Brazilian midfielder Diego scored late in the game Wednesday to give German Bundesliga club Werder Bremen a share of the spoils against former Champions League winners AC Milan in an UEFA Cup first leg game in the round of 32, dpa reported.
SV Hamburg comfortably won 3-0 away at Dutch club NEC Nijmegen, while VfL Wolfsburg lost 2-0 at PSG.
In Bremen Filippo Inzaghi thought he had given the Serie A club victory with his 36th minute goal as Werder Bremen failed to capitalize on the many chances they created in the second half.
Six minutes from the end, however, Diego chested down a headed pass from Hugo Almeida and pushed the ball past compatriot Dida in the Milan goal.
"1-1 against AC Milan is not bad, but it is not good enough for all the effort we put in. That we played in their half most of the second half makes me happy, but I am sad that we did not have the same commitment in the first half," Bremen coach Thomas Schaaf said.
SV Hamburg took a giant step toward the last 16 with a 3-0 victory at NEC Nijmegen, through goals by Piotr Trochowski, Alex Silva and Ivica Olic.
"We have passed the finishing line with one leg," Olic said, while goalkeeper Frank Rost said that he had been disappointed with the opponents. "We do not have to make them better than they were. That was not that which we are used from the Bundesliga."
In Paris French President Nicolas Sarkozy was in the stadium as Guillaume Hoarau gave PSG two late goals in the 80th and 86th minute - both times benefiting from blunders by Wolfsburg goalkeeper Diego Benaglio.
It was a good night for Russian clubs in the competition as the holders Zenit St Peterburg won and CSKA Moscow returned from England with a good away draw.
Zenit got off to the perfect start against visiting Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart as Szabolcs Huszti gave the home side the lead after just two minutes in freezing conditions as both sides struggled with the -10 degrees temperature.
Although Germany striker Mario Gomez equalized for the German team after a quarter of an hour, Bayern Munich-bound Anatoliy Tymoshchuk found the winner just before the break.
What made Zenit's performance even more remarkable, is that the side's last competitive game dates back to the beginning of December as the Russian league is yet to begin for the new season.
CSKA Moscow will go into their home game against Premier League club Aston Villa with a slight advantage after playing to a 1-1 draw in England.
Brazilian Vagner Love gave the visitors the lead against the run of play early in the first half, but in the 69th minute Villa's Swedish striker John Carew levelled matters to give the high-flying Premier League side, who missed a number of excellent chances to secure a victory on the night, a chance for the return leg.
Also on the night Saint Etienne scored an impressive 3-1 victory in Greece against Olympiacos, while struggling Spanish club Valencia drew 1-1 in Kiev against Dynamo.
The former champions took the lead in the eighth minute through David Silva, but Florina Cernat hit back for the Kiev side with a free-kick that took a deflection,
Dynamo were reduced to ten men in the 72nd minute after Artem Milevskiy was sent off for a second bookable offence.
Spanish club Deportivo lost 3-0 at Aalbork, while Bordeaux were held to a goalless draw by Galatasary. Ukrainian club Metalist Kharkiv stunned Sampdoria 1-0 in Genoa.
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