The final - VIII round matches of the UEFA Europa League's League phase have taken place.
Modern.az reports that the VIII round concluded with 18 matches.
One of the eagerly anticipated matches was held in Bucharest. Here, the local club FCSB hosted “Fenerbahçe”. In the first half of the match, İsmail Yüksek put the Istanbul representative ahead with a header. In the second half, Yuri Çizotti equalized the score. The match ended with this score - 1:1. “Fenerbahçe” will continue its campaign in the play-off round.
The match between “Panathinaikos” (Greece) and “Roma” (Italy) held in Athens was also marked by intense competition. All goals in the match were scored in the second half. Yan Zyulkovski from “Roma” responded to Visente Taborda's goal from the Greeks. There were no other goals in the match, and the game ended with a score of 1:1. With this result, “Roma” advanced directly to the 1/8 final round.
Other matches ended with the following results:
“Aston Villa” (England) – “Salzburg” (Austria) - 3:2;
“Basel” (Switzerland) – “Viktoria Plzen” (Czech Republic) - 0:1;
“Real Betis” (Spain) – “Feyenoord” (Netherlands) - 2:1;
“Crvena Zvezda” (Serbia) – “Celta Vigo” (Spain) - 1:1;
“Celtic” (Scotland) – “Utrecht” (Netherlands) - 4:2;
“Porto” (Portugal) – “Rangers” (Scotland) - 3:1;
“Go Ahead Eagles” (Netherlands) – “Braga” (Portugal) - 0:0;
“Genk” (Belgium) – “Malmö” (Sweden) - 2:1;
“Lille” (France) – “Freiburg” (Germany) - 1:0;
“Ludogorets” (Bulgaria) – “Nice” (France) - 1:0;
“Lyon” (France) - PAOK (Greece) - 4:2;
“Maccabi” (Tel Aviv, Israel) – “Bologna” (Italy) - 0:3;
“Midtjylland” (Denmark) – “Dinamo Zagreb” (Croatia) - 2:0;
“Nottingham Forest” (England) – “Ferencváros” (Hungary) - 4:0;
“Sturm” (Austria) – “Brann” (Norway) - 1:0;
“Stuttgart” (Germany) – “Young Boys” (Switzerland) - 3:2.
