Valencia stunned Barcelona 3-2 at the Mestalla to reach the King's Cup final 4-3 on aggregate on Thursday. Barca, who had scrambled an injury-time equalizer to draw 1-1 in the first leg, was hit by a Ruben Baraja pile-driver and a breakaway goal from Juan Mata before the break in an intense encounter it dominated throughout. Substitute Thierry Henry pulled one back for Barca in the second half only for Mata to bag his second almost immediately and although a late Samuel Eto'o goal set up a grandstand finish, it was to no avail. The victory relieves some of the pressure on Valencia coach Ronald Koeman who has seen his side drop out of Europe and the league title race since he replaced Quique Sanchez Flores in November. Valencia will meet Getafe on April 16, with a place in next season's UEFA Cup up for grabs, after Michael Laudrup's side booked a second consecutive appearance in the final with a 4-2 aggregate win over Racing Santander on Wednesday.Eintracht beats Cottbus In Berlin, Eintracht Frankfurt came from behind to snatch a controversial 2-1 home win over lowly Energie Cottbus in the Bundesliga on Thursday. Cottbus, which beat leader Bayern Munich last weekend, took a 48th minute lead when Eintracht keeper Oka Nikolov allowed a seemingly harmless 25-meter shot from Timo Rost to slip through his hands. Brazilian Caio leveled from 18 meters out after a neat one-two with Czech striker Martin Fenin, but there was controversy in the 65th minute over whether the ball had crossed the line when defender Marco Russ struck the winner. Cottbus keeper Gerhard Tremmel dived to his right to parry Russ' shot and the ball hit the post before bouncing back down the goal line before being smothered by Tremmel. Referee Michael Kemptner showed no hesitation in awarding the goal but television replays appeared to show that only part of the ball had crossed the line. Lyon fined over laser UEFA fined French champion Lyon $5,000 Thursday because a fan aimed a laser pen at Manchester United player Cristiano Ronaldo during a match. Television replays showed a circle of bright, green light shining on the Portugal international during the first half of United's Champions League game at Stade Gerland on Feb. 20. The fine was imposed for “incidents of an unsporting nature,” UEFA said in a statement. Manchester United staff reported the laser incident from the stands before and during the match. A UEFA delegate and the match referee submitted files to UEFA's control and disciplinary committee. __
