Sevilla 3 - Besiktas 0

Sevilla: Notario; Daniel Alves, Javi Navarro, Aitor Ocio, David; Fernando Sales (Jordi 71'), Martí, Maresca, Adriano (Antonio Puerta 77'); Saviola, Luis Fabiano (Kanouté 58'). 4-4-2.
Besiktas: Córdoba; Tandogan, Toraman, Kleberson (Pancu 75'), Cagdas; Adem, Koray, Okan (Hassan 68'), Akin (Youla 65'); Tümer, Ailton. 4-4-2.

Goals:
1-0. 64. Saviola. Picked up headed Kanouté pass and fire low shot under keeper.
2-0. 65. Kanouté. Got on the end of Sales headed pass to head in from close up.
3-0. 89. Kanouté. Ran on to long pass from midfield and rounded keeper to score.

After resting on the first day of the league stage of the competition, Sevilla opened their account with a convincing 3-0 win over Besiktas. The result didn't seem so clear though in the first 45 minutes, and Ailton came close to putting Tigana's side ahead with less than a quarter of an hour on the clock. The locals only real effort was a shot from Saviola just wide of the post early on, and Notario and his defence were under pressure from the Turks for much of the time.

Sevilla took control though after the restart, Luis Fabiano unlucky to have a penalty appeal turned down by the Belgian referee. With almost an hour on the clock Juande Ramos replaced the Brazilian striker with Kanouté, and within a few minutes the new man made his mark, first of all setting up Saviola for him to score his first official goal for the club, and then steering a header past visiting keeper Córdoba just a minute later.

After that it was plain sailing, and Notario was only troubled by an effort from Pancu. And with the game coming to an end Kanouté rounded off a good night running on to a long pass out of midfield to push the ball around Córdoba and score his side's third. The result takes the Andalusians up to second in the group behind Bolton, and with the first three to qualify they are already well on their way.