Intertoto Cup, semi-final, second leg

Spain will have two sides in the Intertoto cup finals after Deportivo and Valencia both won their respective ties. Deportivo had the harder task as they were defending a slender first leg lead against Newcastle, and they went behind on aggregate when Milner put the English side ahead five minutes before the break. However Andrade levelled the scores on the stroke of half time when he poked the ball over Given's head after Duscher had headed on a long free kick, and just three minutes after the restart Munitis intercepted a bad back pass by Elliott to wrap things up. Valencia were virtually through already though after their 4-0 win in the first leg against Roda, and Quique Flores allowed himself the luxury of making several changes to his side. There were no surprises as the Spaniards kept things under control, and the match ended 0-0. The finals will be played over two legs, with Deportivo starting at home next week against France's Olympique Marseille and Valencia travelling to Germany to play Hamburg. (03.08.05)

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