Europa League: Porto eliminates Lazio Roma, difficult qualification for Sevilla, Leipzig

Porto managed to beat Lazio Roma and qualified for the Europa League round of 16, albeit in a stressful manner, with one 2-2 made in delays. The “dragons” took the ball out of their nets three times in the first half hour, it was back in the score, but in the end it was the team that won the pair.

Ciro Immobile played a great night trying to score by breaking through the Portuguese’s artificial offside. On two occasions he hit the net but the VAR disagreed on the validity of the goal. Meanwhile, in the 19th minute, he scored a regular goal and brought “lasiali” to the qualifying round. Ten minutes later, Mehdi Taremi was brought down by Sergei Milinkovic Savic in the penalty area, but “yellowed” for theater. When the phase was checked by VAR and after long deliberations, the dates changed and the Iranian striker won a penalty which was converted into a goal. The goal shocked Mauricio Sari’s players and sent off the psychology of those of Sergio Conceiçοo, who were better in the continuation of the game and found the decisive goal with Mateus Uribe in 68′. In the delay, Danilo Cataldi equalized for the hosts, but it was too late.

Leipzig completed the work in Spain and with 3-1 on her Real Sociedad qualified for the next phase in “Anoeta”. Germany’s 2-2 had left the points open but Domenico Tentesco’s players played a good night and had the upper hand for most of the game. In the 39th minute, Willy Orban put them ahead after Andre Silva failed to score from a penalty, and the Portuguese… corrected his mistake with a goal in the 59th minute. Six minutes later, the Basques reduced the gap with Martin Thumbimenti (and VAR intervention), but Emil Forsberg’s late penalty ended all hopes of falling.

Sevilla went to Zagreb as all-time favorites for the cup and of course qualifying, but they needed it against that dynamowhich has prevailed 1-0. Andalusia’s 3-1 lead proved a shaky lead for the visitors, who fell short of Mislav Orsic’s penalty in the 65th minute. In the final minutes, Dinamo failed to find the qualifying goal despite Sevilla being 10 players behind.

The teams of the round of 16

• Europa League group winners: West Ham, Lyon, Monaco, Leverkusen, Eintracht, Spartak, Red Star, Galatasaray
• Winner Barrage: Leipzig, Atalanta, Porto, Seville

The results of the second barrage matches for the 16

The results of the first barrage matches for the 16