The Round of 16 of the European League opens at this time with a number of particularly intriguing meetings, with Sporting Lisbon hosting the English league leader, Arsenal, and Real Sociedad hosting Roma in the Italian capital. In addition, Franzvarous comes to face Xavi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen and Union Berlin meets Union St. Gillios.
Sporting Lisbon – Arsenal 2:2
After seeing their city rival win last night and qualify for the quarterfinals of the Champions League, the Portuguese team meets the leaders of the English league for the first of two games that will finally determine who will qualify for the quarterfinals. The green-whites will hope to show at least some of the fantastic ability they showed in the return match of the playoff stage where they won 0:4 over the Danish Mityolan. On the other hand, the gunners will hope to get an important advance in a difficult away game before the second game.
21st minute, a goal! Arsenal went up to 0:1: An accurate corner kick into the center of the box found the head of William Saliba who rose above everyone else to put the Gunners ahead.
36th minute, a goal! Sporting equalized to 1:1: This time a corner kick from the Portuguese reached the head of Gonzalo Incio who was left alone and struck the equalizer.
55th minute, a goal! Sporting went up to 1:2: Paulinho took advantage of a bad pass from Matt Turner and turned the score around from close range.
62nd minute, a goal! Arsenal tied for 2:2: Xhaka received the ball from 18 meters, tried to put in a deep ball, but the ball hit Morita and entered the Portuguese goal.
Rome – Real Sociedad 0:1
Showing positive momentum and sitting fourth in the domestic league, Jose Mourinho’s side host their fourth-placed counterparts in Spain, who are on a downward trend after not winning their last three games. The Giallorossi did surrender in the first game of the playoff stage to Oskar Gloch and Salzburg 1:0, but they knew how to come back in the rematch with 0:2 on the way to the eighth. The Spaniards hope to surprise in the Italian capital and return home with an advantage for the second leg.
Minute 13, a goal! Roma went up to 0:1: Tami Avraham received an excellent deep ball from Dybala and passed a cross into the center of the area, Stefan El Shaarawi joined in excellently from behind and in front of an open goal gave the advantage to the Italians.
Bayer Leverkusen – Franzvarous 0:1
It was not easy for Xavi Alonso and his apprentices to say the least to qualify for the round of 16, after they had to face Monaco in the playoff stage, when in the conclusion of two nerve-wracking games, the German team won 5:6 and left with the ticket to the next stage. Now, the host wants to show her superiority against the Hungarian champions, who certainly do not plan to make it easy for the home team.
Minute 9, a goal! Leverkusen went up to 0:1: Demirbai received the ball on the 16th and kicked a great ball to the connections.
Union Berlin – St. Gilius 2:1
The visitor from the second place in Belgium was indeed eliminated from the local cup by Antwerp, in addition to two consecutive losses they recorded in the league, but in their last game they returned to the winning track and hope to continue the positive momentum in the European framework in the capital of Germany. Onion did finish its first meeting of the playoff stage against Ajax with a draw, but in the return meeting at home it won a huge 1:3 on the way to the round of 16.
26th minute, a goal! Set. Gillios went up to 0:1: A huge gate. Bonifacca kicked a tremendous ball from 18 meters that hit a defender of the Germans and was stopped in the connections of Union Berlin.
41st minute, a goal! Union Berlin tied for 1:1: Juranovic skillfully turned a free ball from 20 meters and brought the Germans back into the game.
58th minute, a goal! Set. Galios went up to 1:2: A serious mistake in the defense of the Germans with a careless ball loss allowed the Belgians to launch a quick passing attack when in the end Wortson finished with the ball in the net from close range.