The Europa League group stage has ended, with Rangers to celebrate a big double (2-3) at home Betisfinishing in first place in the 3rd group and leaving the Andalusians in 3rd place leading to the Conference League playoffs.
In the Europa playoffs the Sparta Prague after her comfortable victory over him Ari Limassolwhile Atalanta and Sporting prevailed over Rakov and Sturm Graz respectively, finishing in the first two places of the 4th group!
THE West Ham prevailed 2-0 against Freiburg in London, taking direct qualification to the “16” of Europa from the Olympiakos group, while Brighton beat Marseille 1-0, finishing first in AEK’s group.
1st Group
The victory with 2-0 in the top derby of the Olympiakos group celebrated the West Hamprevailing on her Freiburg and taking direct qualification to the “16”. Kundous put the Hammers in the lead in the 14th minute, with Alvarez making it 2-0 in the 42nd minute and his team withstanding the pressure from the visitors in the second half.
The last matchday:
West Ham-Freiburg 2-0
(14′ Kountous, 42′ Alvarez)
Olympiakos-Batska Topola 5-2
(21′ El Kaabi, 40′, 42′ Podense, 46′ auto. Ilic, 68′ El Arabi – 48′ Djakovac, 61′ Cirkovic)
The final score:
2nd Group
The first victory was also celebrated by Brightonprevailing 1-0 her Marseille, for the AEK group! João Pedro “golden” scorer for the “seagulls” in the 88th minute, with the team of De Jerbi getting the three points fairly, against the visitors who did not make a single final shot on target.
The last matchday:
Brighton-Marseille 1-0
(88′ Joao Pedro)
Ajax-AEK 3-1
(5′, 56′ Akpom, 56′ Taylor – 11′ Levi)
The final score of the group:
3rd Group
In the most exciting game of the evening, the Rangers triumphed in her away match with Betistaking the big win with 3-2 and finishing in first place in the 3rd group, while leaving Betis in third place leading the Conference! Sima opened the scoring in the 10th minute, with Miranda to equalize immediately (14′) for the hosts, before o Desserts puts the visitors in front again, in the 20th minute. The exciting first half at the “Benito Villamarin” ended with the Pereth to equalize for the sake of Betis, while o Roof scored the “golden” goal for the Scots, in the 78th minute!
THE Aris Limassol surrendered unconditionally to Sparta Pragueknowing the home defeat with 3-1 and staying at the bottom of the group. The visitors opened the scoring in the fourth minute, with Sleepbefore doubling their lead before 12 minutes had even been played, with a goal by Birmantsevich. In fact, the same footballer scored again before the end of the first half (45’+1′) for 3-0, while Aris threatened little in the second 45 minutes and all he managed to do was reduce the score with Bengchon for the final 1-3.
The last matchday:
Betis-Rangers 2-3
(84′ Bengtsson – 14′ Miranda, 37′ Perez – 10′ Sima, 20′ Dessers, 78′ Roof)
Aris Limassol-Sparta Prague 1-3
(4′ Kuchta, 11′, 45’+1′ Birmancevic)
The final score of the group:
4th Group
Atalanta and Sporting had already secured their qualification before the 6th matchday, completing ideally and with comfortable victories their obligations in the group! Although it struggled with several changes in its composition, the Atalanta celebrate the victory with 4-0 on her Rakov, for which Papanikolaou and Tsiftsis did not compete. Muriel opened the scoring for Gasperini’s side in the 14th minute and Bonfanti made it 0-2 in the 26th minute, while Muriel scored his second goal of the night in the 73rd minute, before De Kettelar scored in the 90th+4th minute. , for the three points with which Atalanta finished on top!
A comfortable victory was also won by Sportingprevailing on me 3-0 her Sturm Graz in “Soze Arvalade”, but remaining second, three points behind the Italians. Yokeres gave the Portuguese the lead in the 39th minute, while Inacio scored in the 61st and 70th minutes, “sealing” the victory for the Lisbon team! As for the Austrians, they finished third and will continue in the Conference League playoffs, having the upper hand in the tie with Rakov.
The last matchday:
Rakov-Atalanta 0-4
(14′, 73′ Muriel, 26′ Bonfanti, 90’+2′ De Quetelaar)
Sporting-Sturm Graz 3-0
(39′ Yokeres, 61′, 70′ Inasio)
The final score of the group:
Source: Sport Fm
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