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Bremen and AC Milan Draw 1-1
Diego's goal in the 84th minute helped Werder Bremen salvage a 1-1 draw against AC Milan at Weserstadion on Wednesday in the first leg of a UEFA Cup Round of 32 contest.
Filippo Inzaghi handed the Italian side the lead in the 36th minute, and although Bremen was the more dangerous side, it took until six minutes from time for Diego to get the German club on the scoreboard.
The two teams will play the return leg at the San Siro on Thursday, February 26.
The home side started well with Hugo Almeida getting two good chances in front of goal, only to miss the target with both attempts.
Mathieu Flamini then forced Bremen goalkeeper Tim Wiese into action before a hard shot from Clemens Fritz made Milan keeper Dida come up with a good stop.
The Rossoneri went in front after 36 minutes when Flamini picked out Inzaghi inside the area, and after his initial effort was stopped, the striker found the back of the net on his second attempt.
Bremen responded well and came close on a number of occasions with Almeida barely missing from a free-kick and then sending a header inches wide of the post.
Milan sat back and defended well while looking for chances on the counter- attack and they nearly found a second goal when Inzaghi smacked a shot off the crossbar in the 66th minute.
The breakthrough finally came for Bremen with six minutes to play as Almeida flicked a header on to Diego and he brought the ball down off his chest and hammered it past the keeper to level the match.
Bremen then almost won the game in the final minutes when Milan's Massimo Ambrosini headed the ball against his own crossbar while under pressure.
Valencia left Dynamo Kyiv with a 1-1 draw as David Silva scored eight minutes into the game but the hosts pulled level in the 63rd minute as Valencia's Raul Albiol scored an own-goal.
Defending champions Zenit St Petersburg grabbed a 2-1 win over Stuttgart as Anatoliy Tymoschuk scored right before halftime to put his side ahead while French side St Etienne took a major step towards the last 16 with a 3-1 away win at Olympiakos.
Aston Villa needed a goal from John Carew in the 69th minute to claim a 1-1 draw at home against CSKA Moscow, Galatasaray and Bordeaux finished 0-0 at Chaban-Delmas, Metalist Kharkiv snatched a 1-0 win against Sampdoria in Italy as Denis Oliynyk scored the game's only goal in the 45th minute and Guillaume Hoarau scored twice in the last 10 minutes as PSG secured a 2-0 home win over Wolfsburg.
Hamburg has all but put itself in the next round by beating NEC 3-0 in the Netherlands, while AaB and Braga scored 3-0 wins at home against Standard Liege and Deportivo respectively.
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