time winner from Uruguay forward Edinson Cavani to beat Steaua Bucharest 1-0 and scrape into the last 32 of the Europa League Wednesday, joining two-time winner Sevilla and PAOK Thessaloniki. Napoli needed to win to overtake Steaua and join Liverpool in progressing from Group K. Cavani, one of his country's stars at this year's World Cup, popped up in the third minute of stoppage time to clinch the victory. Sevilla, which won the competition in 2006 and ‘07 when it was called the UEFA Cup, drew 2-2 with Borussia Dortmund to seal second place in Group J behind Paris Saint-Germain. Bundesliga leader Dortmund finished third to exit European play. PAOK defeated Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 away to beat the Croatian team to the runner-up spot in Group D. The Greek club only needed a point against Dinamo to qualify from Group D, along with Villarreal, and Dimitris Salpingidis' 59th-minute winner secured the visitors second spot on 11 points. Spanish side Villarreal clinched first place thanks to Italy forward Guiseppe Rossi's two goals in the 2-1 win at FC Brugge. Dynamo Kiev drew 0-0 with Sheriff to finish a point clear of BATE Borisov at the top of Group E. Other results: AZ Alkmaar 3 BATE Borisov 0; Sparta Prague 1 CSKA Moscow 1; FC Lausanne-Sport 0 Palermo 1; Karpaty Lviv 1 Paris St Germain 1; Liverpool 0 Utrecht 0; Besiktas 2 Rapid Vienna 0; Porto 3 CSKA Sofia 1. Crespo strikes Hernan Crespo came off the bench to score twice in extra time as Parma beat Fiorentina 2-1 Tuesday to reach the Italian Cup quarterfinals. Mario Santana put Fiorentina ahead in the 114th minute, but Crespo equalized a minute later and the 35-year-old Argentine striker hit the winner in the 117th. Spain ends year as No. 1 World champion Spain will finish 2010 as the No. 1 team in the FIFA rankings, leading a European top three for the first time in 18 months. The Netherlands, which was beaten by Spain in July's World Cup final, is second ahead of Germany. Brazil slipped to fourth following its loss to Argentina last month and a disappointing World Cup, losing to the Dutch in the quarterfinals. Argentina and England stay fifth and six, respectively. Egypt leads the African nations and climbed one place to No. 9.
