*Well somehow FC Twente and Tottenham have found their way into a 3-3 tie within the second half. Both sides have obviously had a ton of chances and no one will accuse this game of being short of goals. Jermain Defoe put Tottenham ahead two minutes into the second half and has continued to be important to the English side, scoring in the 59th minute to give Tottenham the lead once more. A lead they couldn't keep. Roberto Rosales scored in 56th minute to make the match 2-2 before Nacer Chadli equalised in the 64th to make things 3-3. Going into stoppage time, it doesn't look like there will be any kind of a breakthrough despite boths side's best efforts, but who knows? With four minutes of stoppage time, anything could happen. And the match ends 3-3.
*Bremen were much more successful with their three goals, winning against Inter Milan 3-0. Marko Arnautović made it 2-0 four minutes into the second half thanks to a fantastic cross from Hugo Almeida. And the old war-horse Claudio Pizzaro made things 3-0 with his own energy and skill, wrong-footing Esteban Cambiasso on his way to a bottom corner strike on goal.
*Things in Frace ended deadlocked in the second half as they had in the first half, however this time it was 2-2 instead of 0-0. Lyon scored in the 62nd minute through Lisandro who took advantage of an error by goalie Vincent Enyeama to put his side away before things were leveled in the next minute by Ben Sahar who sprinted behind Lyon's backline and struck home, deep, low and in the corner, to draw the two sides level. Eran Zahavi put the away side ahead for the first time, in the 69th minute, in the most brilliant goal of the game thus far, whipping a kick over his own head to get to the cross from Salim Toama. An amazing goal which makes it 2-1 for the Israeli side. Unfortunately for Hapoel Tel-Aviv, Alexandre Lacazette is put through the midfield following a nice set of passes and in the end strokes Lyon level 2-2. Tel-Aviv had to win to keep hands on third place and they have failed to do so.
*The Portuguese meanwhile fell to the Germans as Schalke had two goals before Benfica could score their first. Benedikt Höwedes put the away side two goals clear in the 81st after a nice cross from Peer Kluge fell to his head. Benfica's goalie Roberto never had much of a chance. Nonetheless, Luisão saved some dignity for the home side, scoring in the 87th from a header which re-ignites both the fans and the players to promise a frantic end to the match. And Schalke do hang on for the victory, 2-1, Benfica had several more chances but to no avail, they are only able to keep a Europa League birth.
*Manchester United were able to come back in the 62nd minute of the second half to draw 1-1 with Valencia thanks to a small effort by Anderson: Park Ji-Sung launched a rocket only for it to be denied by Valencia's goalkeeper Vicente Guaita, Anderson was then there for the rebound, slotting it home to keep United on the top of Group C.
*Turkish side Bursaspor were lucky enough to tie with Rangers 1-1 thanks to a relatively late equaliser by Sercan Yıldırım in the 79th minute. He picked up a ball from the left played by Ozan İpek to fire home. Bursaspor had more than two times as many attempts as Rangers as well as a large percent of possession which they were unable to convert to much success in front of goal.
*The Catalan club Barcelona can now celebrate victory over Rubin Kazan thanks to two second half strikes that put the game out of reach of the away side. Andreu Fontàs notched the first one, a debut goal which was a mix of luck and skill: Thiago Alcántara played him a nice ball which he did well to hold before a big deflection off the shot by Vitali Kaleshin stranded Rubin's goalie Sergei Ryzhikov. Víctor Vázquez bended in a second after Adriano set him up for the shot. The game was a very good performance from the youth of the Barca bench, ending in a 2-0 victory.
*Finally, ending the day, Kobenhavn had recorded three before Cedric Kante scored in stoppage time for the away side. Panathinaikos were torn apart for the most part, Jesper Grønkjær's 50th minute penalty giving the Danish side a comfort zone before Djibril Cissé made an own-goal, giving Kobenhavn a 3-0 lead as the game ended. 3-1 was the final score, a good victory for FCK and the end of a disappointing line for the hapless Greeks of Pana'.
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