Espanyol 3, Werder Bremen 0
Parc Montjuic, Barcelona
You can expect to see the often-forgotten Barcelona based team, Espanyol, in the UEFA Cup finals come next week. One name that stood out was the Uruguayan international Walter Pandiani, known as El Rifle, who for a while last year was linked to a permanent move to the Premiership. Pandiani scored along with Hurtado Moises and Coro to pretty much solidify the prospect of an all-Spanish final in Glasgow, Scotland. A big reason for Espanyol's dominance was the sending off Werder's somewhat sure-handed goalkeeper and German international Tim Wiese. It's a shame to see World Cup stud Miroslav Klose not get to his first European final.
Osasuna 1, Sevilla 0
El Sadar
Osasuna is now considered the Mighty Ducks of the UEFA cup. They have stunned everyone they have come up and against and now they find themselves against the defending champs, the Hawks (Sevilla). Sevilla boasts world class caliber players like young Brazilian Daniel Alves, Mali striker and La Liga scoring machine Frederic Kanoute, Luis Fabiano, young'un Jesus Navas. Osasuna has Real Madrid youth outcast Roberto Soldado (who ironically enough scored the winning goal) and past-his-prime Gordon Bombay with an Eastern European flavor, Savo Milosevic. They have played out of their gourds and I would love to see them finish it all out. It'll be on FSC, so watch it.
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