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Lyon will have a tough test today in return leg agaisnt Juventus in the Europa League quarterfinal. The French coach asked his players to give everything on the field, being aware that a qualification in semi-finals is a pretty difficult task at the moment. Lyon appears in comeback of form on this final season, but  [ Read More ]

Fiorentina midfielder Massimo Ambrosini said that Juventus is favorite to qualify for the Europa League quarterfinals, even if his team earned a draw in Turin. The first game between the two teams, which took place in Turin last week, finished in a draw, 1-1. It’s for the third time the two teams meet in the  [ Read More ]

Napoli lost yesterday in the Europa League first knockout stage away to FC Porto (score 1-0). Rafa Benitez is confident in the strength of his team and believes in its classification in the quarterfinals. It was a good game last night at Estadio Dragao, with many important opportunities on both goals, missed by both sides.  [ Read More ]

Great goal scorer Eric de Oliveira in the 32nd minute of the match and put Pandurii ahead until near the end of the game. It collapsed in the 86th minute when Ryder Matos managed to restore parity, then Borja Valero to destroy all of Pandurii beautiful dream in the second minute of overtime. It finished  [ Read More ]

Schalke 04 host Steaua Bucuresti in Group J knowing victory will take them through to the round of 32, while the visitors will have to overcome an unenviable record in Germany. Ralf Rangnick’s Schalke had the best of proceedings in the sides matchday one meeting in Cluj-Napoca but could not find a way through Roni  [ Read More ]

A defeat  in Ukraine, and victory  for AZ Alkmaar at Malmo FF, will see FK Austria Wien out of  the UEFA Europa League, while victory will put FC Metalist Kharkiv into the round of 32. A Cleiton Xavier penalty completed a Metalist comeback when the Ukrainian team won 2-1 in the sides’ first meeting on  [ Read More ]

With both teams already certain of a place in the round of 32, Legia Warszawa and PSV Eindhoven meet in Poland – the visitors safe in the knowledge a victory would guarantee them top spot in Group C. A tremendous Dries Mertens strike after 21 minutes settled the sides’ first meeting in PSV’s favour on  [ Read More ]

Stade Rennes‘s UEFA Europa League hopes are hanging by a thread as they welcome Udinese Calcio on matchday five, needing a win to reignite their campaign and keep their dreams of progression alive. Rennes lost 2-1 in Italy when the sides met for the first time on matchday one. The visitors took an 18th-minute lead  [ Read More ]

Fulham FC will look to maintain their unbeaten record at Craven Cottage on UEFA Europa League matchday four, and avenge a 1-0 Group K loss at Wisła Kraków last time out. The sides met for the first time in UEFA competition last time out in what was Fulham’s first tie against a Polish club. The  [ Read More ]

After their matchday three victory, Birmingham City are well placed to reach the UEFA Europa League knockout stage as they prepare to play Club Brugge again in Group H. Birmingham won 2-1 when the sides met for the first time in UEFA competition on matchday three. The game also represented Birmingham’s first UEFA tie with  [ Read More ]