The Europa League knockout round play-off comes to a close tonight, with eight second leg clashes deciding which sides will make it into the round of 16.
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Roma trail Porto
Scorers: Dybala 35′, 39′; Samu 30′
Roma began the game on the front foot in the eternal city, with Porto having much of the ball but the Italian side looking threatening on the break.
But they played themselves into trouble, as goalkeeper Svilar gave the ball away 18 yards from his own goal. Roma thought that they had got away with it after blocking the initial effort, but an exceptional overhead kick from Samu punished the mistake, and put Porto into the lead on the night and in the tie.
That lead did not last long though, with Paulo Dybala showing some neat footwork to run through the Porto defence before flicking the ball over the onrushing Diogo Costa.
Four minutes later, the turnaround was complete at the Stadio Olimpico as Dybala struck once more. The Argentine cut into the penalty area before firing past Costa at the near post to put his side ahead in the tie.
Moments after the second half kicked off, Porto were reduced to 10 men as Stephen Eustáquio reacted to Leandro Paredes off the ball, leaving his side facing a massive uphill battle to qualify.
Galatasaray v AZ
Scorers: Osimhen 56′;Â Mikuma 42′, Kasius 55′
Already holding a hefty aggregate lead, AZ flew out of the blocks against Galatasaray with the Dutch side spurning a couple of glorious early chances.
As Gala pushed forwards in hope of reducing the deficit, AZ continued to generate plenty of chances, but could not find a way to add to their advantage.
Minutes before half time though, they finally got the opening goal, and it came through some excellent work by Poku, which eventually saw the ball drop at the feet of Mikuma, whose effort went in off a Galatasary defender.
Booed off at the break, Gala’s evening went from bad to worse as Denso Kasius fired home a rocket from 25 yards to double his side’s advantage on the night.
A minute later, the home side were on the board as Victor Osimhen fired an effort into the roof of the net, halving the deficit on the night.
Bodø/Glimt v FC Twente
Scorers: Høgh [Pen] 55′ ;Sjovold (OG) 26′
Trailing by a goal, Bodo/Glimt dominated the early stages as they looked to level the tie, missing several good chances.
But they were struck by a hammer blow midway through the first half when a Twente corner went in off the unfortunate Fredrik Sjovold to extend the Dutch side’s lead against the run of play.
10 minutes into the second half, Bodo were handed a golden chance to reopen the tie as Lagerbielke conceded a penalty, which allowed Kasper Høgh to level on the night.
FCSB v PAOK
Scorers: Cisotti 30′
Already a goal up on aggregate, FCSB doubled their advantage after half an hour, with Juri Cisotti opening the scoring for the home side.
Later
Anderlecht v Fenerbahçe
Plzeň v Ferencvaros
Ajax v Union Saint-Gilloise
Real Sociedad v Midtjylland
📸 ALBERTO PIZZOLI – AFP or licensors
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