Champions League, third qualifying round, first leg

Good results for the two Spanish clubs in the first legs of the Champions League qualifying round. Villarreal beat Everton 1-2, Josico heading a spectacular winner from Sorin's cross right at the end of the first half. A few minutes earlier Beattie had equalised Lucho Figueroa's strike, which came after Marcos Senna set him up. Betis left it really late though, their 1-0 win over Monaco coming in the third minute of injury time after Edu ran on to a long ball to place a shot wide of Roma. (09.08.05)

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