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Roma, Marseille and Villarreal reached the Europa League playoffs
Servette – Roma, FC Roma players / Photo: © Luciano Rossi / Contributor / AS Roma / Gettyimages.ru
Italian Roma tied with Swiss Servette in the away match of the fifth round of the Europa League group stage.
The meeting of Group G ended with the score 1:1. Romelu Lukaku scored for the Romans, and Chris Bedia scored for the hosts.
In a parallel match of the quartet, Slavia Prague beat Moldavian Sheriff away – 3:2.
Slavia (12 points) and Roma (10) reached the playoffs of the tournament, Servette (5), which became third, will continue to play in the Conference League, Sheriff (1) is fourth.
In the final round, Roma will host Sheriff on December 14, and Slavia will play at home with Servette.
In Group B, Marseille beat Ajax at home with a score of 4:3, playing on the power play from the 63rd minute after Steven Berghuis was sent off. The French team entered the playoffs early, gaining 11 points, and is leading the quartet. Ajax (2) is on the last line.
In the last round, Marseille will meet Brighton away, and Ajax will host AEK.
Villarreal defeated the Greek Panathinaikos at home with a score of 3:2 in a Group F game and also guaranteed themselves participation in the Europa League playoffs, gaining nine points. The Greek club is in third place (4).
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Europa League. Main tournament. Tour 05
Servette (Geneva) – Roma (Rome) – 1:1 (0:1)
Goals: Bedya, 50 (VIDEO). — Lukaku, 21 (VIDEO).
“Sheriff” (Tiraspol) – “Slavia” (Prague) – 2:3
(1:1)
Goals: Tovar, 45. Mbekeli, 56. – Yurechka, 19. Zafeiris, 78. Tijani, 90 (penalty).
“Marseille” (Marseille) – “Ajax” (Amsterdam) – 4:3 (2:2)
Goals: Aubameyang 9 (penalty) (VIDEO), 47 (VIDEO), 90 (penalty) (VIDEO). Mbemba, 26 (VIDEO). — Brobbey, 10 (VIDEO), thirty (VIDEO). Ekpom, 79 (VIDEO).
Removal: Berghuis, 63.
Villarreal (Villarreal) – Panathinaikos (Athens) – 3:2 (2:0)
Goals: Baena, 29 (VIDEO). Comesanya, 34 (VIDEO). Morales, 47 (VIDEO). — Palacios, 67 (VIDEO). Ioannidis, 81 (VIDEO).
Missed penalty: Ioannidis, 66.
Source: Sportbox
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