Thursday, February 27, 2020

Europa League: Wolves, Leverkusen, Copenhagen, Olympiacos, Sevilla, Red Devils, Inter Milan Advance To Round Of 16

The Europa League's Round of 32 contined on Thursday with 14 games.

At Cornelia de Llobregat, Spain:

Adama Traore (22') and Matthew Doherty (79') each scored once as Wolverhampton Wanderers, despite dropping a 3-2 game-two road decision to Espanyol, still won their series with the Spanish club 6-3 on aggregate.

At Istanbul, Turkey:

Eden Visca scored in the second minute of second-half stoppage-time and again on a successful penalty kick in the 119th minute as Istanbul Basaksehir took the measure of Sporting CP 3-1 in regulation of game-two to level that series at 4-4 on aggregate, then won the series 5-4 on aggregate after Eden's game-winning PK at the visiting Lions' expense.

At Amsterdam, Netherlands:

Jaime Mata scored the series-winning goal in the fifth minute as Getafe, despite dropping a 2-1 game-two road decision to Ajax Amsterdam, still won their series 3-2 on aggregate.

At Porto, Portugal:

Lucas Alerio (10'), Kerem Demirbay (50'), and Kai Havertz (58') each scored once as Bayer Leverkusen defeated FC Porto 3-1 on the road in game two and won their series 5-2 on aggregate.

At Glasgow, Scotland:

Michael Santos (51'), Pep Biel (85'), and Dame N'Doye (88') each scored once as FC Copenhagen downed Celtic 3-1 on the road in game two and won their series with the Bhoys 4-2 on aggregate.

At Basel, Switzerland:

Fabian Frei converted a penalty kick for the only goal of the match in minute #38 as FC Basel defeated visiting APOEL FC 1-0 in game two and finished off the Cypriot club 4-0 on aggregate.

At Seville, Spain:

Despite being held to a 0-0 game-two home deadlock by CFR Cluj, Sevilla still won their series with the Romanian club on away goals with the aggregate score at 1-1.

At Linz, Austria:

Marko Raguz scored twice (PK-44', 50') as LASK blanked visiting AZ Alkmaar 2-0 in game two and won their series 3-1 on aggregate.

At Manchester, England:

Fred scored twice (82', 90'+3) as Manchester United destroyed visiting Club Brugge 5-0 in game two and won their series with the Belgian club 6-1 on aggregate.

At Milan, Italy:

In a contest played behind closed doors due to concerns over the recent outbreak of the Coronavirus, Cristiano Biraghi (32') and Romelu Lukaku (45'+4) each scored once as Inter Milan defeated visiting Ludogorets Razgrad 2-1 in game two and won their series 4-1 on aggregate.

At Porto, Portugal:

Ruben Diaz (OG-12'), Taras Stepanenko (49'), and Alan Patrick (71') each scored once as Shakhtar Donetsk gained a 3-3 game-two road draw with FC Porto and won their series 5-4 on aggregate.

At Malmo, Sweden:

Josip Brekalo (42'), Yannick Gerhardt (65'), and Joao Victor (69') each scored once as VfL Wolfsburg dominated Malmo FF 3-0 on the road in game two and won their series 5-1 on aggregate

At Ghent, Belgium:

Justin Dean Kluivert's goal in the 29th minute lifted AS Roma to a 1-1 game-two road draw with KAA Gent and a 2-1 series-aggregate victory.

At London:

After Pape Cisse's goal in the 53rd minute lifted Olympiacos to a 1-0 game-two regulation victory that squared their series with Arsenal at 1-1 on aggregate, Youssef El-Arabi scored the overtime series winner for the visiting Greek club in the 119th minute as the Legend, with the total aggregate score at 2-2 ousted the Gunners on away goals.

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