Porto v Roma, AZ Alkmaar v Galatasaray, Twente v Bodø/Glimt: Europa League – dwell | Europa League
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Key occasions
A little bit of half-time studying
Europa League half-times
AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Galatasaray
Mijnans 12, Parrott 36 pen; Sallai 20
Porto 0-1 Roma
Celik 45+5
PAOK 1-0 FCSB
Samatta 21
Twente 1-0 Bodo/Glimt
Ltaief 5
45+5 min: PAOK 1-0 FCSB (Taison despatched off) PAOK are all the way down to 10 males. Taison has been given a second yellow card for dissent, prompting unapologetic celebrations from a number of the FCSB gamers!
GOAL! Porto 0-1 Roma (Celik 45+5 min)
Roma lead on the stroke of half time! Alexis Saelemaekers’ low cross from the best was half blocked on the close to put up and broke for Zeki Celik, who cracked it previous Diogo Costa. Celik had been concerned earlier within the transfer and simply stored operating.
45 min: AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Galatasaray “Troy Parrott isn’t on mortgage at AZ,” writes Jamie Smith. “Excelsior final season was a mortgage. He had a superb season however they went down and AZ purchased him from us (Spurs).
Ach, my mistake. Thanks for pointing it out.
A fast reminder of the groups who’ve already certified for the final 16 of the Europa League: Lazio, Athletic Bilbao, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Eintracht Frankfurt, Lyon, Olympiacos and Rangers.
39 min: Porto 0-0 Roma The luckless Paulo Dybala has gone off with what appears like a knee damage. He’s capable of stroll off however he’s fairly distressed and has the physique language of a person who is aware of it’s greater than only a knock. Tommaso Baldanzi replaces him.
35 min: PAOK 1-0 FCSB PAOK have had a aim disallowed for offside after making a multitude of a three-on-one break. Samatta scored from an offside place however the chap who handed the ball to him (unsure who it was) was by on aim and will have scored himself.
GOAL! AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Galatasaray (Parrott 37 pen)
Baris Yilmaz concedes a penalty with a preposterous sort out on Seiya Maikuma. Republic of Eire striker Troy Parrott, on mortgage for Tottenham, calmly sits Muslera down and passes the ball into the online.
32 min: FC Twente 1-0 Bodo/Glimt The Bodo/Glimt keeper Nikita Haikin has simply made a shocking save, leaping to his proper to brush a screamer from Daan Rots onto the crossbar. There gained’t be a greater save tonight.
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AZ Alkmaar 1-1 Galatasaray
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Porto 0-0 Roma
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PAOK 1-0 FCSB
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Twente 1-0 Bodo/Glimt
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Fenerbahce 3-0 Anderlecht (FT)
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Ferencvaros 1-0 Plzen (FT)
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Midtjylland 1-2 Actual Sociedad (FT)
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Union SG 0-2 Ajax (FT)
31 min: Porto 0-0 Roma “Plenty of empty seats at Porto,” says Joe Pearson. “I don’t perceive how they’ll’t fill the home for a European tie in opposition to Roma. Or am I out of contact with pricing and journey? Odd.”
I’m not sure however I feel this can be a pretty commonplace attendance for the Estadio do Dragao. Speaking of which, Lorenzo Pellegrini has simply missed a presentable likelihood for Roma.
26 min: AZ Alkmaar 1-1 Galatasaray Ernest Poku has missed a good chance to revive Alkmaar’s lead, lobbing the ball over Fernando Muslera and onto the roof of the online.
GOAL! PAOK 1-0 FCSB (Samatta 21)
The house facet are forward in Greece. Mbwana Samatta, who had a brief spell at Aston Villa in 2020, has completed neatly from about 10 yards.
GOAL! AZ Alkmaar 1-1 Galatasaray (Sallai 20)
One other cracking aim in Alkmaar. Roland Sallai runs onto a free ball, 20 yards out, and cuts throughout a scorching strike that’s too sizzling for the Alkmaar keeper Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro. He will get a hand to it however can solely assist it into the online.
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AZ Alkmaar 1-0 Galatasaray
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Porto 0-0 Roma
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PAOK 0-0 FCSB
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Twente 1-0 Bodo/Glimt
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Fenerbahce 3-0 Anderlecht (FT)
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Ferencvaros 1-0 Plzen (FT)
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Midtjylland 1-2 Actual Sociedad (FT)
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Union SG 0-2 Ajax (FT)
GOAL! AZ Alkmaar 1-0 Galatasaray (Mijnans 13)
A surprising free-kick from Sven Mijnans, completely unsaveable, has put Alkmaar forward in opposition to Galatasaray. That was as close to to the right free-kick as dammit: 25 yards out, barely to the left of centre, curled into the highest nook on the close to put up together with his left foot.
GOAL! Twente 1-0 Bodo/Glimt (Ltaief 5)
An early aim in Enschede. Sayfallah Ltaief confirmed critical tempo to run onto a speculative lengthy ball, maintain off a defender and drag a exact shot again in to the far nook.
“Víkingur Reykjavík had been properly price their 2-1 win over Panathinaikos in Helsinki,” writes Kári Tulinius. “With Icelandic climate being what it’s, there have been no grounds in appropriate situation in Reykjavík. However they took a large contingent with them, who had been in superb voice, even because the followers needed to endure by a few interminable VAR checks. On the finish the Icelanders had been a lot likelier so as to add a 3rd than Panathinaikos equalising.”
The 8pm video games are underneath approach, together with the tie of the spherical in Portugal: Porto v Roma. The Porto coach Martin Anselmi, 39, is 34 years youthful than Roma head coach Claudio Ranieri.
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Fenerbahce, Actual Sociedad and Ajax are all in wonderful positions going into the second leg. Highlights embrace a storming aim from Actual’s Takefusa Kubo and a marvellous volley from one other 16-year-old, Ajax’s Jorthy Mokio.
Full time: Molde 0-1 Shamrock Rovers
A aim from Michael Noonan, 16, has given Shamrock Rovers a well-known victory in Norway! Noonan was additionally the participant fouled when Valdemar Lund was despatched off simply earlier than half-time. Extraordinary stuff.
These are the opposite ends in the early Convention League playoffs.
90 min: Fenerbahce 3-0 Anderlecht Jose Mourinho is squatting theatrically on the touchline. Don’t ask me why.
85 min: Union SG 0-2 Ajax Davy Klaassen has simply made a vital goalline clearance to maintain Ajax 2-0 in entrance. That may be a brilliant end result to take again to Amsterdam.
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There’s round 10 minutes to play in every sport. And, sure, Shamrock Rovers nonetheless lead 1-0 away to 10-man Molde of their Convention League playoff.
“Simply have a look at these match-ups!” coos Matt Dony. “Sure, the Champions League has the glamour, however tonight is a soccer hipster’s feverish dream! I feel I’ll placed on some vinyl, drink some ridiculously over-priced espresso, stroke my beard, and begin googling costs for fixie bikes. Magnificent.”
All collectively now: An evening on-line along with your mates and it’s f– properly, by no means thoughts.
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GOAL! Union SG 0-2 Ajax (Mokio 71)
Ajax could have unearthed one other gem. Jorthy Mokio, 16, has scored a stunning aim in Belgium. A nook was headed away to the sting of the realm, the place Mokio calmly steered a volley into the underside nook as if it was probably the most routine factor on the planet. Kevin De Bruyne would have been happy with that end.
PAOK v FCSB crew information
PAOK Kotarski, Jonny Otto, Kedziora, Michailidis, Baba, Meite, Schwab, Pelkas, Konstantelias, Taison, Samatta.
Substitutes: Balomenos, Tsiftsis, Camara, Chalov, Zivkovic, Colley, Sastre, Thymianis, Ozdoev, Shoretire, Thomas Llamas, Despodov.
FCSB Tarnovanu, Cretu, Ngezana, Mihai Popescu, Radunovic, Chiriches, Sut, Miculescu, Cisotti, Tanase, Birligea.
Substitutes: Udrea, Zima, Dawa, Stefanescu, Edjouma, Baluta, Pantea, Musi, Alhassan, Gheorghita.
Referee Lawrence Visser (Belgium)
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GOAL! Union SG 0-1 Ajax (Rasmussen 59)
Ajax lead in Belgium. A superb, end-to-end transfer was completed off superbly by Christian Rasmussen, who clipped a first-time shot into the far nook from 19 yards.
GOAL! Fenerbache 3-0 Anderlecht (En-Nesyri 57)
It’s all going swimmingly for Jose Mourinho. Youssef En-Nesyri has put Fenerbahce 3-0 forward with a mighty header from Sebastian Szymanski’s cross. He was about 15 yards out and powered it into the underside nook on the close to put up.
GOAL! Molde 0-1 Shamrock Rovers (Noonan 57)
Michael Noonan, the 16-year-old debutant, has put Shamrock Rovers forward in Norway! What a wonderful second that is. Dylan Watts nicked the ball off Mats Moller Daehli within the Molde space and slid a low cross that was turned in to the empty internet by Noonan. Oh, soccer, you outdated charmer.
Twente v Bodo/Glimt crew information
Twente Unnerstall, van Rooij, Hilgers, Lagerbielke, Kuipers, Vlap, Sadilek, Rots, Steijn, Ltaief, van Wolfswinkel.
Substitutes: Karssies, Kjolo, Tyton, Sales space, Lammers, Van Hoorenbeeck, Mesbahi, Kuster, Verschueren, Unuvar, Bruns.
Bodo/Glimt Haikin, Sjovold, Nielsen, Gundersen, Bjorkan, Evjen, Berg, Saltnes, Blomberg, Hogh, Hauge.
Substitutes: Lund, Brondbo, Wembangomo, Auklend, Fet, Helmersen, Maatta, Sorli, Bro Hansen, Mikkelsen, Kjaer.
Referee Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)
Porto v Roma crew information
Porto Costa, Djalo, Nehuen Perez, Otavio, Joao Mario, Stephen Eustaquio, Varela, Moura, Borges, Mora, Aghehowa.
Substitutes: Claudio Ramos, Marcano, William, Vieira, Pepe, Sanusi, Cardoso Sousa, Loader, Andre Franco, Tomas Perez, Gul, Ze Pedro.
Roma Svilar, Celik, Mancini, N’Dicka, Saelemaekers, Kone, Cristante, Pellegrini, Angelino, Dybala, Dovbyk.
Substitutes: De Marzi, Gollini, Abdulhamid, Shomurodov, Hummels, Paredes, Soule, Nelsson, Baldanzi, Pisilli, Sangare, El Shaarawy.
Referee Tobias Stieler (Germany).
AZ Alkmaar v Galatasaray crew information
AZ Alkmaar Owuso-Oduro, Maikuma, Goes, Penetra, Wolfe, Clasie, Mijnans, Koopmeiners, Poku, Parrott, Lahdo.
Substitutes: Verhulst, Zoet, Martins Indi, Dekker, Smit, Buurmeester, Kasius, de Wit, Daal, van Duijn.
Galatasaray Muslera, Ayhan, Cuesta, Bardakci, Jelert, Mertens, Kutlu, Gabriel Sara, Sallai, Morata, Baris Yilmaz.
Substitutes: Guvenc, Jankat Yilmaz, Demirbay, Demir, Subasi, Lus, Kocak, Balta, Akman, Baltaci.
Referee Joao Pedro Pinheiro (Portugal)
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Shamrock Rovers have an opportunity of a shock win in Norway. They’re drawing 0-0 at half-time, however Molde are all the way down to 10 males after Valdemar Lund obtained a straight purple card for a last-man foul on 16-year-old Michael Noonan.
Half-time scores
Fenerbahce and Actual Sociedad, two contenders to win the Europa League, are in good positions after 1 / 4 of their playoff ties.
Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce have had some bushy moments in opposition to a full of life Anderlecht however lead 2-0 by Dusan Tadic and Edin Dzeko. In reality it may simply be 2-2.
Sociedad lead in Denmark in opposition to Midtjylland, as do Robbie Keane’s Ferencvaros at dwelling to Viktoria Plzen. Sociedad’s second aim, slammed in by Takefusa Kubo, was a factor of magnificence.
Ajax’s match away to Union SG is goalless, although Ajax got here inside millimetres of taking an early lead after a goalmouth scramble. The goalline know-how confirmed the ball was exceptionally near crossing the road..
Fenerbahce 2-0 Anderlecht
Tadic 11, Dzeko 43
Ferencvaros 1-0 Plzen
Abu Fani 23
Midtjylland 1-2 Actual Sociedad
Buksa 38; Mendez 11 (pen), Kubo 31
Union SG 0-0 Ajax
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Porto v Roma, 8pm
That is in all probability the standout tie of the spherical, however neither crew has been at their finest this season. Porto will hope to enhance on a run of 1 win of their final eight video games once they welcome Roma to the Estádio do Dragão. The Portuguese facet at the moment are underneath the administration of the 39-year-old Argentinian Martín Anselmi, who has sought to implement a three-man backline since taking on from Vítor Bruno final month.
Porto are out of rivalry within the Primeira Liga and out of the Taça de Portugal, so wish to the Europa League to avoid wasting their season. Marko Grujic, Iván Marcano and Martim Fernandes will miss the Roma sport with damage, however the primary blow to their probabilities is Nico González’s €60m transfer to Manchester Metropolis on deadline day.
Roma don’t have any damage or suspension worries however they’ve been poor on the street this season. Their slim 1-0 victory at Venezia on the weekend was justtheir second away win in all competitions in 2024-25. It has been a tricky 12 months for the membership, who’ve employed 4 managers within the final 14 months. Claudio Ranieri got here out of retirement to steer his boyhood membership in November and would dearly love to complete his profession with some European silverware. Prediction: Roma to progress.
Preamble
Good night and welcome to a proud second in Guardian Information & Media historical past: our first Europa League playoff clockwatch of the 2024-25 season.
It doesn’t fairly have the heavyweight really feel of the Champions League video games earlier within the week however there are nonetheless some massive video games involving potential winners of the competitors. These are tonight’s video games, with the second legs to comply with per week tonight.
5.45pm kick-offs
8pm
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Alkmaar v Galatasaray
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FC Porto v AS Roma
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PAOK v FCSB
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Twente v Bodo/Glimt
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