Thursday, April 18, 2019

Europa League: Gunners, Chelsea, Valencia, Eintracht Frankfurt Advance To Semis

The quarterfinal round of the Europa League closed with four games.

At Naples, Italy:

Alexandre Lacazette scored the game's lone goal in the 36th minute as Arsenal defeated Napoli 1-0 on the road in game two and took out the Italian club 3-0 on aggregate.

At Valencia, Spain:

Antonio Latorre Grueso (13') and Dani Parejo (54') each scored once as Valencia defeated visiting Villarreal 2-0 in game two and knocked out the Yellow Submarine 5-1 on aggregate.

At Frankfurt, Germany:

Filip Kostic (37') and Sebastian Rode (67') produced the goals as Eintracht Frankfurt blanked visiting SL Benfica 2-0 in game two and won their series from the Portuguese club on away goals (the aggregate score was 4-4).

At London:

Pedro scored twice (5', 27') as Chelsea held off visiting Slavia Prague 4-3 in game two and won their series 5-3.


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