UEFA Cup round-up: Former champions all crash out
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There were no former winners left in the UEFA Cup after Zenit St Petersburg, Galatasaray and CSKA Moscow were all eliminated.
Defending champions Zenit could not do enough to overhaul a 2-0 first-leg deficit, crashing out 2-1 on aggregate to Udinese.
Captain Anatoliy Tymoschuk scored the only goal of the match in the 34th minute after a goalmouth scramble.
However, the visiting Italians controlled the second half to secure their place in the quarter-finals.
2000 winners Galatasaray were also dumped out at the competition after Hamburg fought back from two goals down to win 3-2 in Istanbul to go through 4-3 on aggregate.
Galatasaray looked to be heading into the quarter-finals after two ex-Liverpool players Harry Kewell and Milan Baroš gave the Turkish outfit a 2-0 lead after 50 minutes.
But José Paolo Guerrero scored twice in four minutes to even the score and Ivica Olić struck his seventh UEFA Cup goal in the final minute to seal Hamburg's passage to the last eight.
CSKA, who won the competition in 2005, were eliminated 2-1 on aggregate after a 2-0 loss at Shakhtar Donetsk.
Fernandinho scored a 54th-minute penalty before Luiz Adriano ensured their progression into the next round with a right-footed shot at the near post.
Dynamo Kiev, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City also advanced to join Wednesday's qualifiers, Marseille and Werder Bremen, in the quarterfinals.
PSG saw off Sporting Braga 1-0, Dynamo past Ukrainian rival Metalist Kharkiv on away goals, and City beat Aalborg 4-3 on penalties.
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Defending champions Zenit could not do enough to overhaul a 2-0 first-leg deficit, crashing out 2-1 on aggregate to Udinese.
Captain Anatoliy Tymoschuk scored the only goal of the match in the 34th minute after a goalmouth scramble.
However, the visiting Italians controlled the second half to secure their place in the quarter-finals.
2000 winners Galatasaray were also dumped out at the competition after Hamburg fought back from two goals down to win 3-2 in Istanbul to go through 4-3 on aggregate.
Galatasaray looked to be heading into the quarter-finals after two ex-Liverpool players Harry Kewell and Milan Baroš gave the Turkish outfit a 2-0 lead after 50 minutes.
But José Paolo Guerrero scored twice in four minutes to even the score and Ivica Olić struck his seventh UEFA Cup goal in the final minute to seal Hamburg's passage to the last eight.
CSKA, who won the competition in 2005, were eliminated 2-1 on aggregate after a 2-0 loss at Shakhtar Donetsk.
Fernandinho scored a 54th-minute penalty before Luiz Adriano ensured their progression into the next round with a right-footed shot at the near post.
Dynamo Kiev, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City also advanced to join Wednesday's qualifiers, Marseille and Werder Bremen, in the quarterfinals.
PSG saw off Sporting Braga 1-0, Dynamo past Ukrainian rival Metalist Kharkiv on away goals, and City beat Aalborg 4-3 on penalties.
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