Sumber uefa Two quickfire extra-time goals from Ciprian Marica ensured VfB Stuttgart became the only team to secure a third UEFA Intertoto Cup success in the very last game in the competition's 14-year history. UEFA Cup chance Stuttgart trailed the third round tie 1-0 to FC Saturn Moskovskaya Oblast after the first leg and it seemed as if Russia would end its wait for a Intertoto victory before Jan Šimák equalised with seven minutes left. Marica put Stuttgart in front in the 18th minute of extra time and struck again soon after to take the Bundesliga side into Friday's UEFA Cup second qualifying round draw – with the aim of going further than the last 16, which they reached after their previous Intertoto successes in 2000 and 2002. Pressure tells Holding the lead in the tie, Saturn – on their debut European campaign – soaked up the pressure early on and it took 20 minutes for Stuttgart to create a real chance, Roberto Hilbert's cross just eluding Šimák, who came close with a free-kick on the half-hour while Pardo shot wide from distance. The home side began to press in numbers in the second half, and Manuel Fischer twice threatening after being set up by the likely Hilbert while space was opening up for Saturn and with 15 minutes left Marko Topić missed a chance to wrap up the tie for the Premier-Liga team. Instead, Šimák forced extra-time with a curled free-kick. Marica makes mark A penalty shoot-out seemed the likely outcome in a tight additional half-hour until with 12 minutes to go Hilbert's cross was headed in by Marica. Two minutes later the Romanian international struck again as he reacted quickest in a goalmouth scramble to make a little bit of history for himself – as the last player to score in the competition – and for his club, completing a unique hat-trick.
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Rosenborg rally past NAC
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Rosenborg BK booked their place in the UEFA Cup second qualifying round as they became Norway's first UEFA Intertoto Cup winners at the expense of NAC Breda.
Iversen winner
The Dutch side travelled to Norway 1-0 up after last week's first leg but Rosenborg were dominant and were rewarded in the 34th minute with a ferocious shot from Fredrik Stoor, making his farewell appearance for the Trondheim club before his expected move to Fulham FC. A man that spent seven years in London after his own move from Rosenborg to Tottenham Hotspur FC in 1996, Steffen Iversen, then gave the home team the lead five minutes into the second half as he converted a penalty following a foul on Didier Konan Ya. NAC pressed for the away goal that would have taken them into Friday's UEFA Cup draw but were kept out despite Rosenborg having Vadim Demidov sent off for time-wasting near the end.
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