Villarreal 2 - Zenit St Petersburg 1

Villarreal: Diego López; Angel, Godín, Gonzalo, Capdevila; Cazorla, Josico (Guille Franco 51'), Marcos Senna (Bruno 63'), Pires; Tomasson, Rossi (Nihat 54'). 4-4-2.
Zenit: Malafeev; Kim Dong Jin, Anyukov, Lombaerts (Krizanac 34'), Shirokov; Sirl, Zyrianov, Tymoschuk, Fayzulin (Lee Ho 94'); Arshavin (Gorshkov 87'), Pogrebnyak. 4-4-2.

Goals:
0-1. 30. Pogrebnyak. Turned shot into net after Lombaerts headed ball down.
1-1. 75. Guille Franco. Got on end of Nihat corner to steer header past keeper.
2-1. 89. Tomasson. Scored from close up after Pires shot cleared off line.

Villarreal are out of the competition on the away goals rule despite a 2-1 victory over Zenit on the night. Pellegrini's side started well, with Cazorla, Rossi and Tomasson all trying their luck. But they were caught out on the half hour mark when Lombaerts got in front of Diego López to head a high ball into the path of Pogrebnyak who turned the ball into the net for his second goal of the tie.

The Russian side were left with ten men just a couple of minutes in to the second half when Shirokov picked up a second booking, but although Rossi and Tomasson went close again, they were unable to beat Malafeev until substitute Guille Franco headed Nihat's corner down past the keeper with a quarter of an hour to go.

A few minutes later visiting coach Dick Advocaat was sent off for protesting, and when Sirl was also shown a second yellow card Zenit were down to nine. Tomasson put the home side ahead on the night after a shot from Pires was cleared off the line in the last minute, but by then it was just too late to get that third goal that they needed.