Semi finals, second leg

Racing Santander 1 - Getafe 1

Racing: Coltorti; Pinillos, César Navas (Iván Bolado 87'), Garay (Pablo Alvarez 82'), Ayoze; Jorge López, Colsa, Duscher, Serrano; Tchité, Munitis (Smolarek 70'). 4-4-2.
Getafe: Ustari; Contra, Belenguer (Casquero 55'), Tena, Licht; Pablo Hernández (Gavilán 39'), Celestini, De La Red, Granero; Braulio (Albín 62'), Uche. 4-4-2.

Goals:
1-0. 07. Munitis. Turned Jorge López low cross past Ustari on near post.
1-1. 80. Casquero. Picked up pass from Albín and fired shot past Coltorti.

Getafe are the first side to make it to the Spanish cup final after beating Racing Santander 4-2 on aggregate. Michael Laudrup's team were defending a two goal cushion from the first leg, but within seven minutes that was halved when Munitis turned in a low cross from Jorge López.

After that it was end to end stuff, with both sides failing to convert several chances. Uche shot straight at Coltorti and Braulio and Belenguer both went close, and at the other end Jorge López had a shot blocked by Belenguer and another saved by Ustari, and Tchité shot over the top with the goal at his mercy. And after the restart Colsa and Tchité could both have given the Cantabrians the overall lead with a bit more luck.

With a quarter of an hour to go though the Cantabrians were left with ten men when Oscar Serrano was sent off after picking up two yellow cards in three minutes for heavy tackles on Granero, and five minutes later Casquero levelled the scores on the night under controversial circumstances, Albín ignoring appeals to kick the ball out of play and passing through to the midfielder with Garay lying injured on the ground.

The incident upset the Racing players, and police had to break up scuffles between the two sides at the end of the match. Getafe were in to their second final in a row though, and they await the winners of tomorrow's tie between Valencia and Barcelona.

Valencia 3 - Barcelona 2

Valencia: Hildebrand; Miguel, Raúl Albiol, Marchena, Moretti; Baraja, Maduro, David Silva (Banega 75'); Joaquín (Arizmendi 65'), David Villa, Mata (Caneira 83'). 4-3-3.
Barcelona: Víctor Valdés; Zambrotta (Edmilson 82'), Puyol, Milito, Abidal (Sylvinho 62'); Xavi, Touré Yaya (Henry 51'), Gudjohnsen; Bojan, Eto'o, Iniesta. 4-3-3.

Goals:
1-0. 18. Baraja. Made space on edge of area and fired angled shot past Valdés.
2-0. 45. Mata. Picked up short pass from Villa and placed shot inside near post.
2-1. 72. Henry. Got above marker to head Sylvinho cross in off far post.
3-1. 73. Mata. Fired low shot back past Valdés and Xavi from Silva's cross.
3-2. 80. Eto'o. Picked up ball on edge of area and ran on to beat Hildebrand.

Valencia will be Getafe's opponents in next month's Spanish cup final after a thrilling 3-2 win over Barcelona. Ronald Koeman's side were ahead throughout, although there was a frantic finish after a late strike from Eto'o left the visitors needing one goal to go through on the away goal rule after the 1-1 draw in the first leg.

Baraja opened the scoring for the Ches early in the first half, beating Valdés with an impressive shot from outside of the area. Before that Maduro had cleared a Milito header off the line following an early corner, but Mata made it two on the stroke of half time after David Villa took advantage of a hesitant defence to set him up.

Rijkaard had left a disgruntled Ronaldinho at home and started with Henry on the bench, but he brought on the French striker early in the second half. Gudjohnsen volleyed over the top and Bojan fired a long shot wide as Barça looked to get back in the game, and Henry headed one back from Sylvinho's cross with just under twenty minutes remaining.

Just a minute later though Mata restored the two goal lead after connecting with a cross from David Silva, catching the visitors off guard still celebrating their goal. But Eto'o scored again after recovering the ball when Marchena and Baraja cut out his attempted pass, and there were some nervous moments before the referee blew the final whistle. Valencia were through though, and Koeman now has some breathing space after recent events left his job on the line.