Sevilla 4 - Real Madrid 3

Sevilla: Palop; Daniel Alves, Escudé, Javi Navarro, David; Jesús Navas, Maresca (Fernando Sales 80'), Martí, Adriano; Saviola (Renato 60'), Luis Fabiano (Kanouté 60'). 4-4-2.
Madrid: Casillas; Michel Salgado, Mejía, Sergio Ramos, Roberto Carlos; Baptista, Guti; Beckham (Soldado 56'), Zidane, Cicinho; Raúl (Jurado 84'). 4-2-3-1.

Team changes: Sevilla: Javi Navarro, David, Jesús Navas, Maresca, Martí, Adriano, Saviola, Luis Fabiano for Aitor Ocio, Dragutinovic, Fernando Sales, Jordi, Renato, Antonio Puerta, Kepa, Kanouté / Madrid: Guti, Cicinho for Pablo García, Robinho.

Goals:
0-1. 15. Baptista. Glancing header past Palop from long Beckham free kick.
0-2. 25. Beckham. Controlled long ball from Roberto Carlos and shot under Palop.
1-2. 28. Jesús Navas. Picked up ball outside area and fired in shot off crossbar.
2-2. 30. Saviola. Drove shot back into top of net after Casillas pushed out centre.
3-2. 34. Saviola. Turned ball past Casillas on near post from Luis Fabiano cross.
4-2. 44. Luis Fabiano. Collected through ball and struck angled shot past Casillas.
4-3. 72. Zidane. Turned ball back in to net after Palop palmed out corner.

An extraordinary match at the Sánchez Pizjuán stadium, where Sevilla had to settle for a UEFA cup spot despite beating Real Madrid 4-3. With Osasuna having a better head-to-head record, Juande Ramos's side had to win and hope for slip up from their rivals, but with the UEFA cup title in the bag and a run of eight wins in a row behind them they were in confident mood. However Madrid themselves had something to play for, second spot not yet tied up with Valencia breathing down their necks.

The match got off to an electric start, Luis Fabiano hitting the post in the first minute and Zidane (playing his last match for the "Merengues" before retiring) replying with a shot against the bar. Casillas had to be at his best to keep out Luis Fabiano, but with a quarter of an hour on the clock a long Beckham free kick bounced past everyone in to the net, Baptista's attempted header putting off Palop. And ten minutes later Beckham got his name on the scoresheet again when he collected a long ball from Roberto Carlos to shoot under the legs of the keeper.

Things looked grim for the locals, but they came back with a spectacular strike from Jesús Navas just three minutes later. And by half time they had turned the scoreline around, Saviola beating Casillas twice, the first after an uncharacteristic mistake by the keeper and the second after Luis Fabiano crossed in, and Luis Fabiano adding a fourth just before the break.

The crowd were in a jubilant mood at the break, but within five minutes of the restart news came in that Osasuna had scored twice in Pamplona. The atmosphere died somewhat, and Zidane took advantage to end his club career with a last goal. Madrid still lost the game, but it didn't matter after confirmation arrived that Valencia had lost in Navarra. Madrid were second, but with presidential elections on the horizon their future is still uncertain.