Former champions Chelsea will face Malmo in the last 32 of the Europa League while Arsenal will lock horns again with BATE Borisov. The two sides met in the Europa League last season, the Gunners hammering the Belarussian side 6-0 at the Emirates. Five-time champions Sevilla, currently second in La Liga, face a difficult tie […]
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Arsenal and Chelsea were among seven teams to reach the UEFA Europa League knockout stage on Thursday, while last year’s runners-up Olympique de Marseille were eliminated at the group phase. The two English Premier League teams were joined by Eintracht Frankfurt, Lazio, Bayer Leverkusen, FC Zurich and Dinamo Zagreb in the last 32. But there […]
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The Europa League match day 3 served up some interesting matches on Thursday night with goals flying in everywhere, typical of an European footballing night. Chelsea have all but sealed passage to the next round with a comfortable 3:1 win over Bate Borisov and academy graduate Ruben Loftus-Cheek hitting a hat-trick. Loftus-Cheek has mostly been seen […]
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A second-string Arsenal enjoyed a 3-0 win in Azerbaijan against Qarabag in the Europa League on Thursday while AC Milan beat Greece’s Olympiakos 3-1. Eighteen-year-old Emile Smith Rowe, a product of the club’s academy was on target as the Gunners maintained their winning start in the competition. Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Matteo Guendouzi also scored for […]
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UEFA has handed AC Milan a two-year ban from European competitions following a breach of FFP rules. The Italian giants finished sixth in Serie A last season to secure their spot in next season’s Europa League. But they will not be taking part in the competition after UEFA confirmed they had breached FFP guidelines. Milan […]
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Antoine Griezmann surely deserves some accolades, as he scored twice on Wednesday to help Atletico Madrid beat Marseille 3-0 at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais, a result that saw them lift their third UEFA Europa League title. Griezmann capitalised on a mistake from Marseille defender Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa before calmly tucking home after 21 minutes, then latched […]
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Diego Costa killed Arsene Wenger’s last hope of a glorious Arsenal farewell as his goal sent Atletico Madrid through to the Europa League final on Thursday. Wenger’s 250th European fixture with Arsenal also to proved to be his last, decided by a typically ruthless finish from Costa, who delivered the sort of barnstorming display defenders […]
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In the Europa League game played on Thursday night, Arsenal failed to record a win against 10-man Atletico Madrid, as the visitors forced the hosts a 1-1 draw in the first leg semifinal clash. After a barren first half, the Gunners got in front just after the hour-mark courtesy of a goal from Alexandre Lacazette. […]
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Salzburg, Marseille, Atlético and Arsenal are the semi-finalists in the UEFA Europa League. Salzburg beat Lazio 6-5 on aggregate, scoring four goals in 20 minutes of the second half to edge out the Italians. Italians had won the first leg 4-1. French team Marseille ousted the Bundesliga team Leipzig 5-2. Arsenal survived a scare and […]
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Arsenal and Atletico Madrid both took big strides towards the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League on Thursday, as they each secured comfortable wins at home in the first leg of their respective quarter-final ties. Arsenal produced a brilliant attacking display to beat CSKA Moscow 4-1, with Aaron Ramsey and Alexandre Lacazette grabbing braces. Meanwhile, […]
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