Winner in Rome (2-1), Porto eliminated Lazio in the knockout stages of the European League. Atalanta qualified without Olympiacos shaking (3-0). Leipzig overturns Real Sociedad by winning (2-1) in Spain.
Lazio and FC Porto left back (2-2), but the equalizer made the Portuguese happy. In a very intense first period, each team scored their big goals. The Italians opened the scoring in the 19th minute thanks to Ciro Immobile (he also scored two disallowed goals for offside on the 17th and 22nd). And the Portuguese equalized with a penalty kick from Taremi, who did justice to him after he committed a mistake (31). In the second half, Uribe scored the qualifying goal for Sergio Conceicao players, whom Taremi served the pass this time (68). Cataldi’s goal in extra time (90 + 5) didn’t change anything.
Leipzig is doing well in Spain
Real Sociedad, who lost (4-0) this weekend in the Basque derby against Bilbao, fell again on Thursday to Leipzig (3-1). This result qualifies the Germans, and they are monitored (2-2) in the first leg. After two big displays in front of Klostermann (3rd) and Campbell (10), Matthew Ryan lost in 37 to Willy Urban, when he just saved a penalty from Andre Silva. The Portuguese took revenge at the beginning of the second half, and scored the goal of the break with a shot from under the crossbar (59) with a pass from Frenchman Mohamed Simakan. Zubimendi gave the Spaniards hope a few minutes later (66th place). Not enough to qualify, as Forsberg led the point to the net with a penalty kick in the last (88) minutes.
Seville got scared, but Seville qualified
Winner (3-1) in the first leg, Sevilla made a serious choice to qualify. But Julian Lopetegui’s men frightened themselves this Thursday, conceding Orcic’s first goal with a penalty kick (65) after a foul by Acuna. The Sevilla team finally lasted until the final whistle, when the Croatian national team’s goal would have taken the two teams into overtime. Seville finished the match with numerical inferiority after the exclusion of Delaney (92).
Atalanta qualified without shaking
Victorious (2-1) in the first leg thanks to a double from Djimsiti, Dea secured his qualification on Thursday (3-0) against Olympiacos. Atalanta players dominated the victory in the 40th minute for their efforts, thanks to a goal from the right side Joachim Mahli. The Greek hopes were buried by Ruslan Malinovsky, a double composer at the 67th and 69th minutes.
