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Just as in the first leg, Celtic conceded an early goal. Juliano Belletti hung the ball in the air from the right and Anderson reacted quicker than Balde to head the ball over goalkeeper David Marshall after six minutes.
Celtic had claims for a penalty waved away by the referee after 30 minutes, when Rodolfo Arruabarrena challenged McNamara in the box. Another thrusting run and superb cross from McNamara handed Pearson a great chance to equalise, but the midfielder headed powerfully over the bar from 12 yards.
A Henrik Larsson header across the face of goal just evaded Valgaeren as Celtic pressed after the break. Balde produced a superb saving tackle as Anderson seemed poised to stroke home a killer second goal.
That finally came in the 68th minute, when Anderson crossed from the left of the box and Roger showed more desire than Valgaeren and blasted the ball past Marshall.

Trivia

Sonny Anderson and Roger pounced on poor defending to end Celtic's dream of a second Uefa Cup final in a row.
Celtic, last season's runners-up, suffered a blow before kick-off with striker Chris Sutton failing a late fitness test.

Teams

Villarreal:-
Reina, Arruabarrena, Coloccini, Belletti, Ballesteros, Josico, Roger, Battaglia, Riquelme, Jose Mari (Javi Venta 85), Anderson.

Subs not used:- Lopez Vallejo, Marti, Victor, Guayre, Quique Alvarez, Calleja.

Goals:- Anderson 6, Roger 68.

Booked:- Josico, Battaglia, Arruabarrena, Javi Venta.



Celtic:-
Marshall, McNamara, Valgaeren, Balde, Varga, Agathe, Lennon, Miller (Smith 71), Petrov, Larsson, Pearson (Wallace 71).

Subs not used:- Douglas, Sylla, Lambert, Mjallby, Beattie.

Booked:- Valgaeren, Pearson.

Attendance:- 15,964.

Referee:- Massimo De Santis (Italy).

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