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In the UEFA Cup final in the Scottish city of Glasgow, two Spanish teams will compete. This became clear after Thursday night when Barcelona's "Espanyol" once again defeated Bremen's "Werder" as guests, and last year's winner "Sevilla" managed to take revenge against Pamplona's "Osasuna" with the necessary ratio. The start of the match in Bremen gave the home team a lot of hope. After just 4 minutes of unsuccessful play by the "Espanyol" defenders and goalkeeper Gorka Iraizoz going too far, Hugo Almeida calmly kicked the ball into an empty net. Inspired by the early success, the "Werder" players continued to attack, trying to get revenge for the failure experienced as guests with a score of 0-3. However, at the 20th minute, the Germans suffered a serious blow - imitating a foul, the offensive leader Miroslav Klose received a second yellow card and had to leave the field. Nevertheless, Bremen players continued to press their opponents and constantly attack. However, their ambitions were doomed to fail at the beginning of the second half. In the 50th minute, after a low pass from Alberto Reiros from the edge, "Werder" goalkeeper Andreas Reinke made a gross mistake, unsuccessfully knocking the ball in front of him and using it, Ferran Coro sent it into an empty net. Ten minutes later, everything became finally clear. Lifting a corner, "Espanyol" defender Jose Maria Lacruz almost unchallenged headed in the second goal. The remaining time of the match was calm on the field, as both teams had already settled for the final result. In Seville, the defending champions "Sevilla" managed to take revenge against the team of Pamplona's "Osasuna" with the necessary result. In the 37th minute, Luis Fabiano scored the first goal, confusing two defenders in the penalty area and accurately shooting into the goal. After the break, the decisive goal was scored by Renato, marking after a high pass from Daniel Alves from the edge. The guests, who focused on defense throughout the first half and tried to maintain their modest advantage from the first match, tried to change the course of the match after the second goal, but the domination of the hosts was evident. In this match, the yellow card was also received by "Sevilla" defender Julien Escude, who will miss the final match on May 16 at the Glasgow "Hampden Park" stadium against "Espanyol." Statistics 1 - 2 (First match 0-3, overall result 1-5) 5‘ [1 - 0] Hugo Almeida 50‘ [1 - 1] Ferran Telechea Coro 61‘ [1 - 2] Jose Maria Lacruz 19‘ Miroslav Klose ("Werder") sent off the field 2 - 0 (First match 0-1, overall result 2-1) 37‘ [1 - 0] Luis Fabiano 53‘ [2 - 0] Fabiano
