Tim tuan rumah hampir menyarangkan gol pada babak pertama, namun tendangan Thierry Henry pada menit ke-32 masih terlalu tinggi dari mistar gawang dan dua menit kemudian tendangan mantan pemain liga Inggris lainnya Eidur Gudjohnsen untuk kedua kalinya ditahan kiper Sevilla.
It was the hosts who came closest to scoring in the first-half as first Thierry Henry shot over the bar in the 32nd minute and then two minutes later another former Premiership player Eidur Gudjohnsen had his shot stopped twice by the Sevilla 'keeper.