UEFA Cup

This Thursday the four Spanish clubs play the second legs of their ties. Remember what happened in the first legs:

Aris Salonica 2 - Celta 2
Two goals in a minute by Russian midfielder Valery Karpin shortly before half-time silenced the vociferous Greek crowd in the hostile Harilaou stadium. Karpin's first goal was a beauty, his shot struck from some 30 metres leaving keeper Katergianniakis with no option. A minute later he headed in Makelele's cross, and Celta appeared to be cruising. However, Andrioli pulled one back just before half time, and halfway through the second half Kyzeridis beat Dutruel from the edge of the area to level the scores. The crowd rallied behind the home side, but Celta hung on to take a deserved draw back to Gallicia for the return leg in two weeks time. Tomás was given a rare start by Víctor Fernandez as Revivo was injured.

Deportivo de La Coruña 3 - Montpellier 1
An easy victory for Depor which could have been by a far larger margin in the end. Flavio aggravated an old injury in the pre-match warm up was replaced by Jokanovic in the starting line up. Pauleta and Makaay started up front, with Djalminha playing behind them. Montpellier scored the first goal from a break-away, Delaye's cross-come-shot taking a deflection off Romero in the sixth minute. Pauleta equalised for Depor ten minutes later, heading in Víctor's corner, but despite intense pressure from the home side, the teams went in at the break level. The second half belonged to Djalminha, who scored two goals in four minutes. His first goal came from a cheeky penalty four minutes into the second half after Silvestre had handled in the area. Djalminha checked in his run up, waited for the Casard to commit himself, and chipped the ball over the forlorn keeper into the roof of the net. Four minutes later he added his teams third, placing the ball past Casard on the second attempt.

Atlético de Madrid 1 - Amica Wronki 0
A poor match which Atleti were thankful to see the end of. Only 4,000 fans turned up on a cold rainy night in Madrid, and most of them wished they had stayed at home. Ranieri kept Molina in goal with Hasselbaink and José mari up front. Both sides had chances throughout the match, but it was eventually left to substitute Baraja to settle it. He picked up a ball seven minutes from time and beat four Polish defenders before shooting strongly past reserve keeper Michniewicz (substituting Strozynski who was injured in the second half). The best thing of the night for Atlético was the result, and keeping a clean sheet could be important for the return match in Poland. Teplice 1 Mallorca 2 Mallorca returned to the Czech Republic for the second tie in a row to face a side which on paper was stronger than Sigma Olomouc, their opponents in the first round. Vázquez included Argentinians Serrizuela and Quinteros in his starting line up, and kept Diego Tristán up front again with Carlos still out. The young Sevillian striker was the star of the match, scoring twice in a four minute period in the first half to give his side a comfortable away victory. His first goal came from a header after a pass from Lauren, and his second was an individual effort which he finished with a low shot, and he came close to completing his hat-trick on the hour when another header hit the crossbar. Teplice came back shortly afterwards, Kolomaznik beating Burgos with a header after the ball had rebounded off the post. Verbir hit the post for the home side in the last minute, but Mallorca stuck to their guns to leave them in a good position to go through to the last 32.