Trabzonspor survive Bilbao's rally
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ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Trabzonspor hung on to beat Athletic Bilbao 3-2 in the first leg of their UEFA Cup first round tie in Istanbul after the Spanish team battled back from a 3-0 deficit.
Lazio eased to a 3-0 success at Metalurg Donetsk and Feyenoord won 1-0 at Odd Grenland.
Four goals in a 16-minute, second-half spell gave Wisla Krakow a thrilling 4-3 win over Dinamo Tbilisi of Georgia.
Turks Trabzonspor stunned Bilbao with two goals in rapid succession in the first half.
Gokdeniz Karadeniz sent in a cross which sailed past outstretched goalkeeper Daniel Aranzubia to Bilbao defender Javi Gonzalez who mistimed a clearance and knocked the ball into his own net after 25 minutes.
Trabzon extended their lead three minutes later when Aranzubia saved a shot only for the ball to rebound into the path of forward Mehmet Yilmaz who slotted it home.
Striker Karadeniz made it 3-0 halfway through the second half as he rounded the Bilbao goalkeeper after a brilliant run and guided the ball into the net.
The third goal stirred Bilbao into action and they hit back four minutes later when midfielder Carlos Gurpegui picked up a loose ball in the area and drove a shot into the far corner.
With 10 minutes remaining the unmarked Asier Del Horno headed a goal from a free-kick to make the score 3-2 and leave the tie finely balanced for the return leg in Bilbao in two weeks time.
Lazio's marksmen at Donetsk were Tomasso Rochi in the 73rd minute, Cesdar in the 75th and Goran Pandev five minutes from time.
Feyenoord's winner in Norway came from Japanese international Shinji Ono in the 74th minute.
Wisla, top of the Polish League with five wins from five games, went behind to goals from Tbilisi's Jaba Kankava and Kakhaber Aladashvili but hit back after the break with three goals in four minutes through Damien Gorawski, Maciej Zurawski and Tomasz Frankowski.
Frankowski added his second to put the home side 4-2 ahead before Dato Kvirkvelia netted again for Tbilisi from a free-kick on 82 minutes.
In Moscow, a second-half goal from Christian Gimenez earned Swiss champions Basel a 1-1 draw against Terek Grozny after the Russian Cup holders had taken a first-half through Andrei Fedkov.
Roberto Colautti struck in the 31st minute to give Maccabi Haifa a 1-0 victory over Ukraine's Dnjepr Dnjepropetrovsk.
