Thursday, February 22, 2018

Europa League: Dortmund, Lokomotiv Moscow, Zenit, Atletico, Athletic Bilbao, Gunners, Red Bulls (Both Leipzig and Salzburg), Sporting CP, Rossoneri Advance To Round of 16

15 games were contested on Thursday as the Europa League's Round of 32 concluded.



At Reggio Emilia, Italy:



Marcel Schmelzer's goal in the 83rd minute lifted Borussia Dortmund to a 1-1 game-two road draw with Atalanta, enabling the German club to win their series 4-3 on aggregate.



At Moscow:



Igor Denisov scored the only goal of the match in the 30th minute as Lokomotiv Moscow defeated visiting Nice 1-0 in game two and eliminated the French club 4-2 on aggregate.



At Madrid:



Kevin Gameiro scored the only goal of the match in the seventh minute as Atletico Madrid defeated visiting FC  Copenhagen 1-0 in game two and ousted the Danish club 5-1 on aggregate.



At Bilbao, Spain:



Xabier Etxeita's goal in the 57th minute proved critical for Athletic Bilbao as the Spanish club still won their series against Spartak Moscow 4-3 on aggregate, despite dropping a 2-1 game-two home decision against the Russian club.



At Kiev, Ukraine:



A game-two 0-0 home draw with AEK Athens was good enough for Dynamo Kiev as the Ukrainian club, with the aggregate score at 1-1, advanced to the Round of 16 on away goals.
 
At Saint Petersburg, Russia:



Branislav Ivanovic (8'), Daler Kuzyayev (27'), and Aleksandr Kokorin (61') each scored once as Zenit Saint Petersburg more than overturned their series-opening defeat by dominating visiting Celtic 3-0 in game two and took out the Bhoys 3-1 on aggregate.
 
At Leipzig, Germany:



Despite dropping a 2-0 game-two home decision to Napoli, RB Leipzig, with the aggregate score at 3-3, still won their series with the Italian club on away goals.



At Villarreal, Spain:



Bertrand Traore scored the only goal of the match in the 85th minute as Lyon won game two of their series with Villarreal 1-0 on the road and eliminated the Yellow Submarine 4-1 on aggregate.



At Wals-Siezenheim, Austria:



Valon Berisha scored the game-winning goal with his penalty kick in the 74th minute as FC Red Bull Salzburg defeated visiting Real Sociedad 2-1 in game two and won their series 4-3 on aggregate.


At Plzen, Czech Republic:



Michael Krmencik (67') and Ales Cermak (90'+5) each scored once as Viktoria Plzen blanked visiting Partizan Belgrade 2-0 in game two and won their series 3-1 on aggregate.
 
At Rome:



Ciro Immobile produced a hat trick (7', 43', 71') as Lazio demolished visiting Steaua Bucharest 5-1 in game two and won their series 5-2 on aggregate.
 
At Milan, Italy:



Fabio Borini scored the only goal of the match in the 21st minute as AC Milan defeated visiting Ludogorets Razgrad 1-0 in game two and ousted the Bulgarian club 4-0 on aggregate.



At Lisbon:



Bruno Fernandes scored twice (53', 63') as Sporting CP gained a 3-3 game-two home draw with Astana, good enough for the Portuguese club to win their series 6-4 on aggregate.



At London:



Sead Kolasinac scored for Arsenal in the 47th minute as the Gunners, despite dropping a 2-1 game-two home decision to Ostersund, still won their series with the Swedish club 4-2 on aggregate.



At Braga, Portugal:



Despite dropping a 1-0 road decision to SC Braga, Marseille still won their series with the Portuguese club 3-1 on aggregate. 

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