yardımcı hakemler: volker wezel (ger), roland greth (ger)
4. hakem: hermann albrecht (ger)
zaragoza: garcía luis (gk), leonardo ponzio, agustín aranzabal, alvaro, gabriel milito, luciano galletti (dk. 80 cani), david villa (dk. 85 david generelo), sávio (dk. 82 óscar gonzález), alberto zapater, josé maría movilla, javi moreno
yedekler: jorge zaparaín (gk), fernando soriano, goran drulic, delio toledo
teknik direktör: víctor múñoz manrique (esp)
utrecht: joost terol (gk) (dk. 78 rené ponk (gk)), tim cornelisse, jordy zuidam (dk. 67 hans van de haar), david di tommaso, jean-paul de jong, stéphane tanghe, dave van den bergh (dk. 65 joost broerse), darl douglas, alje schut, edson braafheid, hans somers
yedekler: étienne shew-atjon, richal leitoe, rick kruijs, sander keller
teknik direktör: foeke booy (ned)
goller: (1-0) dk. 77 david villa (2-0) dk. 82 david villa
villa double undoes utrecht published: thursday 21 october 2004, 23.30cet real zaragoza 2-0 fc utrecht david villa strikes on 77 and 82 minutes to delight zaragoza.
two late goals five minutes apart from striker david villa got real zaragoza off to a winning start in their opening uefa cup group c match against fc utrecht.
double strike in this contest between the spanish and dutch cup winners, villa struck first on 77 minutes before making sure of the points in a tight encounter of few chances eight minutes from time.
luis garcía out zaragoza coach víctor muñoz started with luis garcía in goal as césar laínez continues to work his way back to full fitness after knee surgery. defender luis cuartero, however, was missing because of broken ribs as zaragoza looked to follow sunday's 2-1 victory over real sociedad de fútbol with another three points here. for utrecht, belgian international stéphane tanghe played despite a broken hand and dutch international dave van den bergh returned to the side after a hamstring injury.
cagey opening utrecht started strongly as they looked to prevent zaragoza from finding an early rhythm with some quick counterattacks, tanghe shooting over from the edge of the area early on. for zaragoza, javi moreno teed up luciano galletti who missed the target.
villa double utrecht grew in stature as the match continued and they pressed zaragoza further back in the second half, but the away defence was rarely troubled. at the other end, sávio bortolini, villa and javi moreno continued to look dangerous for the home side, and it was villa who turned the game zaragoza's way with his double burst.
austria challenge zaragoza continue their group c campaign away to fk austria wien on 4 november, while utrecht will look to pick up their first points at home to fc dnipro dnipropetrovsk, who beat club brugge kv 3-2 in the night's other match.
uefa kupası'nın yeni formatına göre 1. turu geçecek olan takımlar, bu sezon ilk kez grup maçları oynayacak. 40 takımın 5'erli 8 grupta mücadele edeceği bu turda her takım 2'si içerde, 2'si dışarıda olmak üzere 4 maç oynayacak. gruplarında ilk 3'e giren 24 ekip, avrupa şampiyonlar ligi'nde gruplarında 3. olarak gelecek 8 takımla birlikte üçüncü turda eşleşerek, 16 ve 24 şubat tarihlerinde eleme oynayacak. bundan sonraki turlarda da çift maçlı eleminasyon sisteminin uygulanacağı kupada final maçı, 18 mayıs'ta portekiz'in lizbon kentinde yapılacak.