Source: Daily_Mail
Europa League round-up: Juanfran strike earns Atletico Madrid a draw
Juanfran's late strike saved Atletico Madrid from another dispiriting defeat as they claimed a 1-1 draw at Rennes in Group I of the Europa League.[LNB]Beaten 5-0 by Barcelona at the weekend, Atleti were on course to fall again when Victor Montano put the Ligue 1 side ahead in the 56th minute.[LNB]But Juanfran struck with three minute to play to salvage a point and ensure the 2010 UEFA Cup winners sat top of the group.[LNB] Leveller: Juanfran celebrates with Atletico teammates after scoring[LNB]Ryan Donk's 90th-minute header gave Club Brugge a smash-and-grab 2-1 victory at Braga.[LNB]The Portuguese side were dominant in the first half and took the lead eight minutes after the break through Helder Barbosa, but Joseph Akpala levelled after 71 minutes before Donk's late contribution decided it.[LNB]Schalke's Christian Fuchs scored a goal in each half to give the German side a 3-1 win over Maccabi Haifa.[LNB]Fuchs scored in the seventh minute and again in the 65th after Idan Vered had equalised, before Jose Jurado added a third for Schalke with 10 minutes to play.[LNB]Also in Group J, AEK Larnaca picked up their first point with a 1-1 draw against 10-man Steaua Bucharest.[LNB] Early lead: Miljan Mrdakovic celebrates giving AEK Larnaca the lead before Steaua Bucharest pegged them back[LNB]AEK took a 59th-minute lead through Miljan Mrdakovic before Steaua equalised through Mihai Costea, and the Cypriot side could not make the most of their man advantage following the 82nd-minute dismissal of visiting defender Pablo Brandan.[LNB]Mathias Suarez and Dieudonne Mbokani scored as Anderlecht maintained the winning start to their campaign, emerging from a battering at Lokomotiv Moscow with a 2-0 win in Group L.[LNB]Mario Haas was the injury-time hero for Sturm Graz as they found two late goals to win 2-1 against an AEK Athens side who had survived all but nine second-half minutes with 10 men.[LNB]The Greek side had taken control of their Group L match with Joachim Standfest's own-goal in the 51st minute, but Trainos Dellas was dismissed three minutes later and late strikes from Thomas Burgstaller and Haas turned the match around.[LNB]Marc Janko's double helped FC Twente heap more misery upon outclassed Poles Wisla Krakow as Co Adriaanse's men eased to a 4-1 victory in Enschede.[LNB] At the double: Marc Janko scored twice as FC Twente came from behind to beat Wisla Krakow 4-1[LNB]Wisla took a shock ninth-minute lead through David Biton, but Janko's double and goals for Luuk de Jong and Willem Janssen eased Twente home.[LNB]Austria Vienna inflicted more misery on hosts Malmo to get their own Group G campaign off and running with a 2-1 win.[LNB]The Swedish side had been hammered 4-1 by AZ Alkmaar on matchday one and slipped once more courtesy of first-half goals from Nacer Barazite and Alexander Grunwald.[LNB]Substitute Agon Mehmeti pulled one back for Malmo and Vienna had Emir Dilaver was dismissed late on.[LNB]Brazilian forward Taison earned Metalist Kharkiv a 1-1 draw at AZ, who had taken the lead through Jozy Altidore.[LNB]A goal 10 minutes from time by Giorgos Fotakis saw PAOK Salonika claim a 2-2 draw at Rubin Kazan in Group A.[LNB]The Greek side had taken the lead midway through the first half through Stefanos Athanasiadis, but two second-half goals by Nelson Haedo Valdez and Vladimir Dyadyun appeared to have put the Russians on course for victory before Fotakis' late intervention.[LNB] Odense 0 Fulham 2: Johnson bags a brace as Cottagers win in DenmarkTottenham 3 Shamrock Rovers 1: Harry's hitmen snuff out Hoops dreamStoke 2 Besiktas 1: Crouch and Walters on target as Potters secure famous winMaribor 1 Birmingham 2: Ell of a night as Blues claim memorable Euro victoryCeltic 1 Udinese 1: A tale of two penalties at Parkhead as Abdi negates Ki's opener[LNB]
