Thursday, February 26, 2015

Europa League: Round of 32 Ends; Five Italian Clubs, Toffees Advance; Reds, Spurs, Bhoys Ousted

16 games were played on Thursday as the Europa League's Round of 32 concluded.

At Moscow:

Artur Yusupov scored what proved to be the game-winning goal in the 64th minute as Dynamo Moscow defeated visiting RSC Anderlecht 3-1 and won their two-game series 3-1 on aggregate.

At Saint Petersburg, Russia:

Jose Rondon scored twice (29', 67') as Zenit Saint Petersburg dominated visiting PSV Eindhoven 3-0 in game two and won their two-match series 4-0 on aggregate.

At Monchengladbach, Germany:

Victor Machin Perez (a.k.a. Vitolo) scored twice (26', 79') as Sevilla defeated Borussia Monchengladbach 3-2 on the road in game two and took out the German club 4-2 on aggregate.

At Warsaw, Poland:

Arkadiusz Milik scored twice in the first half (11', 43') as Ajax Amsterdam dominated Legia Warsaw 3-0 on the road in game two and knocked out the Polish club 4-0 on aggregate.

At Kiev, Ukraine:

Oleh Husyev's penalty kick in the 75th minute proved to be the series winner as Dynamo Kiev overcame their series-opening 2-1 road defeat from last week with a 3-1 game-two home victory over Guingamp, enabling the hosts to win their series 4-3 on aggregate.

At Wals-Siezenheim, Austria:

Luciano Vietto scored twice (33', 76') as Sevilla took game two 3-1 on the road and ousted FC Red Bull Salzburg 5-2 on aggregate.

At Istanbul:

After Tolgay Arslan scored in the 72nd minute to allow his club to top visiting Liverpool 1-0 in regulation of game two (which was followed by 30 scoreless overtime minutes), he converted the series-winning spot kick as Besiktas ousted the visiting Reds 5-4 in the penalty-kick shootout to advance to the Round of 16.

At Florence, Italy:

Mario Gomez (54') and Mohamed Salah (71') delivered the goals as Fiorentina downed visiting Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in the second game of their two-match series, which the Lilies won 3-1 on aggregate.

At Milan, Italy:

Fredy Guarin scored the series-clinching goal in the 88th minute as Inter Milan defeated Celtic 1-0 at home in game two and took out the Bhoys 4-3 on aggregate.

At Liverpool, England:

Romeluo Lukaku scored twice (PK-25', 30') in the first half-hour as Everton defeated visiting BSC Young Boys 3-1 in game two and completed their two-contest domination of the Swiss club 7-2 on aggregate.

At Bruges, Belgium:

Victor Vazquez (11'), Obbi Oulare (64'), and Boli Bolingoli Mbombo (74') each scored a goal as Club Brugge clubbed visiting Aalborg BK 3-0 and finished off the Danish club 6-1 on aggregate.

At Bilbao, Spain:

Matteo Darmian scored both the game and series-winning goal in the 67th minute as Torino defeated Athletic Bilbao 3-2 on the road in game two and won their series with the Spanish club 5-4 on aggregate.

At Lisbon:

A game-two 0-0 stalemate on the road was good enough for VfL Wolfsburg as the German club took out Sporting CP 2-0 on aggregate.

At Piraeus, Greece:

Artem Fedetskiy (22') and Nikola Kalinic (0-'+2) delivered the goals as FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk gained a 2-2 game-two road draw with Olympiacos and eliminated The Legend 4-2 on aggregate.

At Naples, Italy:

Jonathan de Guzman scored the only goal of the match in the 19th minute as Napoli defeated visiting Trabzonspor 1-0 in game two and handily dispatched the Turkish club 5-0 on aggregate.

At Rotterdam, Netherlands:

Adam Ljajic (45'+1) and Gervais Yao Kouassi, known to one and all as Gervinho (60') delivered the goals as AS Roma took game two with Feyenoord Rotterdam 2-1 on the road and eliminated the Dutch club 3-2 on aggregate.

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