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McGeady's Spartak on end of a drubbing

Europa League quarter-finals round-up: Aiden McGeady’s hopes of a night out at the Aviva Stadium in the final of the Europa …

Thu Apr 14 2011 - 01:00

Europa League quarter-finals round-up:Aiden McGeady's hopes of a night out at the Aviva Stadium in the final of the Europa League was well an truly put to bed as Portobeat Spartak Moscow5-2 at the Luzhniki Stadium to complete a 10-3 hammering on aggregate.

The Portuguese champions could have been forgiven for taking their foot off the gas after hammering Spartak 5-1 in the first leg, but continued where they left off and won easily in Moscow.

The five Porto goals came from five different players with Hulk, Cristian Rodriguez, Fredy Guarin, Falcao and Ruben Micael all scoring. Artem Dzjuba and Ferreira Ari grabbed consolation goals for the hosts.

Porto will now play Spanish side Villarrealafter they completed an 8-2 aggregate victory over Dutch side FC Twente.

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Leading 5-1 from the first leg, Villarreal went a goal down when Emir Bajrami opened the scoring for the home side just after the half-hour mark.

Former Manchester United striker Giuseppe Rossi levelled matters on the night from the penalty spot on the hour and Marco Ruden also converted a penalty with six minutes to go before Cani completed a 3-1 win on the night, scoring in the 90th minute.

And it could be yet be an all Portuguese affair in Dublin on May 18th after both Braga and Benfica won through to face each other in the last four.

Bragawent through on the away goal rule after a 0-0 draw at home to Dinamo Kiev, having secured a 1-1 draw in the Ukraine. The match saw red cards for Braga's Paulo Cesar in the first half and Kiev's Goran Popov just before the final whistle.

Benficagot a scare away to PSV Eindhovenafter the Dutch side took a 2-0 lead with goals from Balazs Dzsudzsak and Jeremain Lens inside the opening 25 minutes.

That reduced their aggregate lead to 4-3 and meant a goal by PSV would hand them the advantage. But Brazilian centre half Luisao acrobatically scooped the ball home in first-half injury time before Oscar Cardozo converted a 63rd-minute penalty to complete a 6-3 aggregate victory.

Semi-final draw: Porto v Villarreal; Braga v Benfica. 1st legs to be played on April 28th; second legs on May 5th.