UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
SEMIFINALISTS: RB Leipzig vs Rangers / West Ham vs Frankfurt
ATALANTA 0-2 RB LEIPZIG (1-3 agg.)
BARCELONA 2-3 FRANKFURT (3-4 agg.)
LYON 0-3 WEST HAM (1-4 agg.)
RANGERS 3-1 BRAGA [aet.] (3-2 agg).
Goals fom Christopher Nkunku handed RB Leipzig the win to advance to the semifinal from Bergamo.
There wasn’t a home advantage for Barcelona.
Frankfurt fans made Camp Nou feel like an ‘away ground’ for Barcelona.
Two goals in a 9-minute injury time allowed Barcelona to bow out of the Europa League with a respectable 3-2 defeat to Frankfurt.
It wasn’t what many would’ve predicted but it is Frankfurt who will be making their way to the Europa League semifinal.
Just like Barcelona, Lyon didn’t have the best night at home. West Ham scored three goals around the mid-point of the regulation time to knock Lyon out of the tournament.
James Tavernier scored to give Rangers an early lead (2nd minute) and another right before the closing of the first half (44th minute) but a 10-man Braga side fought back to push for the extra time through a goal from David Carmo in the 83rd minute. Kemar Roofe scored the deciding goal in the first half of extra time (101st minute) to get Rangers to the semifinal.
It helped a bit when the lack of discipline saw Iuri Medeiros get shown a red card in to leave Braga chasing a goal in the second half of extra time with 9 men.
SEMIFINAL – UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
April 28. (First Leg)
RB Leipzig vs Rangers
West Ham vs Frankfurt
May 5. (Second Leg)
Frankfurt vs West Ham
Rangers vs RB Leipzig
UEFA CONFERENCE LEAGUE
SEMIFINALISTS: Feyenoord vs Marseille / Leicester City vs Roma
PSV EINDHOVEN 1-2 LEICESTER CITY (1-2 agg)
PAOK 0-1 MARSEILLE (1-3 agg)
ROMA 4-0 BODO/GLIMT (5-2 agg.)
SLAVIA PRAGUE 1-3 FEYENOORD (4-6 agg)
Leicester City scored two late goals to come from a goal down and knockout PSV Eindhoven in Eindhoven.
Goals from James Maddison and Ricardo Pereira sent Leicester City to the semifinal.
Just like in the first leg, Dimitri Payet scored the winning goal to had Marseille the advantage. Marseille did the necessary to knock out PAOK.
Finally, Roma is able to get a win against Bodo/Glimt. A 6-1 defeat, 2-2 draw, 2-1 defeat, and finally a 4-0 win when it mattered the most.
Not many would’ve expected Bodo/Glimt to go this far in the competition.
Nicolo Zaniolo added a hattrick to Tammy Abraham’s game-opening goal to get Roma their first win against Bodo/Glimt after three attempts.
They both got three goals each in the first leg but it was Feyenoord who was able to repeat the result in the second leg. A brace from Cyriel Dessers handed Feyenoord a semifinal spot at Slavia Prague’s expense.
SEMIFINALS – UEFA CONFERENCE LEAGUE
April 28. (First Leg)
Feyenoord vs Marseille
Leicester City vs Roma
May 5. (Second Leg)
Marseille vs Feyenoord
Roma vs Leicester City
