Thursday, March 19, 2015

Europa League: Sevilla, Fiorentin, Zenit Advance To Quarterfinals; Dynamo Kiev Oust Toffees; No English Clubs Left In European Competition

The Europa League's Round of 16 concluded on Thursday with eight games.

At Khimki, Russia:

A 0-0 road deadlock with Dynamo Moscow in game two enabled Napoli to win their two-match series 3-1 on aggregate.

At Kiev, Ukraine

Andriy Yarmolenko (21'), Lukasz Teodorczyk (35'), Miguel Veloso (37'), Oleh Husyev (56'), and Vitorino Antunes (76') each scored a goal as Dynamo Kiev reversed their 2-1 road defeat of last week with a 5-2 game-two home domination of Everton and won their two-match series with the Toffees 6-4 on aggregate.  Everton's elimination means that for the first time since 1992-93 there will be no English clubs in the quarterfinal round of any European club tournament.


At Rome:

Gonzalo Rodriguez (PK-9'), Marcos Alonso (18'), and Jose Basanta (22') each scored a goal in the first half-hour as Fiorentina dominted AS Roma 3-0 on the road in game two and won their series with their Italian Serie A bretheren 4-1 on aggregate.

At Amsterdam, Netherlands:

Yevhen Konoplyanka scored the series-winning goal in the 97th minute as FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, after dropping a 1-0 regulation decision in game two to hosts Ajax Amsterdam (squaring the series at 1-1 on aggregate), with the total aggregate score at 2-2 following overtime, advanced on away goals (this rule also applies to overtime).

At Turin, Italy:

Despite dropping a 1-0 game two road decision to Torino, Zenit Saint Petersburg won their series with the Italian club 2-1 on aggregate.

At Milan, Italy:

Daniel Caligiuri (24') and Nicklas Bendtner (89') provided the scoring as VfL Wolfsburg topped Inter Milan 2-1 on the road in game two and won their series 5-2 on aggregate.

At Seville, Spain:

Vicente Iborra (69') and Denis Suarez (83') each scored a goal as Sevilla defeated Villarreal 2-1 at home and took out the Yellow Submarine 5-2 on aggregate.

At Istanbul, Turkey:

Boli Bolingoli-Mbombo scored twice (80', 90') as Club Brugge defeated Besiktas 3-1 on the road in game two and ousted the Turkish club 5-2 on aggregate.

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