Man Utd 7-1 Roma (agg 8-3): Daniele de Rossi and Ryan Giggs tangle as Man Utd seek to reverse their 2-1 defeat in Rome Michael Carrick gets the hosts off to the ideal start, netting Cristiano Ronaldo's neat pass for a 12th-minute opener And Alan Smith justifies his start with a second goal on 16 minutes, calmly steering his shot past Roma's Alexander Doni Wayne Rooney joins the party and adds a third just seconds later, as Man Utd start to look unstoppable at Old Trafford Ronaldo is on dazzling form and scores just before half-time to put Man Utd a thumping 4-0 ahead at the break Ronaldo is on target again after the restart as Roma keeper Doni is powerless to stop the rampage And it doesn't stop there - Carrick makes it six with another cultured right-foot shot in the 60th minute De Rossi claws one back for Roma but Patrice Evra caps a sublime Manchester United performance with a seventh Sir Alex Ferguson and assistant coach Carlos Queiroz celebrate reaching the semi-finals in the most emphatic style Valencia 1-2 Chelsea (agg 2-3): Chelsea's semi-final chances suffer a blow when Fernando Morientes snatches the lead Chelsea look dejected at conceding in the 32nd minute and are still trailing 2-1 on aggregate at the interval Andriy Shevchenko levels from close range in the second half and extra time begins to look on the cards in Spain But Chelsea's Michael Essien beats Santiago Canizares at his near post in the last minute to spark frenzied celebrations Jose Mourinho is ecstatic at the final whistle as Chelsea seal a dramatic recovery and a place in the semi-finals
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