Europa League: Roma and Ajax in the 1/8 finals, departure Zenit

Determined six participants of the 1/8 finals of the Europa League.

Roma all tournament goals in the confrontation with Villarreal decided in Spain, but because the Stadio Olimpico, the hosts did not bother and allowed the “Villarreal” on a positive note to finish Eurocup season.

“Zenit” Mircea Lucescu made a comeback in the second leg against Anderlecht and was close to winning in regulation time, but missed in the end the ball has destroyed all the plans of the Russian giant.

Together with “Villarreal” after the first round of the playoffs the Europa League left athletic – Basques could not keep advantage in one ball.
Comfortable in the 1/8 finals have qualified Olympiakos and Besiktas, and the fate of the confrontation between Ajax and Legia decided the only goal scored by the Dutch in the second half.

The results of return matches 1/16 finals:

Osmanlilar (Turkey) – Olympiacos (Greece) 0:3 (first match – 0:0)
Goals: Ansarifard, 47, 86, Elyounoussi, 70

APOEL (Cyprus) – athletic Bilbao (Spain) 2:0 (first match 2:3)
Goals: Soteriou, 46, Gianniotas, 54 (penalty)

Ajax (Netherlands) – Legia (Poland) 1:0 (first match – 0:0)
Goal: Viergever, 49

Besiktas (Turkey) , Hapoel Beersheba (Israel) 2:1 (first match 3:1)
Goals: Abubakar, 17, Tosun, 87 – Nwakaeme, 64

Zenit (Russia) – Anderlecht (Belgium) 3:1 (first match 0:2)
Goals: Juliano, 24, 78, Dzyuba, 72 – Kise Thelin, 90

Roma (Italy) – Villarreal (Spain) 0:1 (first match 4:0)
Goal: Borre, 15

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