• Germany’s “Leipzig” made it to the UEFA Europa League Round of 8 today, playing Real Sociedad 3: 1 in a two-to-one match. In the first game, a draw of 2: 2 was recorded.
• Leipzig won in the second half. Until the 59th minute, it took the lead with 2: 0. Willil Orban first nominated Leipzig, but was later doubled by Andre Silva.
• Overall, the German team played more aggressively in the attack, hitting 16 times, eight of which went into a rectangle. ” Real Sociedad ” has scored ten times.
• Another Spanish team “Sevilla”, Italy’s “Atalanta” and Portugal’s “Porto” took part in the eighth final today. Seville won 3-2 in Zagreb’s “Dinamo” in the sum of two games, although it lost 0: 1 today.
• Atalanta beat Olympiacos 5: 1 in two games. Today it won 3-0, scoring two goals in the second half. They were beaten by Ruslan Malinovsky.
• “Porto” kept the minimum advantage, knocking out Rome’s “Lazio” from further fighting. The victory with a 2: 1 victory in the first game ensured the entry into the quarterfinals, while a 2: 2 draw was recorded today. Lazio equalized in the fourth minute of compensation time.
• “Barcelona” continues to fight for the European League trophy, winning “Napoli” 5: 3 in the sum of two games. Today, in a six-goal game, Barcelona defeated their opponent 4: 2.
• Barcelona scored three of their four goals in the first half, with George Alba, Frankie de Jong and Gerard Picket. “Napoli” was able to respond with a realized penalty kick.
• In total, Barcelona scored twice as many shots as their opponent. It also held the ball, with a clear 56 percent of possession. In the second half, the teams exchanged goals – Barcelona reached 4: 1 first, but at the end of the match, the home team regained one goal.
• The UEFA Europa League, meanwhile, is over for Dussmund’s Borussia, which lost a 4: 6 match to Glasgow’s Rangers in a two-on-2 draw today.
• Dortmund, with a significant territorial advantage (ball control 66% vs. 34%), took the lead with 2: 1 in the first half. Although the “Rangers” players had less control over the ball, they attacked more dangerously, hitting a rectangle seven times more than the Dortmund players.
• In the 57th minute, the “Rangers” managed to equalize the game, which allowed them to win the sum of two games and continue the fight for the European League Cup.
• Despite the invasion of Ukraine, the game was played in Zenit, St. Petersburg, Spain, which withdrew from the tournament, losing to Spain’s Real Betis 2: 3.
• In the first minute of the compensation period, “Zenit” managed to equalize the sum of two games and take the lead in the game, but “Real Betis” was helped by the VAR video replay system. After reviewing the episode again, it found a violation of the rules for one of the “Zenit” footballers, thus excluding the goal.
Barcelona and Napoli players displayed a banner that read ‘STOP WAR’ before their Europa League match. pic.twitter.com/TCYWiPLbij
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European League playoffs
| The game | The result | The sum of two games |
|---|---|---|
| Olympiacos – Atalanta | 0:3 (0:1) | 1:5 |
| Lazio – Porto | 2:2 (1:1) | 3:4 |
| Dinamo Zagreb – Sevilla | 1:0 (0:0) | 2:3 |
| Real society – Leipzig | 1:3 (0:1) | 3:5 |
| Real Betis – Zenit | 0:0 (0:0) | 3:2 |
| Naples – Barcelona | 2:4 (1:3) | 3:5 |
| Rangers – Borussia | 2:2 (1:2) | 6:4 |
