UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE – Round of 16 (1st Leg)

UEFA Europa League

March 9, 2017

APOEL             0-1           Anderlecht

                                                       Nicolae Stanciu 29’

Anderlecht started their Round of 16 match on the right foot; a win and an away goal.

Rostov             1-1             Manchester United

Aleksandr Bukharov 53’              Henrik Mkhitaryan 35’

Manchester United got an away goal to take back to Old Trafford. Rostov came from a goal behind to to avoid a home defeat against Manchester United.  

Copenhagen         2-1       Ajax

Rasmus Falk 1’                                  Kasper Dolberg 32’

Andreas Cornelius 60’

Andreas Cornelius goal in the second half gave Copenhagen a home victory. However Ajax got an important away goal to give them a good chance of overturning this fixture.

Celta Vigo          2-1           Krasnodar

Daniel Wass 50’                                Viktor Claesson 56’

Claudio Beauvue 90’

Krasnodar will have an away goal to depend on to help them get into the quarterfinals after Celta Vigo got a late goal to seal the victory in the first leg.

Schalke 04         1-1         Borussia Monchengladbach

Guido Burgstaller 25’                   Jonas Hofmann 15’

The two German sides couldn’t separate themselves on the scoreboard. The away goal give Monchengladbach an advantage in the second leg.

Lyon                  4-2            Roma

Mouctar Diakhaby 8’                       Mohamed Salah 20’

Corentin Tolisso 47’                         Federico Fazio 33’

Nabil Fekir 74’

Alexandre Lacazette 90’+2’

Lyon secured home victory after coming from a goal down and scoring three goals in the second half.

Olympiacos         1-1         Besiktas

Esteban Cambiasso 36’                 Vincent Aboubakar 53’

A goal in each half shared evenly. All to play for in the second leg.

Gent        2-5        Genk

Samuel Kalu 27’             Ruslan Malinovsky 21’

Kalifa Coulibaly 61’        Omar Colley 33’

                                            Mbwana Samata 41’ 72’

                                            Jere Uronen 45’+2’

It was a disaster a first-half disaster for Gent, as they headed into the dressing room at the wrong end of a ‘4-1’ score line.

Genk got 5 away goals against Gent when the Belgian sides met for the first leg of their Europa League Round of 16 match.