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Fri 05 May 2007Espanyol given impetus by Klose's early dismissalWerder Bremen 1 Espanyol 2:Espanyol beat 10-man Werder Bremen last night to cruise into an all-Spanish Uefa Cup final with a 5-1 aggregate success.Werder, needing a heroic comeback at their Weserstadion after a 3-0 defeat in Barcelona in the first leg, got the start they wanted when Hugo Almeida scored with a long-range strike in the fourth minute.