Two Spanish teams reached the last eight, with the other two being eliminated.. Results were as follows:

UEFA Cup, fourth round second leg

Lens (2) 4 - Atlético de Madrid (2) 2

Atlético: Molina; Aguilera, Ayala, Gamarra, Capdevila; Njegus, Bjebl, Valerón (Hugo Leal 81'), Solari (Kiko 46'); Roberto (Correa 68'); Hasselbaink. 4-4-1-1.

Atlético Madrid bowed out of Europe after a defeat which ended with striker Kiko sent off for head-butting Pierre Fanfan. It was always going to be an uphill battle after a high scoring draw in the first leg, with players unsettled after the resignation of Claudio Ranieri last week. New manager Radomir Antic switched Aguilera back to right back, bringing in Njegus, Solari and Roberto for Santi, Hugo Leal and Kiko. Lens went 2-0 up in the first half with a header from Nouma and a shot from Sakho, but Hasselbaink pulled one back before half time after Valerón had touched on a short free kick. Antic put on Kiko at half time, but Lens went further ahead a few minutes later with another headed goal from Nouma. Atlético didn't give up, and Kiko put them back in the game with a goal in the 64th minute following up after Roberto half hit a shot at goal, his first official goal since returning from a year long injury. Antic threw everything forward, bringing on another forward Correa for Roberto, but Lens took advantage of the gaps at the back to score through Brunel and effectively end the tie. Atlético were sunk, and Kiko lost his nerves near the end. They still have the Spanish cup to save their season (they play Barcelona in the semi-final in April), but first they have to get out of the relegation zone in the league. Maybe its a good thing they don't spread their forces too widely, although the blow to moral may be damaging. If they survive, Antic deserves a medal.

Deportivo de La Coruña (1) 2 - Arsenal (5) 1

Deportivo: Kouba; Scaloni, Ramis, Naybet, Manel; Mauro Silva, Jaime (Fran 63'); Fernando (Iván Pérez 79'), Pauleta, Turu Flores; Makaay (Víctor 56'). 4-2-3-1.

Deportivo's manager Javier Irureta decided that he would concentrate on winning the league, and brought in eight reserves for this fairly meaningless match with Arsenal. Only three first choice players were in the starting choice line up, Naybet and Mauro Silva who are suspended for this weekend's game, and Makaay, who was substituted early in the second half. Even so they salvaged their pride with a victory over an Arsenal side who had seven or eight of their regular first team present, even if players such as Petit were playing out of position. Deportivo came out wanting to score four goals, and Seaman was called upon to save from Pauleta, Turu Flores and Jaime in the first half. However Arsenal took the lead in the 62nd minute through Henry after a pass from Kanu. Deportivo equalised seven minutes later, substitute Víctor scoring from close range after Fernando had crossed from the left, and another substitute Iván Pérez scored the winner in the last minute after Turu had set him up. Coruña police were very concerned about the 1,700 Arsenal fans who were attending the match, but there was no trouble and most supporters spent their time on the local beaches (plus the odd bar or two).

Celta (0) 4 - Juventus (1) 0

Celta: Pinto; Celades, Sergio, Cáceres, Juanfran; Makelele, Giovanella; Karpin, Mostovoi (Revivo 57'), Gustavo López (Tomas 76'); McCarthy (Mazinho 78'). 4-2-3-1.

Celta produced the result of the night, scoring four past an unrecognisable Juventus. If Dutch international goalkeeper Van der Sar was the star of the match last week, this week he and his defence were the villains of the piece, gifting chance after chance to a grateful forward line who only had to be there to score. Víctor Fernández had been saying all week that his side would turn the tie around, and he played a full strength team, with Giovanella returning in midfield in place of Revivo. His team went ahead in the first minutes of the game, Makelele getting a rare goal with a powerful shot from the edge of the area. Juventus were down to ten men before the half hour was up, their captain Conte losing his head after being provoked by Juanfran and getting booked twice in three minutes. Shortly afterwards Birindelli put through his own net in a farcical incident, Mostovoi's lobbed shot hitting the Juventus defender near the line and trickling past his keeper. Just before half time another Juventus player saw red, Montero being sent off for a bad foul on Karpin. The Uruguayan defender made matters worse with a rude gesture to the crowd (either that or someone had put itching powder down the front of his shorts), and he could receive a heavy sanction from UEFA for the incident. With Juventus already down to nine men and defeated, Benni McCarthy took advantage of an infantile error by Van der Sar just after half time, the keeper dropping a soft ball at his feet to leave the South African with an easy job to scoring. A few minutes later Benni must have wondered if someone had told the Italians that it was his birthday, a mix up between Van der Sar and a defender from Celades's cross leaving him alone a yard from goal with the ball at his feet. It was all over, and after inflicting the heaviest defeat in Europe against Benfica earlier in the competition, they became the first side to win by a four goal margin against the 'Vecchia Signora' in Europe since 1959. They now go on to play Lens next week in the quarter finals, and must fancy their chances to go one better this year after reaching the quarters and the semis in the last two years.