Boskovic in the 70th, but Enrico Chiesa equalized seven minutes later with a spinning free kick.

Spain's Celta Vigo knocked out Norway's Viking 4-1 aggregate after a 1-1 draw Thursday, while Porto got goals from Helder Postiga in the 28th minute and Derlei in the 87th to beat Austria Vienna 2-0. The Portuguese side advances to the third round on 3- 0 aggregate.