Shakhtar seal it in extra time

Shakhtar Donetsk 2 Werder Bremen 1: Shakhtar Donetsk became the last winners of the Uefa Cup by defeating Werder Bremen 2-1 …

Shakhtar Donetsk 2 Werder Bremen 1:Shakhtar Donetsk became the last winners of the Uefa Cup by defeating Werder Bremen 2-1 in the final in Istanbul.

Mircea Lucescu's team also became the first Ukrainian side to win a European trophy thanks to Jadson's winner in extra-time.

The final - the last to be played before the competition is rebranded as the Europa League next season - finished all square on 90 minutes after Naldo had equalised Luiz Adriano's opener.

Jadson made it a trio of Brazilian scorers when his weak effort trickled past Werder goalkeeper Tim Wiese in the 97th minute to give Shakhtar the trophy.

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Luiz Adriano was allowed the time and space to turn on the edge of the box, but fired just wide with the goal gaping after just five minutes.

But the Brazilian striker made amends 20 minutes later seizing on a through-ball that had wrong-footed the Bremen defence and lifting a sumptuous chip over the onrushing Wiese.

But just as Shakhtar were threatening to extend their advantage, Bremen hit back in thunderous fashion through their own Brazilian, Naldo stepping up in the 34th minute to hammer a free-kick at Andrei Pyatov with such ferocity that the goalkeeper could only help it on its way into the net.

With the game petering out extra-time looked increasingly likely and once it got under way, it was almost inevitable that it would be an error that would finally settle the issue.

Less predictable was that Wiese would be the culprit, horribly misjudging Jadson's soft shot from 12 yards and undoing all his good work through the night by letting it bobble past him into the net.