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Football: 16 teams advance in UEFA Europa League

Arsenal, Dortmund, Lazio, Milan, Lyon advance; Napoli eliminated by RB Leipzig

23.02.2018 - Update : 23.02.2018
Football: 16 teams advance in UEFA Europa League

By Satuk Bugra Kutlugun

ANKARA

UEFA Europa League's Round of 32 completed late Thursday as 16 teams managed to advance through the next round after the second leg matches.

Favorites Arsenal, Lyon, Lazio, Dortmund and Milan all eliminated their opponents, while Napoli was eliminated by RB Leipzig despite a 2-0 win in Germany.

In the highly anticipated matchup of the evening, Napoli defeated RB Leipzig 2-0 in Germany but were eliminated because of a 3-1 defeat in the first leg in Italy.

English Premier League side Arsenal was defeated by Sweden's Ostersunds FK in London with a 2-1 score, but they advanced because of their 3-0 advantage from the first leg.

Lyon defeated Villareal 1-0 in Spain and advanced with a 4-1 aggregate.

Germany's Borussia Dortmund which squeeze through with a 1-1 score in Italy, eliminated Atalanta on a 4-3 aggregate.

Milan defeated Ludogorets with a 1-0 score at home, easily going through on a 4-0 aggregate.

Round of 16 draw will be made on Friday in Swtizerland's city of Nyon at 1200 GMT.


Here are all the results of the Round of 32 tie:

CSKA Moscow - Crvena Zvezda: 1-0 (CSKA Moscow advance on 1-0 aggregate)

Lokomotiv Moscow - Nice: 1-0 (Lokomotiv Moscow advance on 4-2 aggregate)

Sporting Lisbon - Astana: 3-3 (Sporting advance on 6-4 aggregate)

Lazio - Steaua Bucharest: 5-1 (Lazio advance on 5-2 aggregate)

Viktoria Plzen - Partizan: 2-0 (Viktoria Plzen advance on 3-1 aggregate)

Villareal - Lyon: 0-1 (Lyon advance on 4-1 aggregate)

RB Leipzig - Napoli: 0-2 (Aggregate 3-3; RB Leipzig advance on away goals)

Zenit - Celtic: 3-0 (Zenit advance on 3-1 aggregate)

Dynamo Kyiv - AEK (Aggregate 1-1; Dynamo Kyiv advance on away goals)

Atletico Madrid - Kopenhagen: 1-0 (Atletico Madrid advance on 5-1 aggregate)

Braga - Marseille: 1-0 (Marseille advance on 3-1 aggregate)

Arsenal - Ostersunds FK: 1-2 (Arsenal advance on 4-2 aggregate)

Milan - Ludogorets: 1-0 (Milan advance on 4-0 aggregate)

Salzburg - Real Sociedad: 2-1 (Salzburg advance on 4-3 aggregate)

Athletic Bilbao - Spartak Moscow: 1-2 (Atletic Bilbao advance on 4-3 aggregate)

Atalanta - Dortmund: 1-1 (Dortmund advance on 4-3 aggregate)







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