Celtic's Europa League ambitions suffered another blow Thursday when it was held to a 1-1 draw at home by Rapid Vienna in a match which brought back uncomfortable, ugly memories. Celtic, which had lost its opening Group C match at Hapoel Tel Aviv, slipped behind after just three minutes at Parkhead when a mistake by Stephen McManus gifted Nikica Jelavic a goal. Australia's Scott McDonald leveled in the 20th minute but Celtic could not find the winner as the Scottish giants slumped to the foot of the table following Hamburg's 4-2 win over Hapoel Tel-Aviv. Twenty-five years ago, Celtic and Rapid clashed in the Cup Winners' Cup. Rapid won 3-1 at home before Celtic took a 3-0 lead in the second leg. But Rapid player Rudi Weinhofer collapsed to the ground, claiming to have been hit by a missile thrown from the terraces before UEFA ordered a third game to be played. Current Rapid boss Peter Pacult scored the only goal of the match which was played at Old Trafford to take his side through to the next round. Meanwhile, Everton resisted a valiant effort by BATE Borisov to leave Belarus with a 2-1 win which put it top of Group I with six points while English Premier League rivals Fulham top Group E after a 1-0 win over Basel. Everton was a goal down by the 16th minute in Minsk as Dmitri Likhtarovich pounced on a loose ball 35 metres out and smashed it into the top corner past Tim Howard. Everton equalized through Marouane Fellaini in the 68th minute before Tim Cahill grabbed the winner 10 minutes later. Danny Murphy struck the only goal in the 57th minute at Craven Cottage for Fulham converting a fine pass from Andrew Johnson. Elsewhere, Lazio beat Levski Sofia 4-0 in Bulgaria. Brazilian midfielder Matuzalem opened the scoring in the 22nd minute and by half-time the visitors had doubled their advantage thanks to Italian striker Mauro Zarate. Lazio scored goals in the 67th and 73 minutes through Mourad Meghni and Tommaso Rocchi. FC Salzburg punched above its weight to beat tricky Spaniards Villarreal 2-0 while Ukrainians Shakhtar Donetsk thumped Partizan Belgrade of Serbia 4-1. AEK Athens, PSV Eindhoven and Werder Bremen also won at home. Egypt advances to last 16 Host Egypt beat Italy 4-2 to qualify for the knockout round of the Under-20 World Cup Thursday. Ahmed Shoukri scored twice in the first half, either side of Umberto Eusepi's neat finish for Italy. Michelangelo Albertazzi made it 2-2 with a header early in the second half, before Bogy scored with his first touch of the match with a diving header after coming on as a substitute. Bogy got his second in the 80th, chesting the ball down and then volleying the ball into the net. Egypt tops Group A with six points, and is joined in the last 16 by Paraguay and Italy. Paraguay drew 0-0 against Trinidad and Tobago to finish in second place with five points. Italy has four. Trinidad and Tobago is eliminated. Spain won its third straight game at the event, comfortably beating Venezuela 3-0. In another encounter Nigeria beat Tahiti 5-0 to maintain a slim chance of qualifying for the knockout stage.
