Wednesday, August 05, 2020

Europa League: Lions, Shakhtar, Inter, Man U Advance To Quarterfinals

The Europa League's Round of 16 resumed on Wednesday with four games.

At Copenhagen, Denmark:

Jonas Wind scored twice (4', PK-53') while Rasmus Falk added another goal (62') as FC Copenhagen overcame their series-opening defeat and dominated visiting Istanbul Basaksehir 3-0 in game two and won their series 3-1 on aggregate.

At Kiev, Ukraine (due to war-like conditions in eastern Ukraine):

Junior Morales scored twice in the final minutes (89', 90'+3) as Shakhtar Donetsk broke open a scoreless stalemate and belted visiting VfL Wolfsburg 3-0 in game two and took out the German club 5-1 on aggregate.

At Duisburg, Germany:

Romelu Lukaku (33') and Christian Eriksen (83') each scored once as Inter Milan defeated Getafe 2-0 to advance to the quarterfinal round as this series was reduced to one single neutral-site contest.

At Manchester, England:

Jesse Lingard (57') and Anthony Martial (88') delivered the goals as Manchester United defeated visiting LASK 2-1 in game two and completed their two-match beatdown of the Austrian club 7-1 on aggregate.

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