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Espanyol's Coro (top L) and Raul Tamudo (top R) celebrate a goal against Werder Bremen with team mates during their UEFA Cup semi-final, second leg soccer match at the Weser stadium in Bremen May 3, 2007. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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BERLIN, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Espanyol of Spain beat 10-man Werder Bremen of Germany 2-1 on Thursday to ensure an all-Spanish UEFA Cup final with a 5-1 aggregate success.
In the final, they will face Primera Liga rivals Sevilla at Hampden Park, Glasgow on May 16.
Werder, who lost 3-0 in Barcelona in the first leg, scored first when Hugo Almeida slammed home a long-range strike in the fourth minute.
However, their key striker Miroslav Klose was dismissed with less than 20 minutes on the clock for a second yellow card.
Espanyol, the beaten UEFA Cup finalists in 1988, equalised through Ferran Corominas five minutes after the break and sealed victory when Mari Lacruz headed in from a corner just past the hour mark.
"The referee's decision was hard to understand," said Werder coach Thomas Schaaf.
"The players were still fantastic, and they tried everything, but after 3-0 in the first leg and with a man down from the 20th minute it was all over."