Thursday, March 14, 2019

Europa League: Chelsea, Benfica, Valencia, Slavia Prague, Gunners

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

At Kiev, Ukraine:

Olivier Giroud produced a hat trick (5', 33', 59') as Chelsea destroyed Dynamo Kiev 5-0 on the road in game two and completed their two-game beatdown of the Ukrainian club 8-0 on aggregate.

At Milan, Italy:

Luka Jovic scored the only goal of both the match and series in the sixth minute as Eintracht Frankfurt knocked off Inter Milan 1-0 on the road in game two and ousted the Nerazzurri by that same score on aggregate.

At Lisbon, Portugal:

Ferro (94') and Alex Grimaldo (105') each scored a goal in overtime as SL Benfica, after a 1-1 home regulation draw in game two squared their series with Dinamo Zagreb 1-1 on aggregate, scored twice in the added 30 minutes to finally oust the Croatian club 3-1 on aggregate.

At Salzburg, Austria:

Arek Milik scored the decisive goal in the 14th minute as Napoli, despite dropping a 3-1 game-two road decision to FC Red Bull Salzburg, ousted the Austrian club 4-3 on aggregate.

At Krasnodar, Russia:

Goncalo Guedes scored the series-winning goal in stoppage time (90'+3) as Valencia gained a 1-1 game-two road draw with FC Krasnodar and won their series 3-2 on aggregate.

At Prague, Czech Republic:

After a 2-2 regulation draw in game two which leveled the series at 4-4 on aggregate, Mick Van Buren (102') and Ibrahim Traore (119') each scored an overtime goal as Slavia Prague finally won their series with visiting Sevilla 6-5 on aggregate.

At London:

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice (5', 72') and Ainsley Maitland-Niles once (15') as Arsenal defeated visiting Rennes 3-0 in game two and won their series 4-3 on aggregate.

At Villarreal, Spain:

Gerard Moreno (29') and Carlos Bacca (47') each scored once as Villarreal defeated visiting Zenit Saint Petersburg 2-1 in game two and eliminated the Russian club 5-2 on aggregate.


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