Besiktas 0 - Valencia 2

Besiktas: Córdoba; Zago, Ronaldo, Ahmet Yildirim, Tayfur; Giunti (Ahmed Hassan 46'), Sergen Yalcin, Dobra (Serdar 72'), Ibrahim (Tümer 62'); Pancu, Ilie. 4-4-2.
Valencia: Palop; Garrido, Ayala, David Navarro, Carboni; Angulo, Marchena, Sissoko (Baraja 75'), Canobbio (Rufete 67'); Juan Sánchez, Xisco (Fabio Aurelio 58'). 4-4-2.

Goals:
0-1. 12. Angulo. Won ball in midfield and ran on unchallenged to shoot past keeper.
0-2. 57. Juan Sánchez. Got on the end of Xisco cross to head down past Córdoba.

Valencia were the only one of the four Spanish sides to play their second leg tie away from home, and Rafa Benítez took a second string side to Turkey to defend the 3-2 lead from the first leg. But it was enough to see them through, and after Canobbio brought a good save out of Córdoba early on, Angulo put them ahead in the twelfth minute when he was first to a wayward pass in midfield and ran on to beat the keeper.

Besiktas are currently topping the league in their country, and urged on by a capacity crowd they pushed forward, with last week's double goalscorer Pancu shooting wide after Adrian Ilie put him free in front of goal. The pressure continued after the break, and half time substitute Ahmed Hassan went close within minutes of the restart.

A few minutes later though, Xisco broke free down the left wing and floated in a cross which Juan Sánchez headed down into the ground and past Córdoba for Valencia's second goal. It was all over, and Palop and his defence comfortably contained the Besiktas forwards from there on. The home side's frustration showed through in the last minute when Zago was sent off for a foul on Marchena. But there was nothing they could do, and Valencia's name goes in to the hat for tomorrow's draw.