The defeat in Seville offered plenty of encouragement for the second leg - West Ham's Europa League adventure is not over yet.
We need to be sharper, we need to be quicker to the ball in the box. We need to be sharper, we need to be quicker to the ball in the box. We just did not take the opportunities we got.”
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.
Sevilla will travel to London for next week's last 16 second leg narrowly ahead from an end-to-end game which saw both sides make several goal-scoring chances.
Now we will rest first and then focus on the return leg in İstanbul.” Good journalism costs a lot of money. “You need to play well as a team,” Galatasaray midfielder Sofiane Feghouli said. “I was told to be prepared in case I needed to come in. I always work to be ready for when the coach needs me.” “We played a good game,” said Sevilla coach Julen Lopetegui. “The first half was more even, in the second half we dominated more.”
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.
Here's when the Europa League 2022 quarter-final and semi-final draws will take place and where the Europa League final will be held this year. When are the Europa League 2022 quarter-final and semi-final draws? Thursday’s second leg matches will decide which of the last 16 teams will head through to the Europa League quarter-final, with draws for the quarter-final and semi-final set to follow the final last 16 matches.
Barcelona kick off their Europa League Round of 16 participation with a home match against Turkish giants Galatasaray at the Camp Nou tonight.
60th Min: Xavi's changes have immediately improved things for the home side. 20th Min: No change in the score line after 20 minutes in Catalonia with no shots on target for either side so far in a tame opening in this clash. 10th Min: No real chances at either end in the opening ten minutes at the Camp Nou as Xavi's Barca look to settle. No goals in the first 45 minutes at the Camp Nou with Memphis' two chances posing the biggest threat for the hosts with Galatasaray threatening on the counter attack. 38th Min: First half bookings for both sides as Berkan Kutlu is cautioned and Depay goes into the referee's notebook for a clumsy challenge on Sofiane Feghouli. 40th Min: First chance for Galatasaray as Kerem Akturkoglu drifts through a few challenges and lets fly but a sliding Eric Garcia deflects the strike over the bar. Auba and Busquets on for the second half? Xavi was clearly unimpressed by his side in the first 45 minutes as he makes a triple substitution for the second period. 69th Min: Galatasaray boss Domenec Torrent looks to change his charges up for the final minutes with a double change as Bafetimbi Gomis and Emre Kilinc come on and Ryan Babel and Mostafa Mohamed go off. 50th Min: First chance of the second period for Barcelona but Memphis' free kick just evades Pique and Galatasaray clear their lines. 61st Min: As a frustrated Memphis lashes one over the top Xavi calls the Dutchman to come off as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang replaces him. Barcelona were unable to find a way through a stubborn Galatasaray defence on the night despite Xavi bringing on his big guns in the second period and the Catalan giants will now need to win in Turkey to reach the last eight next week.
Premier League side West Ham face a huge test in their Europa League last 16 first leg as they head to Spain to face La Liga giants Sevilla.
We did enough to maybe get a draw - the Vlasic chance was a huge chance." Moyes: "We had opportunities tonight, we did a lot of good things but Sevilla are a good team. Marcos Acuna's lofted free kick to the back post is missed by the Hammers defence and El Haddadi ghosts in to cushion home a fine finish past Alphonse Areola. 29th min: Another key chance is wasted by West Ham..............how many will they get? The big news ahead of kick off is a change to the Sevilla starting line up as captain Ivan Rakitic was forced to pull out after injuring himself in the warm up with Munir El Haddadi replacing him. 15th min: CHANCE, West Ham! West Ham almost draw first blood as Declan Rice knocks down a deep free kick inside the box with Nikola Vlasic presented with an open goal but his weak effort is pawed away by Yassine Bono. 46th min: Back underway and an immediate chance for West Ham as Bono gets a strong hand on Tomas Soucek's drive to concede a corner. 69th min: The home side pounce on a mistake from Craig Dawson as Lucas Ocampos curls wide and West Ham storm up the other end with Jesus Navas producing a goal saving block from Manuel Lanzini. West Ham’s hard work undone and it was needless , Pablo Fornals giving the ball away and Kurt Zouma doesn’t need to dive in the way that he did , quality goal from Sevilla but before that they limited them the Hammers, need to find a foothold in the game now David Moyes team. A booking apiece for Rice and Ocampos as the pair get involved in a frustrated tussle. Manuel Lanzini was denied a late equaliser by a goal saving block from Jesus Navas and Moyes will need a big reaction from his players in the second leg. However, the one crucial chance which fell Sevilla's way in the second period was eventually taken, as Munir El Haddadi - who was only in the starting line up due to a warm up injury to Ivan Rakitic - steered home a fine effort from Marcos Acuna's free kick.
After dropping as low as ninth in the La Liga table and being bounced from the UEFA Champions League to the UEFA Europa League for the first time in 17 ...
The trio will be hard to stop for a Galatasaray side that has given up 17 goals in the last eight matches. It won a loaded group with Lazio, Marseille and Lokomotiv Moscow and could be capable of providing a goal or two to keep the score competitive heading back to Turkey. Galatasaray odds from Caesars Sportsbook. Galatasaray is the +1800 underdog, while a draw is +625. The over-under for total goals is 3.5 and Thursday's match will be streamed live on Paramount+ with their must-have Premium plan. After dropping as low as ninth in the La Liga table and being bounced from the UEFA Champions League to the UEFA Europa League for the first time in 17 years, life couldn't get much worse for FC Barcelona. But after hiring Barcelona legend Xavi as manager and using an influx of cash from Goldman Sachs to raid the Premier League during the January transfer window, the future is looking up. Plus, watch the highly-anticipated series Halo, Picard, 1883, and more. You can see what happens when you stream the match live on Paramount+.
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.
Clockwatch: Chelsea put their off-field troubles behind them to beat Norwich in the Premier League, while Rangers and Leicester both won in Europe.
The UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League Round of 16 draws have been made, with some epic ties set up as West Ham and Leicester City feature.
Marseille vs Basel — 3pm ET Braga vs Monaco — 3pm ET Thursday Barcelona vs Galatasaray — 3pm ET Thursday