Thursday, February 21, 2019

Europa League: Dinamo Zagreb, Red Bull Salzburg, Inter, Chelsea, Zenit, Yellow Sub, Gunners Advance To Round of 16

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

At Zagreb, Croatia:

Mislav Orsic (15'), Emir Dilaver (34'), Bruno Petkovic (73') each scored once as Dinamo Zagreb overcame their series-opening road defeat by dominating visiting FC Viktoria Plzen 3-0 in game two and won their series 4-2 on aggregate.

At Salzburg, Austria:

Patson Daka scored twice (29', 43') as FC Red Bull Salzburg overcame their series-opening defeat by demolishing visiting Club Brugge 4-0 in game two and ousted the Belgian club 5-2 on aggregate.

At Milan, Italy:

Matias Vecino (11'), Andrea Ranocchia (18'), Ivan Perisic (80'), and Matteo Politano (87') each scored once as Inter Milan demolished visiting Rapid Vienna 4-0 in game two and eliminated the Austrian club 5-0 on aggregate.

At Genk, Belgium:

Milan Skoda scored twice (64', 69') as Slavia Prague overpowered KRC Genk 4-0 the road in game two and won their series by that same score on aggregate.

At Leverkusen, Germany:

Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov's goal in the 84th minute as FC Krasnodar gained a game-two 1-1 road draw with Bayer Leverkusen, which enabled the Russian club, with the aggregate score also at 1-1, to win their series on away goals.

At Naples, Italy:

Simone Verdi (43') and Adam Ounas (75') each scored once as Napoli blanked visiting FC Zurich 2-0 in game two and won their series 5-1 on aggregate.

At London:

Olivier Giroud (55'), Ross Barkley (74'), and Callum Hudson-Odoi (84') each scored once as Chelsea dominated visiting Malmo FF 3-0 in game two and took out the Swedish club 5-1 on aggregate.

At Frankfurt, Germany:

Sebastien Haller scored twice (PK-27', 80') as Eintracht Frankfurt defeated visiting Shakhtar Donetsk 4-1 in game two and eliminated the Ukrainian club 6-3 on aggregate.

At Valencia, Spain:

Kevin Gameiro scored the goal of the match in the 70th minute as Valencia defeated visiting Celtic 1-0 in game two and ousted the Bhoys 3-0 on aggregate.

At Seville, Spain:

Amir Bensebaini (32'), Adrien Hunou (30'), and Mbaye Niang (90'+4) each scored once as Rennes knocked off Real Betis 3-1 on the road in game two and won their series 6-4 on aggregate.

At Kiev, Ukraine:

Francisco Sol Ortiz scored the only goal of the match in the 32nd minute as Dynamo Kiev defeated visiting Olympiacos 1-0 in game two and won their series 3-2 on aggregate.

At Saint Petersburg, Russia:

Sardar Azmoun scored twice (37', 76') as Zenit Saint Petersburg downed visiting Fenerbahce 3-1 in game two and won their series 3-2 on aggregate.

At Villarreal, Spain:

Pablo Fornals scored the series-winning goal in the 80th minute as Villarreal gained a 1-1 game-two home draw with Sporting CP and won their series 2-1 on aggregate.

At London:

Zakhar Volkov (OG-4'), Shkodran Mustafi (39'), and Sokratis Papastathopoulos (80') each scored once as Arsenal dominated visiting FC BATE Borisov 3-0 in game two and knocked out the Belorussian club 3-1 on aggregate.

At Lisbon:

Despite being held to a 0-0 game-two home stalemate by Galatasaray, SL Benfica still won their series with the Turkish club 2-1 on aggregate.

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