Greek club PAOK, Sevilla and Napoli on Wednesday advanced to the knock-out stage of the Europa League.

PAOK managed to secure a 1-0 victory at Dinamo Zagreb in a Group D
game, while Sevilla played to a 2-2 draw against Borussia Dortmund in
their Group J match.

Napoli, meanwhile, scored a last-gasp goal three minutes into injury
time through Edinson Cavani against Steaua Bucharest to go above the
Romanian side in Group K to join the already-qualified Liverpool in the
next round.

The Italian side had Paolo Cannavaro sent off for a second bookable offence seven minutes into injury time.

Liverpool, who fielded a second-string side for their match at home
against Utrecht, drew 0-0 to top the group on 10 points, while the
Romanian side finished on seven - two more than Napoli, who would have
qualified for the next round with a victory.

Dortmund, who needed to win in Sevilla to go through, had a perfect
start as Japanese sensation Shinji Kagawa gave them the lead after just
four minutes.

Romaric equalized for the home side in the 31st minute and Mali
international Frederic Kanoute put the Spaniards ahead just four minutes
later.

Neven Subotic scored Dortmund's second four minutes after the
restart, but although the Bundesliga side went forward in search of a
third goal, it was not to be and Sevilla was left cheering at the end.

The Dortmund players were angry with Russian referee Aleksey Nikolaev
who allowed the Spanish players to get away with a lot of time wasting
at the end.

"I think the referee was wrong to let the Sevilla players get away
with so much time wasting at the end. It is very disappointing to have
gone out after losing just one match," Mats Hummels said.

Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp, whose side is the run-away leader in
the Bundesliga, rushed on to the field after the game to prevent his
players from challenging Nikolaev.

"I think if playing like that is the way to go, I do not want my side
to learn that. We are still a young side with much to learn, but I do
not think it is a way to play football," he said.

Paris Saint-Germain made sure of topping the group with a 1-1 draw at Karpaty Lviv.

In Group L Porto had already made sure of first-place ahead of
Turkish club Besiktas and both finished their group stage with victories
on Wednesday.

Besiktas beat Rapid Vienna 2-0 through goals by Ricardo Quaresma and
Fabian Ernst, while Nicolas Otamendi, Ruben Micael and James Rodriguez
gave Porto, who also had a Falcao penalty saved, a 3-1 victory against
CSKA Sofia, for whom Spas Delev scored.

In Zagreb, Greek international striker Dimitrios Salpingidis scored
on the hour to see PAOK finish second in Group D on 11 points - one
behind Spanish club Villarreal who won 2-1 at Club Brugge.

In Group E Dynamo Kiev held on to first place although they were held
to a goalless draw at home by FC Sheriff. Belarussian club BATE Borisov
would have moved ahead of the team from the Ukraine had they beaten AZ
Alkmaar, but they slumped to a 3-0 defeat in the Netherlands.

CSKA Moscow, who had already secured top spot in Group F from Sparta
Prague ahead of their game in the Czech Republic, drew 1-1 in their
final group game.

Midfielder Alan Dzagoev gave CSKA the lead after just 15 minutes, but
18-year-old Czech international Vaclav Kadlec equalized a minute from
the break.

In Switzerland Serie A side Palermo managed a 1-0 win against
Lausanne, but all the result did was take them to seven points - still
two behind the second-placed Prague side.

The group stage will be finalized on Thursday with 12 matches.

The top two sides from the 12 groups advance to the knock-out stage,
where they are joined by eight third-placed teams from the Champions
League groups.

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