The Round of 16 of the Europa League concluded on Thursday with sixteen games.
At Moscow:
Despite dropping a 1-0 home decision in game two of their series with Atletico Madrid, Rubin Kazan ousted the defending titleholders 2-1 on aggregate.
At Cluj-Napoca, Romania:
Fredy Guarin scored twice (22', 45'+1) as Inter Milan dominated CFR Cluj 3-0 on the road in game two and easily won their two-game series 5-0 on aggregate.
At Kharkiv, Ukraine:
Shola Ameobi's successful penalty kick in the 64th minute was not only the lone goal of game two, but the only goal of the two game series won by visiting Newcastle United as they ousted FC Metalist Kharkiv 1-0 for the game and on aggregate for the series.
At Genk, Belgium:
Arthur Boka (45') and Christian Gentner (58') each delivered a goal as VfB Stuttgart defeated KRC Genk 2-0 in game two on the road and won their series 3-1 on aggregate.
At Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine:
Fabian Schar successfully converted a penalty kick in the 81st minute as FC Basel gained a 1-1 road draw in game two, on the road, with FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and won their series 3-1 on aggregate.
At Rome:
Antonio Candreva (10') and Alvaro Gonzalez (33') each scored a goal as Lazio defeated visiting Borussia Monchengladbach 2-0 in game two and eliminated the German club 5-3 on aggregate.
At Lyon, France:
Mousa Dembele scored the series-winning goal in the 90th minute as Tottenham Hotspur, who gained a 1-1 game-two road draw with Lyon, won their series 3-2 on aggregate.
At Istanbul, Turkey:
Cristian Baroni delivered the series-winning goal with his 45th-minute penalty kick as Fenerbahce defeated visiting FC BATE Borisov 1-0 in game two and by that same score on aggregate to advance to the Round of 16.
At Piraeus, Greece:
Obafemi Martins scored the only goal of the match in the ninth minute as Levante defeated Olympiacos 1-0 on the road in game two and won their two-game series with the Greek club 4-0 on aggregate.
At Liverpool, England:
Hulk scored what proved to be the series-winning goal in the 19th minute as Zenit Saint Petersburg, despite dropping a 3-1 road decision to Liverpool in game two, still ousted the Reds due to the away goals rule (the score was 3-3 on aggregate).
At Bordeaux, France:
Cheick Diabate scored the series-winning goal in the 41st minute as Bordeaux blanked visiting Dynamo Kiev 1-0 in game two and won their series with the Ukrainian club 2-1 on aggregate.
At Lisbon, Portugal:
Ola John (60') and Nemanja Matic (77') each tallied once as SL Benfica downed visiting Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 in game two and won their two-game series 3-1 on aggregate.
At Bucharest, Romania:
With Iasmin Latovlevici (38') and Vlad Chiriches (76') each scoring a goal 38 minutes apart, Steaua Bucharest took game two of their series with Ajax Amsterdam 2-0, deadlocking the series at 2-2 on aggregate and forcing what would be two scoreless 15-minute overtime periods. Raul Rusescu, Stefan Nikolic, Lucian Filip, and the aforementioned Iasmin Latovlevici all converted their spot kicks as the hosts own the penalty-kick shootout 4-2 to advance to the Round of 16, and an encounter with Chelsea.
At Hanover, Germany:
Lacina Traore scored an insurance goal in second-half stoppage time (90'+8) as FC Anzhi Makhachkala gained a 1-1 road draw with Hannover 96 in game two and won their two-match series 4-2 on aggregate.
At London:
Eden Hazard scored the series-winning goal in second-half stoppage time (90'+1) as Chelsea gained a 1-1 game-two home draw with Sparta Prague and eliminated the Czech club 2-1 on aggregate.
At Plzen, Czech Republic:
Jan Kovarik (51') and Stanislav Tecl (74') each scored once as FC Viktoria Plzen defeated visiting Napoli 2-0 in game won the handily defeated their Italian guests 5-0 on aggregate for their two-match series.
Here are the matchups for the Europa League's Round of 16, with the opening contests to take place on March 7 and the return matches the following Thursday (March 14). The hosts of the respective two-match series' opening contests are listed first:
FC Viktoria Plzen vs. Fenerbahce
SL Benfica vs. Bordeaux
FC Anzhi Makhachkala vs. Newcastle United
VfB Stuttgart vs. Lazio
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Inter Milan
Levante vs. Rubin Kazan
Basel vs. Zenit Saint Petersburg
Steaua Bucharest vs. Chelsea
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