Getafe, who had Ruben de la Red sent off after just six minutes, appeared to be heading towards the last four in both normal time and extra-time. But Franck Ribery equalised with a minute to go to send the tie into extra-time and Luca Toni then scored twice in the final five minutes after Getafe had gone 3-1 in front. The Spaniards' prospects of reaching the semi-finals appeared to suffer an early blow when De la Red was shown the red card for a challenge on Miroslav Klose. Yet Cosmin Contra, who scored a late equaliser in last week's 1-1 draw in Germany, had other ideas as he cut in from the right and fired a fierce shot past Oliver Kahn a minute before half-time. Getafe held out until the 89th minute when Toni's flick-on ricocheted off David Cortes into the path of Ribery, who made no mistake in front of goal. A minute into extra-time, Getafe regained the lead when Nobrega Braulio teed up Francisco Casquero to drill his shot in off the post. Braulio made it 3-1 on the night just two minutes later when he converted Mario Cotelo's cross following poor defending from Lucio. In the 115th minute, Bayern grasped a lifeline when Getafe keeper Pato dropped Mark van Bommel's free-kick and Toni pounced on the loose ball. Toni, who had also scored in the first leg, then sent Bayern through to a last-four meeting with Zenit St Petersburg when he rose to head home Jose Ernesto Sosa's cross in the last minute.
Bayern Munich produced a dramatic late comeback to draw 3-3 at 10-man Getafe to advance to the Uefa Cup semi-finals on away goals.
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