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Wednesday - 19:45 Local Time - Glasgow, Scotland



Road to the final:

Espanyol defeated all four teams in their group stage, leaving their mark against Austria, Ajax, Zulte and Sparta. Riding this momentum they dispatched Livorno in the Round of 32 and Maccabi Haifa in the Round of 16. When the competition got stronger, so did Espanyol. Putting up a 3-2 victory at home against Benfica, they held on in Portugal to advance to the semis where they met the tournament favorites, Werder Bremen. Espanyol embraced the underdog label and scorched to a 5-1 aggregate win and into the final.

Sevilla went into the tournament with the new role of defending champions. The group stages proved demanding, but Sevilla finished second to secure a match against Champions League knockouts Steaua Bucaresti. Advancing with ease to the Round of 16, they met the challenge of Shakhtar Donetsk. After a 2-2 at home, they found themselves down 2-1 late in Ukraine when goalkeeper Palop scored a beautiful header that will surely be galvanized if Sevilla end up winning. A goal in overtime put them through to the quarterfinals against Tottenham who proved a worthy opponent but Sevilla got the job done as they often do when challenged. A 2-1 aggregate against Osasuna, in a tale of two matches, put Sevilla through to the final.

Preview video for the match. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmz9QIrLyDc&mode=related&search=) Worth watching if only for Palop's goal.


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I predict a 2-1 win for Sevilla, although I'm not feeling nearly as optomistic as I did last year. Espanyol have been on fire in the UEFA Cup all season.

Come on Sevilla, i've got good money on them winning it.

I'm gonna say 3-2 to Espanyol in ET, they have been very good in the Uefa cup and I think they could pull it off.

Here's the link to watch the final on:

http://www.myp2p.eu/Matches/Match2.htm

You'll need to download either sopcast or TVANTS to watch one of the English versions.

I'm hoping Sevilla win because they deserve something now that it looks like they're gonna miss out on the league title. Espanyol are cup specialists though but a team in mid table mediocricity shouldn't be winning a continental tournament.

havent really been following the UEFA Cup but how did suddenly Espanyol get into the final?

anyone care to enlighten me on who's Espanyol's key men and all?

havent really been following the UEFA Cup but how did suddenly Espanyol get into the final?

anyone care to enlighten me on who's Espanyol's key men and all?

All I know is that they have the top goalscorer in the competition, Walter Pandiani

havent really been following the UEFA Cup but how did suddenly Espanyol get into the final?

anyone care to enlighten me on who's Espanyol's key men and all?

Tamudo, Pandiani, Rufete and Moha are the ones to watch.

I think Espanyol will take the win. Sevilla will be under a lot of pressure being the current champions, and Espanyol will be full of energy wanting to get their first international title in a very inspired season. I would bet my money on them.

Gonna be a boring final, I think.

Gonna be a boring final, I think.

I really doubt that, Sevilla play some nice stuff and Espanyol are pretty good too. Should be a nice match for the neutrals.

Come on, Sevilla!!!

5-0!

1-1
Espanyol win by penalty shoot-out

what happened to de la pena?

the most boring final ever, I hate when teams from same countries meet in Europe..

i really wish Werder beat Espanyol, I couldnt care less about this game now

1-1 in the 30 min so far, goals by Adriano and Riera. Been a good game so far.

Its not no local 1 to 5 because an English team aint in the final lol.. Wow sometimes i wish i was in Africa where they show all the football of the world. Jeez.

Well mite as well stream it lol


There a lot of rollin about in this game and it aint that great anyways. I'll check the results later. I just saw some guy roll on the edge of the box and the ref told him to get up but didnt book him for diving. pathetic

Its not no local 1 to 5 because an English team aint in the final lol.. Wow sometimes i wish i was in Africa where they show all the football of the world. Jeez.

Well mite as well stream it lol


There a lot of rollin about in this game and it aint that great anyways. I'll check the results later. I just saw some guy roll on the edge of the box and the ref told him to get up but didnt book him for diving. pathetic

http://www.soccergaming.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144553

Anyway, it's 1-1 after 90 mins. Excellent, hopefully this will really tire out the Sevilla players for their next match vs Deportivo.

Must admit I was terribly wrong there, great match!

Sevilla won it on pen kicks.

Sevilla wins the Uefa cup in penalties after the match was tied 2-2.

Congrats to Sevilla and it's fans.

I really like how they hand over the trophy on the stands again. (Y) Nostalgic feelings there.

fantastic Palop
I really like how they hand over the trophy on the stands again. (Y) Nostalgic feelings there.

(Y) yeah, they should cancel giving the cup down there on the pitch...i prefer the stands too

WHAT AN AMAZING FINAL :rockman:, congratulations to Sevilla on being only the second team ever to win this trophy back to back (Y). It is amazing the growth this club has had over the last couple of seasons and it shows that with great management, an up and coming coach and a little luck any club can go from nowhere to being on top of Europe two years in a row. I can't wait to see them in the Champions League next season.

Well, Steaua got knocked out by the champs, that makes me feel a little better about our premature exit from Europe this season.

Once again congrats to Sevilla and all of its great fans and also to Espanyol who were amazing tonight as well. Fantastic final! Liverpool and Milan will have to repeat their performance from two years ago to beat the show that was put on today.

I really like how they hand over the trophy on the stands again. (Y) Nostalgic feelings there.

Yeah same, that definitely had Platini all over it (Y).

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by the way major respect to this man as well

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he was HUGE in the penalties

damn, wanted Espanyol to win this, would've been a great story :( congrats to Sevilla though, back-to-back is quite an accomplishment. Palop came up huge (combined with some horrible penalties from Espanyol... they can learn from Pandiani)

Great performance from Palop in the shootout. Espanyol did well to come back twice especially in extra time that equaliser just came out of nowhere.

I thought Pandiani penalty was perfect almost unstoppable, top corner. Anyway congrats Sevilla.

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http://www.forosevillagrande.com/style_emoticons/default/animacion.gifQUE GRANDE MI SEVILLA!!http://www.forosevillagrande.com/style_emoticons/default/animacion.gif

:Bow: PALOP, DIOS

Yeh i heard Sevilla won it. Two years in a row well done to them.

I watched the game live. Really enjoyed it, great stuff. Dani Alves was exposed @ the back a few times. Lovely strike by Jonatas, the way it bended was wicked!(H)

No joy for Catalans!(H)

this was a great match!!!
Highlights about the Sevilla-Espanol UEFA-Cup final in here (http://forumsdot.com/stream/viewtopic.php?p=654#654)

the most boring final ever

No this is only the case when any two Italian teams meet.
What a great match! I wanted Espanyol to win it though.

LOL ye Espanyol De la Pena good player.