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Shakhter Donetsk wins final UEFA Cup

Other News Materials 21 May 2009 02:35 (UTC +04:00)

Jadson scored from about 12 yards in the seventh minute of overtime, and Shakhtar Donetsk of the Ukraine beat Germany's Werder Bremen 2-1 Wednesday night to win the final UEFA Cup, AP reported.

Goalkeeper Tim Wiese got to the shot by Jadson, among five Brazilians in Shakhtar's lineup, but let the ball slip over his own goal line.

Luiz Adriano had put Shakhtar ahead in the 25th minute of regulation, but Naldo tied the score 10 minutes later.

The tournament, Europe's No. 2 club competition behind the Champions League, is being renamed the Europa League for next season.

Bremen defender Sebastian Proedl, starting only because of an injury to Per Mertesacker, failed to stop a pass by Razvan Rat's to Luiz Adriano, who cut inside and lifted a shot over Wiese.

Shakhtar created more openings during the next 10 minutes and goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov had little to do until Naldo sent a free kick over a defensive wall following a foul on Markus Rosenberg by Fernandinho.

The ball was firmly struck almost right at Pyatov and he got both hands to it, but inexplicably punched it straight into his own net.

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