 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - The semifinal against Steaua Bucharest yakaratidza kuva yakafanana uye inofadza se quarterfinal. Mutambo wekutanga muBucharest wakapera 10 kuSteaua, ichisiya Boro aine mukana wakanaka wekufambira mberi kana vakaratidza kuita kwakanaka mumutambo wekumba. Zvinhu hazvina kufamba sezvakanga zvarongwa uye Middlesbrough yakabvuma zvibodzwa zviviri, uye yakadzikira ne3-0 pahuwandu. Izvi zvaireva kuti Boro zvakare aida zvibodzwa zvina kuti afambire mberi mumakwikwi. Nenzira inoshamisa, Boro akaenzana kuburikidza nezvinangwa kubva kuna Maccarone, Viduka naRiggott. Middlesbrough yakawana chinangwa chavaive vachida, muminiti yekupedzisira yenguva yakawedzerwa muchinjikwa wakasangana nemusoro wekudonha kubva kuna Maccarone kuenda 43 kumusoro pane zvakabatanidzwa uye kusimbisa tie yeMiddlesbrough. Izvi zvaireva nzvimbo mumutambo wokupedzisiravachipikisana neSevilla vakamirira chikwata ichi musi wa 10 Chivabvu 2006. 