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Schalke defeats Metalurgs

LONDON, OCT. 1. Mike Hanke scored three second-half goals and led Schalke 04 into the inaugural group stage of the UEFA Cup on Thursday with a 4-0 defeat of Latvia's Liepajas Metalurgs.

Hanke scored in the 69th, 75th and 90th minutes to help the 1997 champion advance with a 9-1 aggregate. Ebbe Sand, who had three goals in the first leg on September 16, scored the opening goal and was replaced by Hanke in the second-half.

Only Spain and the Netherlands had all their four teams advance. Spanish sides Real Zaragoza, last season's semifinalist Villareal, Athletic de Bilbao and Sevilla went through to Tuesday's draw in Zurich. Feyenoord, the 2002 champion, AZ Alkmaar, FC Utrecht and Heerenveen advanced from the Netherlands. Heerenveen beat Maccabi Petah Tivka side 5-0. The first leg match was cancelled because of an airport strike in Israel and the match could not be rescheduled.

Parma in drawn match

Parma, the 1995 and 1999 champion, held on for a 0-0 draw with Slovenian side Maribor to advance with a 3-2 aggregate. Lazio beat Metalurh Donestsk 6-0 overall, but Udinese was eliminated by Greek side Panionios despite a 1-0 win on Thursday.

Besides Schalke, two other German teams advanced. VfB Stuttgart beat Hungary's Ujpest 4-0 for a 7-1 aggregate with Cacau scoring twice. Alemannia Aachen, a division-two side which qualified by reaching the final of the German Cup, ousted Iceland's Harfnarfjordur. Bochum was eliminated on away goals by Standard Liege of Belgium.

Newcastle advances

Ferencvaros, which won the Inter Cities Fairs Cup in 1965, won 3-1 to advance 4-2 on aggregate. Newcastle and Middlesbrough also advanced. Alan Shearer scored three goals as the Magpies beat Israel's Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin 5-1 for a 7-1 aggregate victory, and Boro went through with a 4-1 aggregate win over Czech side Banik Ostrava after 1-1 draw.

Dinamo Tiblisi made history, becoming the first Georgian team to progress past the UEFA Cup first round since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. It beat Poland's Wisla Krakow 2-1 at home, which led to a 5-5 aggregate, but advanced on away goals.

Belgium side Beveren also made a mark — using 10 Ivory Coast players in the starting line-up to eliminate Levski Sofia, the international highlight of the club's 70-year history.

Hearts through

Glasgow's Rangers needed penalties to get past provincial Portuguese side Maritimo. After a 1-0 away loss, Rangers needed Dado Prso's 71st-minute strike to level the aggregate scores and send the match into extra time. With no deciding goal, it went to penalties, with Gregory Vignal scoring the winning kick for a 4-2 win.

Edinburgh side Hearts also advanced 5-3 after a 2-0 win at Portugal's FC Braga.

Also advancing were 1986 European champion Steaua Bucharest of Romania, Greece's Egaleo, Poland's Amica Wronki, Turkey's Besiktas, Austria's Grazer AK and Vienna, Ukraine's Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Portugal's Benfica and Sporting Lisbon, Belgium's Club Brugge, Croatia's Dinamo Zagreb, Greece's AEK Athens, Switzerland's FC Basel and Serbia and Montenegro's Partizan Belgrade. — AP

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