As the rain came down in sheets on the surface of Hampden Park the two Spanish side took the field to contest the 2007 UEFA Cup final. Sevilla opened the scoring within twenty minutes through Correia, to edge closer to being the first club to retain the UEFA Cup since 1986 when the feat was achieved by Real Madrid.

Espanyol fought back and had an equaliser just ten minutes after going behind. Former Manchester City midfielder Albert Riera’s shot deflected in to Palop’s goal.

In the second half Espanyol were reduced to 10 men when Hurtado was issued with his second yellow, resulting in his dismissal. Leaving his team mates with a mountain to climb. They managed to hold on for the 90 minutes, forcing the game into extra time.

Extra-time brought its very own drama, Sevilla were dominating the game in terms of possession and territory, but they lacked the finishing touch. Until the end of the first half when former Spurs striker Kanoute pushed home a David Garcia cross at the near post.

The game was far from over Espanyol had a whole half of extra time to get back in to the game. It took just ten of the fifteen minutes for them to get level. The goal did not come from an obvious source, substitute Jonatas, his thunderous strike took a minor deflection off Poulsen to even the score and force penalties. Which were won convincingly by Sevilla 3-1.