UEFA round-up: Milan scrapes draw as CSKA advances

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Posted: Friday , Nov 28, 2008 at 1055 hrs IST Manchester:

Portsmouth's Papa Bouba Diop, bottom, fouls AC Milan's Mathieu Flamini during their Group E UEFA Cup match at the Fratton Park stadium. (AP Photo)

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AC Milan took until stoppage time to salvage a draw at unfashionable Portsmouth in the UEFA Cup as the Italians missed a chance to join Manchester City, CSKA Moscow and St. Etienne in qualifying for the knockout phase early.

Filippo Inzaghi scored the equalizer in the second minute of injury time on Thursday after Ronaldinho fired in a 30-meter free kick as seven-time European champion AC Milan hit back from two goals down to deny the Premier League side a famous victory.

CSKA - winners in 2005 - beat Lech Poznan 2-1, while St. Etienne progressed to the last 32 with a 1-1 draw at Club Brugge.

Manchester City won 2-0 at Schalke, while Tottenham defeated NEC Nijmegen 1-0 and also look on track for qualification for the knockout phase.

Feyenoord, which won the competition in 2002, saw its campaign end with a 3-0 loss at Deportivo La Coruna, while Standard Liege dumped out Partizan Belgrade with 1-0 victory to go top of Group C.

Also in Group C, Sampdoria was held 1-1 by Stuttgart. At Fratton Park, second half strikes by Younes Kaboul and Nwankwo Kanu appeared to have put FA Cup winner Portsmouth on the way to a famous victory over star studded Milan in Group E.

But Ronaldinho, who came on with his team losing 2-0 with 16 minutes to go, won a disputed free kick after being fouled by Glen Johnson and then curved a trademark effort into the top corner.

"It was never a foul," Johnson said. "It's one of those things, I suppose. Ronaldinho can cause havoc when he's on those free-kicks, as he showed."

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