Comfortable Milan to Win The Hereenven

* Tottenham plays in the background Italy

Milan's victory at the Dutch Heerenveen (1-3) and the defeat of Tottenham's Juande Ramos in the fief of Udinese (2-0) were the two most significant news from international football in the first round of the group stage of UEFA.

Juande Ramos's team, against the ropes since the bad start of the course, moved its crisis to the continental competition. He came out of the damaged area of Udinese, where they fell 2-0. The so many of Antonio Di Natale, penalty and Simone Pepe, in the final stretch, executed the bloc English, which accused the minute he was with one player less for the expulsion of Jamie O'Hara in the game.

The Milan, meanwhile, came away from his visit to the field of Heerenveen, where everything he had to face both in its own door that marked the Dutch zaguero Calvin Jong-a-Pin to twenty minutes. After that, everything was easier for the body of Carlo Ancelotti, who barely altered the condition of most favorite for the title.

Genaro Gatusso and Filippo Inzaghi rounded the triumph of Milan, a goal that fit in the absence of five minutes through Croatian Danijel Pranjic. Table Italian is second in Group E because of the win at Braga Portuguese Porsmouth (3-0). The Villa Park Stadium included a duel between Spanish footballers. The Aston Villa Carlos Cuellar overtook Ajax Oleguer Presas. Gareth Barry broke the tie that previously established for the local Martin Laursen and Thomas Vermaelen for visitors.

Meanwhile, Croatian Mladen Petric and Ivica Olic gave the victory of Hamburg in the field of Zilina of Slovakia, which shortened differences with the target of Emil Rilke.

The Serbian Marco Pantelic foiled the triumph of Benfica of Quique Sanchez Flores, who is ahead in the Olimpiastadion Berlin, Hertha's precincts, with both Angel Di Maria. Meanwhile, Galatasaray overtook Olympiakos (1-0). The first round of the UEFA Cup was completed with the triumph of Saint Etienne in Copenhagen (1-3) and the draw without goals from Rosenborg and Bruges.

Photo: Zambrotta, of Milan, and Gerald Sibona disputing the spherical