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UEFA Cup: Puerta Sends Sevilla Through
(Goal.com) - Sevilla will meet Middlesbrough in this year’s Uefa Cup final after an extra time goal from Antonio Puerta gave the Spaniards a 1-0 aggregate win over Schalke in the semi-finals.
Sevilla 1, Schalke 0
Sevilla advance 1-0 on aggregate
The local-born midfielder fired a superb half-volley past keeper Frank Rost ten minutes into extra time to send the Sanchez Pizjuan wild.
Chances were at a premium throughout. Kevin Kuranyi headed wide early on before Luis Fabiano and Javier Saviola both went close for Sevilla.
Adriano Correia also fired wide but the two sides went in 0-0 at half-time.
Rost made a fine one-handed save to deny Enzo Maresca a quarter of an hour from the end and the game went into extra time.
After Puerta had won the tie for Sevilla, thousands of fans invaded the pitch to celebrate the team’s qualification for the final.