Sevilla 4 - Zenit St. Petersburg 1

Sevilla: Palop; Martí (Maresca 75'), Javi Navarro, Escudé, David; Fernando Sales (Antonio Puerta 63'), Jordi (Blanco 81'), Renato, Adriano; Saviola, Kanouté. 4-4-2.
Zenit: Malafeev; Anyukov, Hagen, Krizanac, Skrtel ; Mares; Sirl (Mares 76'), Radímov, Denisov (Spivak 30'), Sumulikoski; Arshavin, Kerzhakov. 4-4-2.

Goals:
1-0. 15. Saviola. Header down past keeper from Adriano's cross.
1-1. 45. Kerzhakov. Got on the end of Arshavin cross to head past Palop.
2-1. 56. Martí (penalty). After Hagen sent off for foul on Kanouté in area.
3-1. 82. Saviola. Shot wide of Malafeev after good work by Martí and Puerta.
4-1. 93. Adriano. Beat keeper with left foot shot from close up.

Two late goals gave Sevilla a big advantage for the second leg as Juande Ramos's side beat Zenit St. Petersburg 4-1. The Spaniards got off to a good start, Saviola and Escudé both testing Malafeev before Saviola opened the scoring with a header from Adriano's cross on the quarter hour mark. But the Russian side fought back, Kerzakhov having a serious penalty appeal turned down before the striker got on the end of Arshavin's cross to equalise.

The turning point though came ten minutes in to the second half when Hagen was sent off by Luxembourg referee Alain Hamer after giving away a penalty on Kanouté. There was concern amongst the fans after three penalty misses in a week by their side, but Martí stepped up to drive home the kick.

After that Zenit sat back to defend the result, but Saviola increased the lead eight minutes from the end after a good team move which ended with a pass from Maresca, and soon afterwards the visitors were left with nine men when Arshavin was also shown a red card for a hard tackle on Escudé. Antonio Puerta hit the bar as Sevilla gave it a final push, and with the game already in injury time Adriano put the icing on the cake with a fourth goal. The result should be good enough to see them through to the semi-finals, where they will probably meet German side Schalke '04.