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Lior Rafalov (Reuters)
The Kopenrans League reached another significant moment in its second season when seven more teams joined tonight (Thursday) and together with Ghent completed the picture of those advancing to the factory quarter-finals. In the center of the Israeli legionnaires as Lior Rafalov and Anderlecht eliminated Villarreal, but Omri Altman and AK Larnaca ended their road against West Ham.
Villarreal – Anderlecht 1:0 (2:1 on aggregate)
Lior Rafalov came up in his team’s lineup and completed 64 minutes as the Belgians stunned the Spaniards and sent them home. After the 1:1 in the previous match, veteran Islam Slimani scored from close range after a cross from Michael Murillo in the 73rd minute and decided the match.
West Ham – AK Larnaca 0:4 (0:6 in total)
Omri Altman played 24 minutes and could not save his team which fell apart against the English. David Moyes’ team came with a 0:2 advantage and celebrated at home, when Gianluca Scamme (20′), Jarrod Bowen with a pair (48′, 50′) and Divin Mubameh (66′) determined the final result.
Alkmaar – Lazio 1:2 (2:4 in total)
After the Dutch stunned with 1:2 in Italy, they continued the trend and rightly beat Lazio with the same result at home as well. Felipe Anderson scored first (22′) and balanced the overall result temporarily, Jasper Karlsson (28′) and Evangelos Pavlidis (62′) completed the task for their team.
Nice – Sharif Tiraspol 1:3 (1:4 in total)
The French completed a double victory and qualified for the next stage at home. Gaitan Labord (30′) scored first when Tim Mofi (53′) doubled, Abdul Tapsova (55′) temporarily shrunk and Bilal Brahimi (79′) set the final score.
Sivasspor – Fiorentina 4:1 (5:1 on aggregate)
The Italians continued their great period with a sixth win in a row and skipped to the next stage. Erdoğan Yesiliort (35′) managed to give the Turks the lead with a tremendous kick from outside the box, but Artur Cabral equalized in the 44th minute and the Italians won with a one-sided second half and goals from Nikola Milankovic (62′), Dimitrios Gotas (79′) and Gento Castrobili (’89).
Jorgordan – Lech Poznan 3:0 (5:0 in summary)
The Poles who knocked out Hapoel Beer Sheva in the group stage met the task and continued their journey at the expense of the Swedes who remained without answers. Markus Danilson left the host with 10 players in the 44th minute, Filipa Marczewinski (78′) broke the ice with the advantage for the guest when Nika Kabkaveskiri (90+1) and Michael Skouras (90+3) determined the final result.
Sloven Bratislava – Basel 2:2 (4:4 on aggregate and 4:1 on penalties)
In one of the crazy matches of the round of 16, the Swiss managed to survive a tremendous thriller and advance to the next round on penalties. The Slovaks were already leading 0:2 when Yurai Kučka fed Malik Abubkari (11′) and scored himself (18′), but Ricardo Calafiori scored (53′) and deep in extra time, in the 94th minute, Zaki Amdoni equalized and set up overtime, from where the game went to penalties and it was decided in favor of Basel.
