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EUROROO WRAP: Socceroo Harry Kewell scored a goal and assisted the other as Galatasaray defeated Bucaspor 2-1 in a busy night of European cup action.
Kewell lashed in a trademark, powerful left-foot effort from the edge of the box which was too hot for the Bucaspor keeper to handle on 17 minutes to give Cimbom the lead after a nice move.
And the Australian was the key for the second, making a good run down the left before attracting two defenders and flicking a tidy pass inside for Arda Turan to double Galatasaray's lead before the break.
Kewell went on to play 78 minutes before being replaced, with Bucaspor's Kenan Aslanoglu scoring a late consolation for the losers.
Elsewhere in the Turkish Kupasi third round, Mile Jedinak scored twice and then during the dreaded penalty shoot-out as Antalyaspor squeezed past Mersin Idmanyurdu.
Jedinak took Antalyaspor's first penalty in the shootout after the match had ended 2-2 with the Aussie scoring in the 16th and 75th minutes. Antalyaspor won the shootout 9-8.
James Troisi had a less happy time as Kayserispor lost 4-2 on penalties to Manisaspor after a 0-0 draw. Troisi, who played a full game for Kayserispor, missed his spotkick in the shootout.
Ersan Gulum played a full game for Adanaspor as they lost 3-2 to Konya Seker SK, while Bruce Djite still can't get a run as Genclerbirligi crashed out 5-3 on penalties to Istanbul BB after a 1-1 draw.
In the Dutch KNVB Beker, Nikita Rukavytsya scored another goal for FC Twente as they cruised past Capelle 3-0.
Rukavytsya, who came on as a 76th minute substitute, scored with a neat finish after a tidy Twente move in stoppage-time.
Earlier David Carney, who played the full 90 minutes, produced a good pass for Luuk de Jong to open the scoring in the first-half. De Jong grabbed a double, before Rukavytsya's late strike.
Brett Holman's AZ Alkmaar made hard work of SV Spakenburg with the game going to extra-time. AZ ended up winning 5-2 after it had ended 2-2 after 90 minutes, with Holman starting and playing 66 minutes.
In Scotland's CIS Insurance Cup, Scott McDonald was rushed on as a 58th minute substitute with Celtic frantically searching for goals as they crashed out losing 1-0 to Hearts.
In Romania's Cupa Romaniei, Josh Mitchell, Joshua Rose and Spase Dilevski all started and helped Universitatea Craiova past Politehnica Iasi 3-0.
In Greece's Cup, Zeljko Kalac's Kavala cruised past Agrotikos Asteras 3-0.
In league action around Europe, Scott Chipperfield was back for FC Basel playing a full game in their 2-2 Swiss Super League draw with rivals FC Zurich. Chipperfield ventured forward and provided the assist for Basel's opener.
In Sweden's Allsvenskan, Ante Covic played a full game as IF Elfsborg's season faded away with a 1-1 draw at Orgryte.
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