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Werder Bremen eliminates AC Milan from UEFA Cup 
Claudio Pizarro scored twice in the second half and Werder Bremen rallied to draw AC Milan, 2-2, at the San Siro on Thursday to eliminate the favorites from the UEFA Cup.
AC Milan tied the first leg in Germany 1-1, and Andrea Pirlo and Alexandre Pato scored in the first half Thursday to hand the Italian side a two-goal cushion.
Pizarro scored in the 68th and 78th minutes to equalize, and an AC Milan lineup including David Beckham couldn't answer in the final 15 minutes. The series finished tied 3-3, but Werder Bremen advanced on away goals.
Germany's Hamburg also advanced Thursday with a 1-0 win over NEC that completed a convincing 4-0 aggregate victory.
Defending champion Zenit St. Petersburg eliminated Germany's Stuttgart, winning both legs 2-1 for a 4-2 aggregate victory, while PSG easily dumped Wolfsburg on aggregate, 5-1.
Aston Villa, which is battling for a top-four finish in England, also departed the competition on Thursday after a 2-0 loss to CSKA Moscow. Yuri Zhirkov and Silva Vagner Love scored in the second half for Moscow, which won the series on aggregate, 3-1.
Tottenham was also eliminated, falling 3-1 on aggregate to Shakhtar Donetsk but Manchester City survived thanks to a pair of goals from Craig Bellamy in a 2-1 win over FC Copenhagen that secured a 4-3 aggregate win.
AaB, Ajax, Braga, Dynamo Kyiv, Galatasaray, Marseille, Metalist Kharkiv, Saint Etienne and Udinese were the other teams to survive the first knockout stage. Sports Network
UEFA Cup Last Sixteen Draw Pits Werder Bremen Against St. Etienne, Zenit St. Petersburg Against Udinese
With the Round of 32 in the UEFA Cup being decided tonight, the road is clear to the Last 16.
The draw for this round was made at the same time as that of the 32, meaning that all eight clashes are already known.
Among the highlights are Zenit St. Petersburg's meeting with Udinese as the Russians look to defend their crown, while Manchester City must negotiate past Danish shock troops AaB Aalborg.
Dynamo Kiev face giant-killers in the form of Metalist Kharkiv in the only clash involving two teams from the same country, while Hamburg meet Galatasaray and Ajax face Marseille.
The draw in full:
Werder Bremen v Saint-Etienne
CSKA Moscow v Shakhtar Donetsk
Udinese v Zenit St. Petersburg
Paris Saint v Germain - Braga
Dynamo Kiev v Metalist Kharkiv
Manchester City v Aalborg BK
Marseille v Ajax
Hamburg v Galatasaray
The first leg ties will take place on Thursday March 12th 2009, while the second legs occur on the Wednesday and Thursday of the following week, namely the 18th and 19th. On Friday March 20th, the draw for the quarter-final, semi-final and final is conducted. Goal
Julien Faubert: Nobody At Real Madrid Tells Me Why I’m Not Playing
Real Madrid have often been criticised for their lack of proper communication throughout the chain of command and the latest player to experience that frustration is latest arrival, Julien Faubert.
The Frenchman was signed from West Ham United during the January transfer window on loan until the end of this campaign and despite being registered for Los Blancos’ Champions League squad, he as only featured once so far in the white shirt; a substitute’s appearance in the 1-0 win over Racing Santander earlier this month.
But it’s not the lack of match time which is leaving him exasperated.
“It’s very hard to live like this because no one at the club tells me why I am not playing, and I don’t know who to go to to enquire about it” he said in an interview with French paper, L’Equipe.
“I have to play in order to adapt. My team-mates are already understanding my game more and more. They know I like to have open spaces. I also believe that I have improved technically and physically,” he added.
The 25-year-old right wing-back will be hoping to see some game time this Saturday when Real Madrid take on Espanyol at the Montjuic. Goal
