WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 3 EVENING: CHAMPIONS CUP AND SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP RESULTS
The clock struck midnight for the two division 3 clubs as both Cowdenbeath and Gretna were shutout in Scottish League Cup action. Premier league squad Hibs beat Cowdenbeath 2-0 to reach the quarterfinals while Motherwell topped Gretna by the same score. Livingston beat Ross County 2-0, Dunfermline topped Patrick 2-0 and Aberdeen disposed of Airdrie United 3-1 to leave St Johnstone as the only non Premier League club still active in Cup play.
St Johnstone had it's match with Hearts postponed until next week because Hearts has a Euro Cup game tomorrow.
CHAMPIONS CUP
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In Group E Valencia rallied with a late goal to salvage
a 1-1 tie with Paris. The single point was good enough
to clinch advancement for the Spanish side. PAOK and
Anderlecht tied 0-0 in Greece.
GROUP E
TEAM GP W D L GF GA DIF PTS
Valencia 4 3 1 0 9 3 +6 10
Paris 4 2 1 1 5 6 -1 7
Anderlecht4 0 2 2 0 2 -2 2
PAOK 4 0 2 2 2 5 -3 2
In Group F Milan beat Deportivo 2-0 in Spain to
move closer to advancement. Olympiakos of Greece
topped Norwegian club Rosenborg 3-0 to stay alive.
GROUP F
TEAM GP W D L GF GA DIF PTS
Milan 4 3 1 0 6 0 +6 10
Deportivo 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 5
Olympiakos4 1 1 2 5 7 -2 4
Rosenborg 4 1 0 3 3 7 -4 3
Group G is decided as both Chelsea and Shakhtar
have clinched advancement. Chelsea tied Ajax of
the Netherlands 1-1 while the Ukranian side Shakhtar
won 1-0 over Leverkusen in Germany.
GROUP G
TEAM GP W D L GF GA DIF PTS
Chelsea 4 3 1 0 10 2 +8 10
Shakhtar 4 3 0 1 6 2 +4 9
Ajax 4 0 2 2 3 8 -5 2
Leverkusen 4 0 1 3 2 9 -7 1
Group H remains wide open although Dinamo Kiev
is in big trouble after losing 3-1 at home to
Werder Bremen of Germany. Italian side Roma
scored in the 90th minute to earn a 2-2 with
Manchester United in England.
GROUP H
TEAM GP W D L GF GA DIF PTS
WerderBrem 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 7
Roma 4 1 3 0 5 3 +2 6
Man Utd 4 1 2 1 3 4 -1 5
DinamoKiev 4 0 2 2 2 5 -3 2