AZ Alkmaar 1 - Villarreal 1

Alkmaar: Timmer, Kromkamp, Opdam, Mathijsen (Jaliens 16'), De Cler; Landzaat, Lindenbergh, Van Galen (Hutsegems 46'), Sektioui; Nelisse (Buskermolen 67'), Pérez. 4-4-2.
Villarreal: Reina; Armando Sá, Gonzalo Rodríguez (Quique Alvarez 46'), Peña, Arruabarrena; Riquelme, Josico (Guayre 30'), Marcos Senna, Sorín; José Marí, Figueroa. 4-4-2.

Goals:
1-0. 07. Pérez. Picked up ball and ran on to shoot in off post.
1-1. 72. Figueroa. Turned cross from Riquelme past Timmer.

La Liga's last representative in European competitions bowed out tonight, leaving Spain without a side in any of the semi-finals for the first time in 15 years. Villarreal needed to score at least two goals to come back from their 1-2 home defeat against Alkmaar in the first leg, but in the end they could only manage a 1-1 draw.

The Dutch side took the lead in only the seventh minute when Kenneth Pérez fired a long shot in off the post, only a couple of minutes after Figueroa missed an easy chance. The locals were left with ten men in the twentieth minute when Opdam picked up a second booking for a foul on José Marí, but the Spanish striker followed him to the dressing rooms second later after kicking out at Van Galen whilst lying on the floor.

Pellegrini had brought on Guayre with only half an hour gone, and his side pushed forward after the break, Riquelme almost forcing Lindenbergh into an own goal. And pressure from the visitors eventually paid off when Figueroa turned in Riquelme's cross midway through the second half. But although Riquelme hit the post with a free kick and Sorín and Armando Sá both went close, the Spaniards were unable to get the goal they needed to take the game in to extra time.