P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS
Man United	6	4	1	1	9	4	13
Marseille		6	3	1	2	10	8	10
Sturm Graz	6	2	0	4	5	12	6
Croatia Zagreb	6	1	2	3	7	7	5

Top two qualify for Phase 2, third placed team for the UEFA Cup

2 NOVEMBER 1999

MAN UNITED			2-1			STURM GRAZ
Solskjaer 56						Vastic 88 (Pen)
Keane 69
 
Solskjaer blasted Man United in the lead with a sweetly struck volley. May headed
Giggs corner against the post, Keane whacked in the rebound. Giggs gave away a
penalty by fouling Vastic and he converted. Bosnich denied Sturm Graz a share of
the points with a fine save from Reinmayr late in the match.

Attendance : 53,745


MARSEILLE			2-2			CROATIA ZAGREB
Bakayoko 53						Mujcin 42
Diawara 89						Mikic 84
 
Mujcin put Croatia Zagreb in front from Sokota's back heel. Bakayoko equalised
thanks to Dugarry's persistence. Mikic put Zagreb back in front with a tap-in but
Diawara rescued a point when he punished awful defending from a free kick.

Attendance : 37,000


27 OCTOBER 1999

STURM GRAZ			3-2			MARSEILLE
Mahlic 18						Dugarry 52, 77
Kocijan 61, 84
 
Mahlic slid in to meet Vastic's cross to give Strum Graz a shock lead but most of
the credit must to Kocijan who played in Vastic with a beautiful disguised pass and
an equally beautiful pass by Ravanelli was centered by Pires to Drugarry for
Marseille's equaliser. Kocijan's bullet header from an awesome Vastic cross put
the Austrian's back in front. Drugarry ran onto Dalmat's beautifully weighted pass,
turned Schopp and put the ball past Shicklgruber but Kocijan capitalised on a
wicked deflection, albeit via handball, to win the match.

Attendance : 14,850
 
 
CROATIA ZEGREB			1-2			MAN UNITED
Prosinecki 90						Beckham 32
							Keane 49

Beckham scored with a fantastic dipping low free kick. Tokic deflected in Keane's
shot. Prosinecki was left unmarked to tap in Mujcin's cross.

Attendance : 30,000


19 OCTOBER 1999

MARSEILLE			1-0			MAN UNITED
Gallas 69

Scholes should have been sent off for a murderous two footed tackle. Ravanelli
went close with a free kick and wasted a great chance when the ball broke to him
in the box following great play by Dalmat. Dalmat had a hand in the winner, his
superb flick put in Gallas and he blasted a shot with the outside of his foot past
Bosnich. Solskjaer had Man United's best effort but was denied by Porato's save
and had a goal disallowed for offside.

Attendance : 58,000


29 SEPTEMBER 1999

MAN UNITED			2-1			MARSEILLE
Cole 79							Bakayoko 40
Scholes 83

Bakayoko pounced on a mistake from Berg to give Marseille a shock
lead, his shot ballooning in off Van der Gouw as he attempted a save.
Cole equalised with a stunning overhead kick and Scholes bundled in the
winner.

Attendance : 45,000


CROATIA ZAGREB			3-0			STURM GRAZ
Rukavina 28
Sokota 35, 57 (Pen)

Rukavina curled in a free kick although the 'keeping and lack of effort by
the defence certainly helped. Nothing could have stopped Croatia
Zagreb's second, Sokota curled a free kick into the top corner and he put
away a penalty early in the second half.

Attendance : 21,000


22 SEPTEMBER 1999

STURM GRAZ			0-3			MAN UNITED
							Keane 16
							Yorke 31
							Cole 33

Beckham's free kick rebounded off a wall and Keane smashed in the rebound.
Yorke headed in Beckham's corner and then set up Cole for United's third after
which they stopped trying. Van Der Gouw saved a penalty from Vastic.

Attendance : 17,000


CROATIA ZAGREB			1-2			MARSEILLE
Sokota 64						Bakayoko 5
							Perez 77

Bakayoko scored from Dalmat's assist, identical to the goal he created for
Ravanelli in the previous game. Sokota screwed a shot past Porato before
Perez blasted a volley past Ladic from Dalmat's cross. Dalmat is much more
than a defensive midfielder and looks to have genuine World Class potential.
It should be interesting to see how he handles (or is abused by) Keane next week.

Attendance : 25,000


14 SEPTEMBER 1999

MANCHESTER UNITED		0-0			CROATIA ZAGREB 
 
Man United were denied a victory by two outstanding saves by Ladic from Cole and
Sheringham in the 2nd half. Stam and Yorke also wasted good chances.

Attendance : 53,250


MARSEILLE			2-0			STURM GRAZ
Pires 9
Ravanelli 32

Pires shot across goal from a Maurice pass and Ravanelli profited from fabulous
work by the powerhouse Dalmat to tap-in Marseille's second.

Attendance : 35,000