Sevilla remain on course to defend their Europa League crown after beating Fiorentina 3-0 in their semi-final first leg, while Napoli were held by Dnipro.
Sevilla remain firmly on course to retain their Europa League title after earning a3-0 lead from the home leg of their semi-final with Fiorentina.
Sevilla saw their 14-month unbeaten home record ended by Real Madrid at the weekend, but they recovered in style as a brace from defender Aleix Vidal and a strike from substitute Kevin Gameiro helped them claim a valuable advantage to take to Italy for next week's second leg.
Vidal struck in the 17th and 52nd minutes before Gameiro added the third 15 minutes from time, but Fiorentina will be kicking themselves for not getting at least one away goal.
They spurned a host of chances in the first half and were made to pay as Sevilla made it seven European wins from seven at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan this season.
Napoli have it all to do to reach the final after Dnipro hit them with a sucker-punch equaliser to draw the first leg of their semi-final 1-1 in Italy.
Rafa Benitez's side dominated virtually the whole game but only had David Lopez's second-half header to show for it on the scoreboard and Yevhen Seleznyov controversially made them pay for their profligacy late on.
Replays showed Seleznyov was offside as he smashed home the away goal that has given Dnipro, who have already beaten Olympiacos, Ajax and Club Brugge in the competition, the upper hand.
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