Thursday 21 March 2019

2018/19 Europa League Last 16 Second Leg Review


Chelsea eased into the last eight with a 5-0 win at Dynamo Kyiv which completed an 8-0 aggregate success.

Olivier Giroud struck a first half brace in the fifth and 33rd minutes for 2-0 before Marcos Alonso set-up a 3-0 half-time advantage. Giroud completed his hat-trick on the hour before Callum Hudson-Odoi added a fifth on 78 minutes.

Napoli secured a 4-3 aggregate win despite suffering a 3-1 loss at Red Bull Salzburg.

Arkadiusz Milik put the Italians ahead on 14 minutes before Munas Dabbur levelled on 25 minutes. Fredrik Gulbrandsen cut the gap on aggregate to 4-2 before Christoph Leitgeb sealed the win on the night late on as Salzburg exited the competition.

Valencia left it late to claim a 3-2 aggregate win as they drew 1-1 at Krasnodar. A tight game saw Magomed Suleymanov give the hosts the lead on 85 minutes and level at 2-2 on aggregate, giving Krasnodar the away goals rule advantage. Valencia ended any worries of an exit in added time as Goncalo Guedes equalised to send the Catalan side into the next round.

Arsenal overturned a 3-1 first leg deficit to win 4-3 on aggregate after a 3-0 home win over Rennes. Early strikes from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Ainsley Maitland-Niles drew the Gunners level on aggregate at 3-3 before Aubameyang wrapped up the win and a place in the net round on 71 minutes.

Benfica needed extra time to complete a second leg turnaround with a 3-1 aggregate win over Dinamo Zagreb.

Jonas Oliveira levelled the tie on aggregate on 71 minutes with no further strike leading to extra time. Francisco Ferreira gave the hosts the aggregate lead before a double blow for Dinamo saw Peter Stojanovic dismissed and Alex Grimaldo strike for 3-0 on the night and confirm the aggregate win.

Eintracht Frankfurt advanced to the last eight with a narrow 1-0 aggregate win over Inter Milan. The sides played out a goalless first leg but in the second, the crucial strike came after just five minutes as Luka Jovic struck.

A seven goal thriller saw Slavia Prague overcome competition legends Sevilla with a 6-5 aggregate win.

The hosts took just 14 minutes to  take the lead overall as Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui struck for 1-0 (3-2)before Wissam Ben Yedder levelled at 1-1 (3-3) from the penalty spot. A penalty after the interval from Tomas Soucek restored the hosts' lead at 2-1 (4-3).

Munir El Haddadi levelled eight minutes later for Sevilla and at 2-2 (4-4) the tie went into extra time. Franco Vazquez put Sevilla 3-2 (5-4) ahead but it was to be Slavia's night as Mick Van Buren and Ibrahim Traore made it 4-3 and dumped Sevilla out of the competition.

Villarreal completed the lineup of the last eight with a 2-1 win over Zenit St Petersburg which resulted in a 5-2 aggregate success. Gerard Moreno and Carlos Bacca struck either side of the interval for 2-1 and 5-1 overall with the final say going to Zenit as Branislav Ivanovic struck in added time.


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