Fiorentina are on course for a UEFA Cup last-16 clash with Everton after Adrian Mutu fired them to a 1-0 victory away to Rosenborg on Thursday.

The former Chelsea striker netted with a right-foot shot from six yards after 16 mintues in Trondheim to give his side a solid advantage with the home leg to come next week.

Didier Konan's late effort came back off the post for the hosts who now face a tough task in Florence.

With Everton 2-0 up from their away leg against SK Brann, a clash with the Viola now looks likely for David Moyes' men.

Hamburg also posted an impressive away win, beating FC Zurich 3-1 with all the goals coming in the second half.

David Jarolim opened the scoring in the 49th minute before Ivica Olic doubled the advantage in the 67th.

Piotr Trochowski made it three with 77 minutes gone before Zurich pulled one back just before the end through Eric Hassli.

Benfica will take a narrow lead to Germany next week after their 1-0 victory over Nurnberg at the Estadio da Luz.

Nurnberg looked bright throughout the first-half, taking the game to the hosts and seeing Tomas Galasek and Nicky Adler both waste early opportunities.

They were then made to pay for their wastefulness in front goal just two minutes before the break when Ariza Makukula fired the Portuguese side in front.

Allowed space and time on the right of box the Portuguese international striker drilled a low effort into the centre of the goal past a helpless Jaromir Blazek.

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