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| PSG through after thriller |
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Paris St Germain secured their place in the last 32 of the Europa League after beating erstwhile Group J leaders Sevilla in a thrilling encounter at the Parc des Princes.
PSG stormed into an early 2-0 lead through goals from Mathieu Bodmer and the dangerous Guillaume Hoarau, but Sevilla pegged the home side back with a quickfire brace from Frederic Kanoute.
However, PSG restored their lead just before half-time with a fine strike from Nene, and Hoarau ensured the points would be staying in the French capital with his second goal in the 47th minute.
The result sees PSG move two points clear of Sevilla at the top of Group J and means Antoine Kombouare's side are sure of a place in the knockout stages despite third-place Borussia Dortmund thumping rock-bottom Karpaty Lviv 3-0.
PSG are three points ahead of Dortmund but have the better head-to-head record.
For Sevilla, tonight's defeat means they face a winner-takes-all clash with Dortmund in the final round of fixtures.
An exciting first half began with Sevilla in the ascendancy, Ndri Romaric striking the post with a 25-yard drive in the fourth minute before Dirnei Renato drew a save out of PSG goalkeeper Edel Bete.
It was PSG who drew first blood though, and they stunned Sevilla by scoring twice in a three-minute spell.
Both goals came from right-wing corners from Nene, with Bodmer thumping the first in from close range after Hoarau had powered a header goalwards, and then Hoarau doubled the advantage after climbing highest to glance a header just inside the far post.
PSG had a great chance to make it 3-0 in the 25th minute but Clement Chantome sliced his shot over with just Andres Palop to beat, and within 10 minutes of that miss the home side had seen their two-goal lead wiped out by Kanoute.
The veteran hitman got Sevilla back into the clash with a powerful header past Bete from Diego Capel's cross.
The former Mali international then capitalised on some good work by Diego Perotti down the left to stab the ball in at the near post.
Sevilla were indebted to veteran goalkeeper Palop for keeping them on level terms when he brilliantly denied Hoarau one-handed in the 39th minute, but the visiting captain could do nothing to prevent Nene making it 3-2 on the stroke of half-time.
Nene picked the ball up on the edge of the box before curling an unstoppable shot into the far side of the net.
That was a huge blow for Sevilla, but worse was to follow as they conceded a fourth goal two minutes into the second half, Hoarau beating Palop for a second time.
Both sides then hit the woodwork as the two table-toppers continued to push forward at every opportunity, Sevilla defender Julien Escude flicking a free-kick onto the crossbar before Zoumana Camara smashed a shot against the post at the other end.
There were more chances for the two rivals in the closing stages, but there was no change to the scoreline as PSG progressed through to the knockout stages.
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