Rangers and Atalanta displayed their goalscoring prowess once again to open up leads in their ties, with Sevilla and Braga also claiming victories on Thursday. UEFA.com rounds up an intriguing two days of action from the UEFA Europa League round of 16 ...
Porto, on top for much of the first half, finished the second period strongly but could not break through. Bafétimbi Gomis had an effort ruled out for offside, before the game ended in a stalemate – Galatasaray's third 0-0 draw in this season's competition. Moussa Diaby then curled in clinically to give Leverkusen belief ahead of the second leg. The home side struck early and late to take control of this tie. Katai had another effort ruled out and the hosts rubbed salt in the wounds again as Alfredo Morelos scored the second soon after. Rangers will take a strong lead to Belgrade after a pulsating win at Ibrox, where the tone was set early.
Rangers put themselves firmly in the driving seat of their Europa League last-16 tie against Red Star Belgrade following an incident-packed 3-0 win at ...
Barcelona were held to a 0-0 home draw by Galatasaray in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie on Thursday as Scottish side Rangers kept their momentum in the competition going with a 3-0 win over Red Star Belgrade. The Scottish champions continued to ride a second-half rollercoaster to the final whistle and can now look forward to the second leg next week at the Rajko Mitic Stadium, where the possibility of an appearance in the last eight of a European competition for the first time in 14 years beckons. Katai had put the ball in the net twice in the first half, only to be thwarted by the offside flag, but he and his team-mates were again left shaking their heads in the 51st minute when defender Leon Balogun, back in for Borna Barisic, powered in a header from a Tavernier corner.
Rangers declared a comfortable win over Serbia's Red Star Belgrade in a 3 – 0 triumph on Thursday night (March 10), with the odds of them taking home the Europa League trophy tipping in their favour ahead of their away game next week.
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RANGERS' odds on winning the Europa League have been slashed following their huge 3-0 win over Red Star Belgrade last night.
"Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s men have moved from 25/1 to 14/1 to win the tournament overnight, while Barcelona remain the 5/2 favourites to go all the way.” The favourites to win the Europa League are Barcelona at the short price of 5/2. van Bronckhorst’s side were 150/1 to win the competition at the start of the knockout stages.
Europa League fixtures on Thursday: Seville vs West Ham (5.45pm), Rangers vs Crvena Zvezda (8pm); Europa Conference League fixtures: Leicester vs Rennes ...
The first legs of the Europa Conference League quarter-finals will take place on April 7, with the second-legs a taking place seven days later. The first-legs of the quarter-final ties will be played on April 7 with the return fixtures on April 14. The winners will enter next season's Europa League group stages. The eight group winners automatically go through to the last 16. The eight winners from the UEFA Europa Conference League group stage face the eight winners from the UEFA Europa Conference League knockout round play-offs. But he's with us and if Dec is fit and available then he'll certainly play."
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Ben Johnson was in fine form for West Ham against Sevilla in the Europa League (Photo by Javier Montano/DeFodi Images via Getty Images).
It’s unfortunate, but at least we have another opportunity in the second leg to put it right. Now it was another huge step playing in the last 16 against Sevilla, champions of this competition six times. I’ve played a few away games and the support we get every week is fantastic. We tried to play our game tonight. We’re just looking forward to the next leg. It’s only seven days away until we can get out there and hopefully put it right.
The Hammers were without injured top-scorer Jarrod Bowen, but Declan Rice returned from illness to captain the team at a raucous Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium.
Nevertheless, the visitors still had a puncher’s chance and substitute Said Benrahma almost set up an equaliser for Pablo Fornals, who was only denied by a last-ditch block from former Manchester City full-back Jesus Navas to preserve Sevilla’s narrow lead in a tie which West Ham will feel they are still very much in. But the Hammers were still giving as good as they got, with Vlasic forcing a low save from Bounou with a near-post drive before half-time. It says a lot about how far West have have come in a short space of time that it was four years ago to the day since they were beaten 3-0 at home by Burnley in a game marred by pitch invasions and protests against the owners. But they have a host of injury absentees and suffered another blow when the dangerous former Barcelona midfielder Rakitic was ruled out on his 34th birthday. But Hammers boss David Moyes will have seen enough to feel his side are capable of overturning a one-goal deficit at the London Stadium in a week’s time and prolonging their European adventure. A second-half goal by Moroccan forward Munir, who was only in the starting line-up after Ivan Rakitic was injured in the warm-up, settled the first leg in the Spanish side’s favour.
Rangers have gone from rank outsiders at the start of the Europa League to one of the favourites to lift the trophy.
Betfair spokesperson Sam Rosbottom said: “Another famous European night in Glasgow saw Rangers take a huge step in booking their place in the Europa League quarter-finals by easing past Red Star Belgrade. Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s men have moved from 25/1 to 14/1 to win the tournament overnight, while Barcelona remain the 5/2 favourites to go all the way.” Of the 16 teams left in the tournament, the Scottish champions are sixth favourites with their odds slashed from 25/1 before the match on Thursday to just 14/1. Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s side have one foot in the quarter-final after sweeping past Red Star Belgrade at Ibrox.
Only Barcelona and RB Leipzig are tipped as more likely to reach the final in Seville.
Only Barcelona (evens) and RB Leipzig (5/4) are tipped as more likely with West Ham given the same chance despite losing to Sevilla on Thursday night. You'd have got 150/1 on Rangers to win the tournament pre-season and 25/1 before a ball was kicked at Ibrox on Thursday. But the victory makes the dream of going all the way that little bit more likely and that's been reflected in the betting market.