Rangers and Atalanta displayed their goalscoring prowess once again to open up leads in their ties, with Sevilla and Braga also claiming victories on Thursday. UEFA.com rounds up an intriguing two days of action from the UEFA Europa League round of 16 ...
Porto, on top for much of the first half, finished the second period strongly but could not break through. Bafétimbi Gomis had an effort ruled out for offside, before the game ended in a stalemate – Galatasaray's third 0-0 draw in this season's competition. Moussa Diaby then curled in clinically to give Leverkusen belief ahead of the second leg. The home side struck early and late to take control of this tie. Katai had another effort ruled out and the hosts rubbed salt in the wounds again as Alfredo Morelos scored the second soon after. Rangers will take a strong lead to Belgrade after a pulsating win at Ibrox, where the tone was set early.
Sevilla will travel to London for next week's last 16 second leg narrowly ahead from an end-to-end game which saw both sides make several goal-scoring chances.
Now we will rest first and then focus on the return leg in İstanbul.” Good journalism costs a lot of money. “You need to play well as a team,” Galatasaray midfielder Sofiane Feghouli said. “I was told to be prepared in case I needed to come in. I always work to be ready for when the coach needs me.” “We played a good game,” said Sevilla coach Julen Lopetegui. “The first half was more even, in the second half we dominated more.”
Rangers declared a comfortable win over Serbia's Red Star Belgrade in a 3 – 0 triumph on Thursday night (March 10), with the odds of them taking home the Europa League trophy tipping in their favour ahead of their away game next week.
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A fascinating second instalment of this UEFA Europa League round of 16 tie is in store after competition specialists Sevilla claimed a narrow win over debutants West Ham United in the first leg in Spain. • West Ham were comfortable winners of UEFA ...
• The Andalusian side are appearing in the UEFA Europa League round of 16 for a record sixth time. Since that defeat by Kaiserslautern they have prevailed in all three ties after winning the first home leg 1-0, most recently against Žalgiris Vilnius in the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round (5-0 a). In each of their last two continental campaigns, in 2015/16 and 2016/17, they were eliminated in the UEFA Europa League qualifying phase by Romanian club Astra Giurgiu. They also prevailed 2-1 over the two legs, one of six knockout ties against English teams, including two finals, that Sevilla have won, the sole defeat coming against Leicester City in the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League round of 16 (2-1 h, 0-2 a). • The East Londoners won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1964/65, beating 1860 München 2-0 in the Wembley final, and would reach the semi-finals, final and quarter-finals of that same competition over the next 16 years. His one Liga game against Sevilla was a 4-3 home win on 22 February 2015. A 2-0 home win against Wolfsburg kept them in the hunt going into Matchday 6, but a 1-0 defeat in Salzburg left them in third place. They opened up with draws against each of their Group G opponents – 1-1 at home to Salzburg and away to Wolfsburg and 0-0 in Lille – before losing 1-2 at home to the French champions on Matchday 4. • Sevilla are competing in the UEFA Europa League round of 16 for a record sixth time. • Sevilla have won all but two of the 22 UEFA competition ties in which they claimed a home victory in the first leg, the sole exceptions when they failed to defend a one-goal advantage against Kaiserslautern in the 1982/83 UEFA Cup third round (1-0 h, 0-4 a) and Leicester in that UEFA Champions League tie five years ago. It arrived in spectacular style on the hour from Sevilla forward Munir, who half-volleyed home on the run from Marcos Acuña's free-kick. • A sixth-placed finish in the 2020/21 Premier League earned West Ham a first appearance in the group stage of a UEFA competition.
Frankfurt came unbeaten through UEFA Europa League D during the autumn, topping the section with 12 points ahead of Olympiacos, Fenerbahçe and Antwerp to qualify directly for the round of 16. • Betis finished runners-up to another German side, Bayer ...
• The 1979/80 UEFA Cup winners are participating in the UEFA Europa League round of 16 for the third time. • Betis have reached the UEFA Europa League round of 16 once before, in 2013/14, but then went out on penalties to city rivals Sevilla after both clubs had won 2-0 away. • Eintracht have won all eight previous UEFA ties in which they recorded an away victory in the first leg. • Betis finished runners-up to another German side, Bayer Leverkusen, in UEFA Europa League Group G with a game to spare. They have now gone three games this season against Bundesliga sides without a win (D1 L2). Eintracht Frankfurt entertain Real Betis in the second leg of their UEFA Europa League round of 16 tie defending a 2-1 lead after the first game in Spain.
FC Barcelona were held to a goalless draw by Turkish giants Galatasaray, while Rangers and Sevilla secured first-leg wins in Thursday's Europa League ...
Moussa Diaby the Bundesliga outfit some hope by reducing the deficit in the 63rd minute. Serie A outfit Atlanta edged Bayer Leverkusen in a five-goal thriller in the first leg of their round of 16 tie. Abel Ruiz's third minute strike put the hosts ahead before Vítor Oliveira doubled the lead in the 89th minute.
Munir El Haddadi's sweet half-volley put Sevilla in sight of the Europa League quarter-finals on Thursday after a narrow 1-0 victory over West Ham.
The decisive moment came on the hour after Lucas Ocampos was quicker to a loose ball out on the right and went down over the outstretched leg of Kurt Zouma. Michail Antonio also fired into the side-netting while Sevilla went close when El Haddadi headed wide and Youssef En-Nesyri saw his finish well blocked. El Haddadi's second-half strike at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan means Sevilla have a slim but deserved advantage ahead of the second leg at the London Stadium next week.
Having held Barcelona to a goalless draw at the Camp Nou in the first leg, Galatasaray have the chance to atone for a disappointing domestic season by knocking out the Catalan giants and reaching the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa League.
• The Azulgrana have been held to a home draw in the first leg of a UEFA tie on 12 previous occasions, going through six times, most recently in this season's knockout round play-off against Napoli. When drawing 0-0 at home first, Barça's aggregate record is W1 L2 with all three ties in European semi-finals against English opposition. • Galatasaray have emerged victorious from nine of the 12 previous UEFA ties in which they drew the first away leg, most recently against Randers in this season's UEFA Europa League qualifying play-off. • This is the Istanbul club's first appearance in the UEFA Europa League round of 16. • Ousted by Rangers in the play-offs of last season's UEFA Europa League (1-2 a), Galatasaray are currently enjoying their deepest run in the competition. They did, however, claim a record-extending 31st victory in the Copa del Rey, beating Athletic Club 4-0 in the final. • Barcelona and Galatasaray had met in eight previous UEFA fixtures before this season – all group games in the UEFA Champions League between 1993 and 2002. They also defeated Madrid 2-1 after extra time in the UEFA Super Cup later that year. Indeed, they had lost six successive games against Spanish opponents, with 21 goals conceded and just two scored, before the first-leg stalemate at the Camp Nou. They have lost each of their previous initial ties in the knockout phase of the competition, falling to round of 32 defeats in 2009/10 by Atlético (1-1 a, 1-2 h), in 2015/16 by Lazio (1-1 h, 1-3 a) and in 2018/19 by Benfica (1-2 h, 0-0 a). They are therefore still awaiting their first win in a UEFA Europa League knockout phase encounter (D3 L3). They are therefore still awaiting their first win in a UEFA Europa League knockout phase encounter (D4 L3). • Barça's win in Naples last time out was one of only two they have managed in their last 12 springtime European fixtures outside Catalonia (D4 L6). The other was against Manchester United in the first leg of the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League quarter-final (1-0). • Last season Barcelona also failed to reach the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2006/07, losing to Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16 (1-4 h, 1-1 a). This term they scored just two goals – both in 1-0 wins against Dynamo Kyiv – in finishing third behind Bayern (0-3 h, 0-3 a) and Benfica (0-3 a, 0-0 h) in Group E. Head coach Ronald Koeman was dismissed in October and replaced the following month by former midfielder Xavi Hernández. • Runners-up to Beşiktaş in the 2020/21 Turkish Süper Lig by the narrowest of margins, Galatasaray were unable to join their Istanbul rivals in this season's UEFA Champions League group stage as they were overwhelmed by PSV Eindhoven in the second qualifying round (1-5 a, 1-2 h). However, they ensured an autumn of UEFA Europa League involvement by subsequently defeating St Johnstone (1-1 h, 4-2 a) and Randers (1-1 a, 2-1 h).