Sevilla and Benfica books Europa league final ticket

Sevilla and Benfica will play this year's Europa league final on May 14. The second tier of European club competition started about 10 months ago with over 64 teams.
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Benfica stopped favourites-Juventus in the semi final. The Portuguese club defeated the Italian side by 2-1 in the first leg. Conte's men were dreaming of playing the final on their home ground in Turin.

The new Portuguese champions held Juventus to a goalless draw in the second leg.

Valencia were stunned at the Mestalla stadium when a late header from Stephen Mbia sent Sevilla to the final via away goals rule.
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The hosts fell by 2-0 in the first leg and needed a 3-0 victory to qualify for the final. Valencia scored the needed three goals but failed to mark Mbia in the final moments of the game.  Valencia overcame a 3-0 deficit against FC Basle in the previous round by winning the return leg 5-0.

Emery has now punished his former employers by leading Sevilla to a win over Valencia. 

The 2004 champions will now focus on qualifying for next season's Europa league through the La liga.

If Sevilla should win the final, they will qualify for next season's UEFA champions league.

UEFA Europa League 2014 semi final preview

The 2014 UEFA Europa League preview has been made on April 11th ,2014.

The first tie between Sevilla and Valencia will be an all-Spanish affair. Sevilla defeated FC Porto by 4-2 on aggregate to get to this stage. The 2006 and 2007 UEFA Cup champions were beaten 1-0 in Portugal before the recorded a convincing 4-1 win on Thursday 10th April,2014.

Valencia produced a fantastic performance to deny FC Basle a place in the last four. The 2004 UEFA cup winners defeated the Swiss side by 5-0 in at the Mestalla stadium. Paco Alcacer scored a hat trick in that match and Sevilla defenders will have to be wary of him if they are to progress to the final.

Benfica won the second leg of their tie against AZ Alkmaar by 2-0 on April 10th. The Portuguese team progressed on a 3-0 aggregate scoreline. They are used to recording success in the second tier of European club competition.

Juventus remains the only Italian team left in any European club competition. The old ladies of Italian football overcame Olympic Lyon by 3-2 on aggregate. Players like Carlos Tevez and Fernando Llorente have inspired the team to a successful campaign so far.
The final of the Europa League will be played in Turin,Italy.

Rivals at WAR!

This weekend promises to be highly explosive across Europe with supremacy battles in England and Italy. At the San Siro, AC Milan will host Juventus. The Milan club are a point ahead of the Turin side who have an outstanding match. The match promises to be a tough one indeed. The Bianconeri (AC Milan) lost 1-0 to Inter Milan a couple of weeks ago, but another loss against Juventus will tilt the title in favour of the Turin side that are enjoying their best spell in the Serie A for the first time since the match-fixing scandal that rocked Italian football seven years ago. Andrea Pirlo finally scored his first goal for Juventus in their 3-1 win over Cagliari last weekend and his performance will go a long way in deciding the midfield tussle between these two teams.
 Will Clarion Seedorf or Aquilani be able to stop Pirlo?
Boateng and Robinho will be expected to lead the front line of AC Milan. Swedish striker, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is currently on suspension.

London battle
Meanwhile, there is a North London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal's recent form has not been encouraging of late. The Gunners lost 4-0 to AC Milan in the Champions League before been sent out of the FA Cup by Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. The back four of the Gunners is nothing to write home about. It seems the Arsene Wenger side cannot win without Robin Van Persie's goals. The Dutchman has fired blank in his last two matches. Andriy Arshavin has gone back to Zenit on loan.
 On the other side, Tottenham are soaring high in the EPL. Spurs are 10 points ahead of Arsenal that is tied on points with Chelsea. Gareth Bale,Van der Vaart, Adebayor,Defoe and Luka Modric will definitely put on their best to shoot down their North London rivals. Spurs will be looking forward to complete a double over Arsenal for the first time since 1993.

Possible line -ups: (ARSENAL)Szczesny-Sagna,Vermaelen, Koscielny, Gibbs-Walcott, Arteta, Song, Gervinho,Ramsey,Van Persie

(TOTTENHAM)Friedel-Walker, Kaboul, King, Assou-Ekotto-Lennon, Parker, Modric, Bale-Van der Vaart,Adebayo

Other ties.
In France PSG will play against Olympic Lyon in another hot match. The Paris club are a point ahead of second-placed Montpellier that forced them to  2-2 draw last weekend.
In the La Liga, Atletico Madrid will play against FC Barcelona while Rayo Vallecano will host Real Madrid.
Napoli will be at home as they welcome Internazionale to the Sao Paolo stadium in Naples. Edinson Cavani and Ezequiel Lavezzi are the stars to watch for the home side.
In the Nigerian Premier League, Sharks FC of Port Harcourt will host reigning Nigerian Champions,Dolphins FC in a local derby.