Thursday, March 15, 2018

Europa League: Mattress Makers, Young Eagles, Gunners, Sporting CP, Horses, A Pair Of Red Bull Clubs (Leipzig and Salzburg) Advance To Quarterfinals

The Europa League's Round of 16 is set to conclude on Thursday with eight games.



All scheduled kick-off times are Pacific.





At Moscow:



Fernando Torres scored twice (PK-65', 70') as Atletico Madrid demolished Lokomotiv Moscow 5-1 on the road in game two and finished their two-match domination of the Russian club 8-1 on aggregate.



At Kiev, Ukraine:



Lucas Leiva (23') and Stefan De Vrij (83') each scored a goal as Lazio blanked Dynamo Kiev 2-0 on the road in game two and won their two-match series 4-2 on aggregate.




At Bilbao, Spain:



Dimitri Payet (PK-38') and Lucas Ocampos (52') each scored once as Marseille defeated Athletic Bilbao 2-1 on the road in game two and took their series 5-2 on aggregate.





At Plzen, Czech Republic:



After FC Viktoria Plzen took the measure of visiting Sporting CP 2-0 in regulation of game two to level the series at 2-2 on aggregate, Rodrigo Battaglia scored the winning goal for the visiting Lions in the second minute of the stoppage-time portion of the first overtime period, enabling the Portuguese club to win the series 3-2 on aggregate.



At Saint Petersburg, Russia:



Jean-Kevin Augustin scored in the 22nd minute to enable RB Leipzig to gain a 1-1 game-two road draw with Zenit Saint Petersburg and win their series 3-2 on aggregate.



At Decines-Charpieu, France:



Aleksandr Golovin (39'), Ahmed Musa (60'), and Pontus Wernbloom (65') each scored once as CSKA Moscow defeated Lyon 3-2 on the road and, with the aggregate score at 3-3, won their series on away goals.





At Wals-Siezenheim, Austria:





A 0-0 game-two home stalemate with Borussia Dortmund was good enough for FC Red Bull Salzburg as the Austrian club eliminated the German club 2-1 on aggregate.





At London:



Danny Welbeck scored twice (PK-39', 86') as Arsenal defeated visiting AC Milan 3-1 in game two and ousted the Rossoneri 5-1 on aggregate.

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