French club Marseille and German league team Werder Bremen made it to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup on Wednesday.

On-loan defender Tyrone Mears headed in the 110th minute to give Marseille a 2-2 draw at Ajax Amsterdam, sending the team through 4-3 on aggregate.

Werder Bremen, who ousted favourites AC Milan in the previous round, also knocked out St Etienne, booked a last-eight place 3-2 on aggregate after a 2-2 draw in France.

Ajax, 2-1 down from the first leg, had forced extra time when Serbia striker Miralem Sulejmani fired them into a 2-1 lead with 16 minutes left of the return leg.

Earlier, Cameroonian midfielder Eyong Enoh sprung the offside trap to latch on to a Luis Suarez through ball and shoot Ajax ahead after 33 minutes.

Marseille hit back two minutes later when Bakari Kone crossed low for an unmarked Mamadou Niang to equalize.

Ajax finished with 10 men after defender Bruno Silva was sent off in the closing seconds for elbowing Hatem Ben Arfa.

Werder took control against St Etienne after first-half goals from Sebastian Proedl and Claudio Pizarro and the hosts responded with second-half goals from Yohan Benalouane and Sebastien Grax.

The six remaining last-16 second-leg ties take place on Thursday.

(Xinhua News Agency March 20, 2009)