Roma 2 - Villarreal 1

Roma: Pelizzoli; Zebina, Chivu, Samuel, Candela; Mancini, Emerson, Dacourt, Lima (Delvecchio 77'); Totti, Cassano (Montella 68'). 4-4-2.
Villarreal: Reina; Belletti (Javi Venta 46, Guayre 58''), Quique Alvarez, Coloccini, Arruabarrena; Battaglia, Pedro Martí; José Marí, Riquelme, Roger; Sonny Anderson (Verza 80'). 4-2-3-1.

Goals:
1-0. 10. Emerson. Beat Reina with long shot which went in off crossbar
2-0. 50. Cassano. Poked ball home after Totti crossed in from left of area.
2-1. 66. Anderson. Got ahead of Chivu to turn José Marí cross into corner of net.

Villarreal's great run in Europe continues, and they made it through to a quarter final clash with Celtic after beating Roma 3-2 on aggregate. The Italians scored early on, Emerson crashing a long shot past Reina, and could have got more in the first half, Reina saving from Totti (returning to the side after a back injury) and Candela missing an easy chance. The Spaniards' only reply was a shot from Sonny Anderson which went way over the bar.

Emerson and Totti combined five minutes after the restart to set up Cassano for a second though, and the tie was all square with extra time a possibility. Paquito surprised everyone taking off Javi Venta, who had only come on twelve minutes earlier, to put on another attacking player Guayre. The move worked though, and Sonny Anderson got on the end of José Marí's cross and turn the ball wide of Pelizzoli. Roma's nerves frayed at the end, and they were left with ten men when Zebina was shown a red card with two minutes to go. Villarreal were in to the last eight, leaving another of Europe's best sides trailing in their wake.