Date:08/03/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/03/08/stories/2008030859862600.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Bayern closer to quarterfinals

LONDON: Bayern Munich all but assured its place in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup on Thursday with a 5-0 win at Anderlecht, and Marseille and PSV Eindhoven also won.

The results (Last 16, first leg): Anderlecht 0 lost to Bayern Munich 5 (Altintop 9, Toni 45+1, Podolski 57, Klose 67, Ribery 86); Marseille 3 (Cisse 37, 55, Niang 48) bt St. Petersburg; Fiorentina 2 (Kuzmanovic 70, Montolivo 81) bt Everton 0; Glasgow Rangers 2 (Cousin 45, Davis 48) bt Werder Bremen 0; Bolton 1 (McCann 25) drew with Sporting Lisbon 1 (Vukcevic 69); Bayer Leverkusen 1 (Gekas 77) bt SV Hamburg 0; Tottenham 0 lost to PSV Eindhoven 1 (Farfan 34); Benfica 1 (Mantorras 76) lost to Getafe 2 (De la Red 25, Hernandez 67). — Agencies