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City derby in UEFA Cup quarter-finals
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 17 - 03 - 2006

Former European champions Steaua Bucharest will face city rivals Rapid Bucharest in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup. dpa reported
The draw made in Eindhoven, where the final of the competition will be played on May 10, saw the two remaining Romanian teams being pitted against each other.
The draw conducted by UEFA Chief Executive Lars-Christer Olsson and former PSV Eindhoven and Netherlands goalkeeper, Hans van Breukelen, sees the only Spanish club remaining in the competition, Sevilla, take on Zenit St. Petersburg, while Basel are up against Premiership club Middlesbrough.
The final match sees Levski Sofia take on Schalke 04, which is the only German club remaining in European football following Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen's elimination from the Champions League and SV Hamburg's elimination from the UEFA Cup.
The extended draw for the semi-finals was also made on Friday and sees the winner of the Schalke/Sofia match take on the winner of the tie between Sevilla and Zenit, while the winner from Bucharest will face either Basel of Middlebrough. ---SP 21 03 Local Time
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