Thursday marked the conclusion of Round of 16 play in UEFA's Europa League.
At Brussels, Belgium:
Romelu Lukaka (4'), Mikel San Jose (OG-27'), Roland Juhasz (49'), and Jonathan Legear (68') carried RSC Anderlecht to a 4-0 fistbeating of visiting Athletic Bilbao in game two, and a 5-1 series win on aggregate.
At Marseille, France:
Bakari Kone scored twice (62', 78') as Maseille handed visiting FC Copenhagen a second successive 3-1 defeat in game two to take the two-match set 6-2 on aggregate.
At Rome:
Djibril Cisse' scored twice in the first half (PK-40', 45'+1) as Panathinaikos defeated AS Roma 3-2 for a second straight time, this time on the road, and took their two-game series 6-4 on aggregate.
At Istanbul, Turkey:
Diego Forlan scored the game and series winner at 90 minutes as Atletico Madrid defeated Galatasaray 2-1 on the road in game two, and the series 3-2 on aggregate.
At Donetsk, Ukraine:
Brede Hangeland's goal at 33 minutes proved to be enough as Fulham gained a game-two 1-1 road draw with Shakhtar Donetsk, enabling the Cottagers to eliminate last year's UEFA Cup winners 3-2 on aggregate.
At Bucharest, Romania:
Javier Mascherano (30'), Ryan Babel (41'), and Steven Gerrard (57') each tallied once as Liverpool took game two with Unirea Urziceni 3-1 on the road and the two-match set 4-1 on aggregate.
At Eindhoven, Netherlands:
Despite losing game two 3-2 on the road, Hamburg still won their two-match set with PSV Eindhoven, the German club, with the two-game total score at 3-3, still advanced due to the fact that they outscored their Dutch opponents 2-1 in the away goals catagory. HSV got second-half goals from Mladen Petric 46' and Piotr Trochowski (PK-79').
At Tel Aviv, Israel:
A 0-0 road draw in match two was more than good enough for FC Rubin Kazan as the Russian club won their two-game series with Hapoel Tel Aviv 3-0 on aggregate.
At Turin, Italy:
Despite being held to a 0-0 draw at home in game two, Juventus still ousted Ajax Amsterdam in the two-match set 2-1 on aggregate.
At Wolfsburg, Germany:
Goals from Edin Dzeko (10'), Angel Lopez (OG-15'), Christian Gentner (42') and Grafite (64') carried VfL Wolfsburg to a 4-1 game-two win at home over Villarreal, allowing the defending German Bundesliga champs to take their two-match set 6-3 on aggregate.
At Salzburg, Austria:
By holding hosts FC Red Bull Salzburg to a 0-0 game-two stalemate, Standard Liege won their two-game series 3-2 on aggregate.
At Valencia, Spain:
Juan Mata's goal in the 1st minute of game two enabled Valencia to deadlock their two-match series with visiting Club Brugge at 1-1 on aggregate after 180 minutes. The Spanish club then got two goals in overtime from Pablo Hernandez (96', 117'), enabling Los Murcielagos to take the series 3-1 on aggregate and advance to the Round of 16.
At Bremen, Germany:
Claudio Pizarro's hat trick (15', 20' , 58') enabled Werder Bremen to overturn last week's 1-0 road defeat with a 4-1 home win in match two with FC Twente and eliminate the Dutch club 4-2 on aggregate.
At Istanbul, Turkey:
In what turned out to be a rough Thursday for Turkish clubs, Adil Rami's goal at 85 minutes enabled Lille to gain a 1-1 road draw in game two with Fenerbahce and take the two-match series 3-2 on aggregate.
At Lisbon, Portugal:
Miguel Veloso (65'), Pedro Mendes (76'), and Matias Fernandez (90'+4) each scored a second-half goal as Sporting overturned their 2-1 defeat of last week in England with a 3-0 victory at home over Everton, enabling the Lions to take out the Toffees 4-2 on aggregate.
The Round of 16 for the Europa League is now set, with the opening games of the respective two-match series to take place on March 11 and the return contests on March 18. The host club for the opening match of each two-game set is listed first.
Hamburg vs. RSC Anderlecht
FC Rubin Kazan vs. Vfl Wolfsburg
Atletico Madrid vs. Sporting
SL Benfica vs. Marseille
Panathinaikos vs. Standard Liege
LOSC Lille Metropole vs. Liverpool
Jeventus vs. Fulham
Valencia vs. Werder Bremen
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