Soccer: Boro, Sevilla in Uefa Cup final

LONDON - Middlesbrough produced another astonishing four-goal comeback to beat Steaua Bucharest 4-2, giving them a 4-3 aggregate victory today and putting them in the Uefa Cup final for the first time.

Italian substitute Massimo Maccarone, who got the last-minute winner to beat Basel in the last round, repeated the feat with an 89th-minute header that turned a 0-3 deficit into an incredible second successive 4-3 win.

Boro looked out when goals by Nicolae Dica and Doran Goian had the Romanian visitors 2-0 up after 24 minutes but Maccarone began the comeback in the 33rd minute while a 65th minute Mark Viduka header and 73rd-minute Chris Riggott goal raised hopes among the biggest crowd of the season at the Riverside.

Maccarone's header from a Stewart Downing cross then took Boro into the May 10 final in Eindhoven where they will meet Seville who beat Schalke 04 later.


A stunning extra-time strike from substitute Antonio Puerta gave Sevilla a 1-0 aggregate win.


- REUTERS