2007/08 UEFA Cup: Copenhagen vs. Lens
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date= {{date|October 4, 2007}} <br>20:15<br>(UTC+1) |
team1= [[w:FC Copenhagen|Copenhagen]]|
score= 2 – 1 ([[w:Extra time|AET]])<br />3 – 2 [[w:Two-legged match|agg.]] |
team2= [[w:RC Lens|Lens]]|
report= [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/fixturesresults/round=15118/match=301461/report=rp.html Report] |
goals1= <br/>[[w:Marcus Allbäck|Marcus Allbäck]] {{goal|76}}<br/>[[w:Michael Gravgaard|Michael Gravgaard]] {{sent off|0|95}}<br/>[[w:Jesper Grønkjær|Jesper Grønkjær]] {{goal|112|pen.}}|
goals2= [[w:Eric Carrière|Eric Carrière]] {{goal|14}} |
stadium= [[w:Parken Stadium|Parken Stadium]], [[w:Copenhagen|Copenhagen]] |
attendance= 23,861 |
referee= Duarte Nuno Pereira Gomes, Portugal}}

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!width="50%"|Copenhagen
!width="50%"|Lens
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!colspan="2"|Starting lineup
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|[[w:Jesper Christiansen|Jesper Christiansen]] (GK)||[[w:Vedran Runje|Vedran Runje]] (GK) {{yel|28}}
|- 
|[[w:Brede Hangeland|Brede Hangeland]] {{yel|80}}||[[w:Adama Coulibali|Adama Coulibali]]
|- 
|[[w:Michael Gravgaard|Michael Gravgaard]] {{sent off|0|95}}||[[w:Lucien Aubey|Lucien Aubey]]
|- 
|[[w:Niclas Jensen|Niclas Jensen]]||[[w:Milan Biševac|Milan Biševac]]
|- 
|[[w:William Kvist|William Kvist]]||[[w:Yohan Demont|Yohan Demont]]
|- 
|[[w:Atiba Hutchinson|Atiba Hutchinson]]||[[w:Eric Carrière|Eric Carrière]] {{goal|14}}
|- 
|[[w:Hjalte Bo Nørregaard|Hjalte Bo Nørregaard]] {{suboff|60}}||[[w:Jonathan Lacourt|Jonathan Lacourt]]
|- 
|[[w:Jesper Grønkjær|Jesper Grønkjær]] {{goal|112|pen.}}||[[w:Julien Sablé|Julien Sablé]]
|- 
|[[w:Libor Sionko|Libor Sionko]]||[[w:Sidi Yaya Keita|Sidi Yaya Keita]] {{yel|75}} {{suboff|81}}
|- 
|[[w:Michael Silberbauer|Michael Silberbauer]] {{suboff|72}}||[[w:Kanga Akalé|Kanga Akalé]] {{suboff|74}}
|- 
|[[w:Marcus Allbäck|Marcus Allbäck]] {{goal|76}} {{suboff|101}}||[[w:Luigi Pieroni|Luigi Pieroni]] {{suboff|91}}
|-
!colspan="2"|Players substituted on
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|[[w:Morten Nordstrand|Morten Nordstrand]] {{subon|60}}||[[w:Aruna Dindane|Aruna Dindane]] {{subon|74}}
|- 
|[[w:Rasmus Würtz|Rasmus Würtz]] {{subon|72}}||[[w:Nenad Kovacevic|Nenad Kovacevic]] {{subon|81}} {{yel|111}}
|- 
|[[w:Mathias Jørgensen|Mathias "Zanka" Jørgensen]] {{subon|101}}||[[w:Olivier Monterrubio|Olivier Monterrubio]] {{subon|91}}
|}

Thursday, [[Denmark|Danish]] [[football]] champions [[w:FC Copenhagen|FC Copenhagen]] upset [[France]]'s 5th place finishers [[w:RC Lens|RC Lens]], beating them 2-1 on home turf after extra time. Lens started the scoring in the 14th minute, when [[w:Eric Carrière|Eric Carrière]] put Lens one up. Marcus Allbäck struck back in the 76th minute, closing the gap. At 90 minutes, the game was tied at 1-1, and with an aggregate score of 2-2, with one away goal a piece, the game went to extra time. Five minutes into the first extra time-period, [[w:Michael Gravgaard|Michael Gravgaard]] was sent off following a professional free kick on [[w:Aruna Dindane|Aruna Dindane]]. But even one man down, Copenhagen fought their way to a [[w:penalty kick|penalty kick]] as [[Czech Republic|Czech]] [[w:Czech national football team|national]] [[w:Libor Sionko|Libor Sionko]] was fouled in the penalty area with just 8 minutes to play. [[w:Jesper Grønkjær|Jesper Grønkjær]] scored the match-winner, converting the 12-yarder.

The club of the [[w:Copenhagen|Danish capital]] is through to the group phase of the [[w:UEFA Cup 2007-08|2007-08 UEFA Cup]], clinching at least another five matches in the tournament.

Other Danish clubs in the draw: [[w:Aalborg Boldspilklub|AaB Aalborg]] held Italian [[w:U.C. Sampdoria|U.C. Sampdoria]] to 0-0, qualifying for the group phase as well, after 2-2 in Italy, on the [[w:away goals rule|away goals rule]]. Meanwhile [[w:Odense Boldklub|OB Odense]] was beaten 4-3 on penalties by [[w:Sparta Prague|Sparta Prague]] after neither team being able to break the deadlock for the 210 minutes of the two ties including extra time in the second leg, and [[w:FC Midtjylland|FC Midtjylland]] failed to overturn their 1-3 deficit in Russia against [[w:Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]], losing 0-2, making it a 1-5 aggregate defeat.

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://dr.dk/Sporten/Fodbold/Int.fodbold/2007/10/04/224654.htm|title=FCK klar til UEFA Cup-gruppespillet|author=[[w:Ritzau|Ritzau]]/[[w:Danmarks Radio|Danmarks Radio]]|pub=Danmarks Radio|date=October 4, 2007}}
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Copenhagen

Lens

Starting lineup

Jesper Christiansen (GK)

Vedran Runje (GK) 

Brede Hangeland 

Adama Coulibali

Michael Gravgaard 

Lucien Aubey

Niclas Jensen

Milan Biševac

William Kvist

Yohan Demont

Atiba Hutchinson

Eric Carrière 

Hjalte Bo Nørregaard 

Jonathan Lacourt

Jesper Grønkjær 

Julien Sablé

Libor Sionko

Sidi Yaya Keita  

Michael Silberbauer 

Kanga Akalé 

Marcus Allbäck  

Luigi Pieroni 

Players substituted on

Morten Nordstrand 

Aruna Dindane 

Rasmus Würtz 

Nenad Kovacevic  

Mathias "Zanka" Jørgensen 

Olivier Monterrubio 

Thursday, Danish football champions FC Copenhagen upset France's 5th place finishers RC Lens, beating them 2-1 on home turf after extra time. Lens started the scoring in the 14th minute, when Eric Carrière put Lens one up. Marcus Allbäck struck back in the 76th minute, closing the gap. At 90 minutes, the game was tied at 1-1, and with an aggregate score of 2-2, with one away goal a piece, the game went to extra time. Five minutes into the first extra time-period, Michael Gravgaard was sent off following a professional free kick on Aruna Dindane. But even one man down, Copenhagen fought their way to a penalty kick as Czech national Libor Sionko was fouled in the penalty area with just 8 minutes to play. Jesper Grønkjær scored the match-winner, converting the 12-yarder.

The club of the Danish capital is through to the group phase of the 2007-08 UEFA Cup, clinching at least another five matches in the tournament.

Other Danish clubs in the draw: AaB Aalborg held Italian U.C. Sampdoria to 0-0, qualifying for the group phase as well, after 2-2 in Italy, on the away goals rule. Meanwhile OB Odense was beaten 4-3 on penalties by Sparta Prague after neither team being able to break the deadlock for the 210 minutes of the two ties including extra time in the second leg, and FC Midtjylland failed to overturn their 1-3 deficit in Russia against Lokomotiv Moscow, losing 0-2, making it a 1-5 aggregate defeat.
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