Valencia 4 - Roda 0

Valencia: Cañizares; Pedro López, Ayala, Marchena, Fabio Aurelio; Albelda, Edu; Rufete (Juanlu 83'), Di Vaio, Vicente (Moretti 80'); Kluivert (David Villa 58'). 4-2-3-1.
Roda: Kujovic, Bodnar, Kah, Senden, Lachambre; Sonko (Van den Ouweland 64'), Bodor (Filipovic 57'), Sergio (Van Dessel 43'), Van Dijk; Koné, Cissé. 4-4-2.

1-0. 35. Rufete. Following up after keeper saved header from Edu.
2-0. 40. Rufete. Picked up return pass from Vicente to beat Kujovic.
3-0. 50. Rufete. Ran on to Kluivert through ball to shoot past keeper.
4-0. 83. Moretti. Got on the end of Fabio Aurelio cross to head in on far post.

Valencia virtually ensured a place in one of the finals against Hamburg or Sigma Olomouc after beating Holland's Roda 4-0 in the first leg of their semi-final, thanks in large part to a hat-trick by Rufete in a fifteen minute period around half time.

There were few opportunities early on, with Vicente shooting wide in the third minute and Cissé replying for the Dutch side with a shot over the bar later in the half. But the hosts were well on top, and they took the lead when Rufete followed up after Kujovic could only palm away Edu's header from a Di Vaio cross. Just five minutes later the winger made it two after picking up a return pass from Vicente, and Di Vaio could have got a third had his chip not just cleared the crossbar.

Rufete completed his hat-trick though just five minutes after the restart after Kluivert set him up, and Di Vaio and David Villa were both denied by Kujovic as the Spaniards looked to increase their lead. And with seven minutes to go they did get the fouth goal they wanted, Moretti coming on to head Fabio Aurelio's cross in on the far post and make next week's second leg a mere formality.