Lyon clinch Europa League high spot as Roma scrape into final 16

[ad_1] A 4-2 win at residence towards Greek aspect PAOK secured Olympique Lyonnais a high end within the Europa League standings as Italian aspect AS Roma scraped into eighth place and direct passage to the final 16 on the ultimate league section matchday on Thursday.

Regardless of conceding an early objective, Lyon have been seemingly in management after PAOK’s Giannis Konstantelias was despatched off simply earlier than the break, with a late surge making certain high spot.

The largest thriller of the night time got here when Roma suffered a blow early at Panathinaikos after Gianluca Mancini was despatched off within the fifteenth minute for bringing down Milos Pantovic because the final defender.

The Greek aspect made the most of their numerical benefit with Vicente Taborda scoring simply earlier than the hour mark, however a objective from Jan Ziolkowski 10 minutes earlier than time secured the Italian aspect a spot within the high eight.

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Aston Villa resulted in second place after a 3-2 comeback win at residence towards Salzburg, having already secured a spot within the final 16.

Denmark's FC Midtjylland secured third place with a 2-0 win over Dinamo Zagreb. Actual Betis sealed fourth place with a 2-1 win over eradicated Feyenoord and took the lead inside 17 minutes after a breathless opening during which each side had probabilities. Brazilian Antony curled in a shot from 25 yards.

It was 2-0 within the thirty second minute when Antony's cross was headed into the nook by Abde Ezzalzouli. It already seemed a great distance again for Feyenoord, although Casper Tengstedt halved the deficit after Betis took their foot off the pedal within the second half.

Combating to stay in the highest eight, FC Porto conceded a sucker-punch objective to Rangers within the sixth minute however they bounced again with three targets earlier than the break to seize a 3-1 win and fifth place within the desk, simply forward of fellow Portuguese aspect Braga and German aspect Freiburg.

For Rangers the marketing campaign got here to a disappointing finish as they completed thirty second out of 36.

Nottingham Forest additionally made it via to the playoff section after a 4-0 victory at residence towards Ferencvaros thanks to an personal objective from Bence Otvos early on, earlier than Igor Jesus scored one in every half. James McAtee ended the night time by giving Forest their fourth from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

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BOTTOM THRILLER Nonetheless, there was no luck for the Dutch sides as Utrecht, Feyenoord and Go Forward Eagles have been all eradicated in what grew to become a last-second thriller to get the final unseeded playoff section spots.

Swiss aspect Younger Boys conceded a objective within the ninetieth minute that value them their probability to advance as they misplaced 3-2 to VfB Stuttgart, forcing them into twenty fifth spot and bringing their European journey to an finish. SK Brann clinched the final spot regardless of a 1-0 loss at Sturm Graz.

In Scotland, Benjamin Nygren gave Celtic an early lead after which compelled an personal objective minutes later to give his aspect an excellent begin, however there have been some nervy moments for the Scottish aspect earlier than they ultimately secured a 4-2 win over Utrecht that had them end twenty first.