Thursday, February 25, 2021

Europa League: Red Devils, Gunners, Rossoneri, Ajax, 'Gers, Slavia Prague, Yellow Sub, Roma, Dinamo Zagreb, Molde, Olympiacos Advance To Eighthfinals

 Fifteen games were contested on Thursday as the Europa League's Round-of-32 concluded.


At Bruges, Belgium:


Vitaliy Buyalskyi scored the series-winning goal in the 83rd minute as Dynamo Kiev defeated Club Brugge 1-0 in game two on the road and won their series 2-1 on aggregate.


At Manchester, England:


A 0-0 game-two home stalemate with Real Sociedad was more than good enough for Manchester United as the Red Devils finished off the Spanish club 4-0 on aggregate.


At Piraeus, Greece (due to COVID-19-related travel restrictions between Great Britain and Portugual):


Pierre-Emrick Aubameyang scored twice (21', 87') as Arsenal upended Portugal's SL Benfica 3-2 in game three and won their series 4-3 on aggregate.


At Milan, Italy:


Franck Kessie converted a penalty kick in the ninth minute for the series-winning goal as AC Milan gained a 1-1 game-two home draw with Red Star Belgrade, and with the aggregate score at 3-3, won their series with the Serbian club on road goals.


At Glasgow, Scotland:


Five players, starting with Alfredo Morelos in the ninth minute, each scored once as Rangers swamped visiting Antwerp 5-2 in game two and ousted the Belgian club 9-5 on aggreagate.


At Leicester, England:


Lukas Provod (49') and Abdallah Sima (79') each scored once as Slavia Prague blanked Leicester City 2-0 on the road in game two and eliminated the English club by that same score on aggregate.


At Villarreal, Spain:


Gerard Moreno scored twice (40', PK-89') as Villarreal defeated visiting FC Red Bull Salzburg 2-1 in game two and won their series 4-1 on aggregate.


At Rome:


Edin Dzeko (24'), Carlez Perez (75'), and Borja Mayoral (90'+1) each scored once as AS Roma downed visiting SC Braga 3-1 in game two and won their two-match series 5-1 on aggregate.


At Zagreb, Croatia:


Mislav Orsic scored the series winner at 31 minutes as Dinamo Zagreb defeated visiting FC Krasnodar 1-0 in game two and won their series 4-2 on aggregate.


At Leverkusen, Germany:


Theoson-Jordan Siebatcheu (48') and Christian Fassnacht (86') each scored once as BSC Young Boys blanked Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 on the road in game two and won their series 6-3 on aggregate.


At Sinsheim, Germany:


Eirik Andersen scored twice (20', 90'+5) as Molde FK blanked TSG Hoffenheim 2-0 on the road in game two and ousted the German club 5-3 on aggregate.


At Naples, Italy:


Despite dropping a 2-1 game-two road decision, Granada still won their series with Napoli 3-2 on aggregate.


At Kiev, Ukraine (due to warlike conditions in eastern Ukraine):


Junior Moraes converted a penalty kick in the 67th minute for the lone goal of the match as Shakhtar Donetsk defeated visiting Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-0 in game two and ousted the Israeli club 3-0 on aggregate.


At Amsterdam, Netherlands:


Davy Klaassen (15') and David Neres (88') each scored once as Ajax Amsterdam defeated visiting Lille 2-1 in game two and ousted the Les Dogues 4-2 on aggregate.


At Eindhoven, Netherlands:


Ahmed Hassan scored the series-winning goal in the 88th minute as Olympaicos, despite dropping a 2-1 road verdict in game two with PSV Eindhoven, still won their series 5-4 on aggregate.








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