Tottenham 3-1 AZ (Tottenham progress 3-2 on aggregate)
Chelsea 1-0 Kobenhavn (Chelsea progress 3-1 on aggregate)
Rangers 0-2 Fenerbahce (Rangers win 3-2 on penalties after 3-3 aggregate result)
TOTTENHAM BOUNCED back to edge AZ Alkmaar 3-2 on aggregate in their Europa League last-16 second leg on Thursday
Rangers knocked out Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce 3-2 on penalties as Chelsea saw out a 1-0 home win against Copenhagen to ensure their place in the last eight of the Europa Conference League.
Goals in either half from Wilson Odobert and James Maddison in London earned Spurs a 3-1 win against AZ Alkmaar.
Odobert powered home following sloppy AZ defending to get Spurs level on aggregate in the 26th minute after the first leg finished 1-0 to the Dutch side.
Maddison put the hosts 2-0 up three minutes into the second period with an arrowed finish before Peer Koopmeiners responded after the hour to level the tie again.
Odobert grabbed his second and Spurs’ third on the night in the 74th minute to set up a quarter-final meeting with Eintracht Frankfurt.
“We’ve progressed, which is the main thing,” said Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou.
“We played pretty well, I thought we were really in control of the game, but we were our own worst enemies at times.
“It got a bit nervy towards the end but we thoroughly deserved to progress.”
After losing the first leg in Istanbul 3-1, Fenerbahce fought back at Rangers to win 2-0.
Polish winger Sebastian Szymanski produced two cute finishes in the 45th and 73rd minutes to force extra-time with the aggregate score locked at three-apiece.
But three missed spot-kicks by the Turkish side handed Rangers a 3-2 win in the shoot-out and a last-eight clash with Bilbao.
- Chelsea through -
Euro 2024 winner Nico Williams grabbed a vital brace as Athletic Bilbao overturned a one-goal first-leg deficit to progress 4-3 on aggregate against Roma, who lost centre-half Mats Hummels to an early red card.
But it was a better evening for fellow Italian capital club Lazio, who progressed 3-2 on aggregate against Viktoria Plzen after a 1-1 draw in the Stadio Olimpico.
Mario Goetze netted a brace as Eintracht Frankfurt won 4-1 at home against Ajax, claiming a handsome 6-2 victory over both legs.
Norwegians Bodo/Glimt lost 2-1 against Olympiakos in Athens, but went through 4-2 on aggregate.
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Lyon scored four without reply at home to thump Romania’s FCSB 7-1 on aggregate.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall got the winner 10 minutes into the second half at Stamford Bridge to send Chelsea through the Conference League quarter-finals at the expense of Copenhagen, 3-1 over both legs.
Defeated finalists in 2023 and 2024 Fiorentina overturned a first-leg deficit against Panathinaikos with a 3-1 win in Tuscany, progressing 5-4 on aggregate.
Celje of Slovenia emerged victorious after a penalty shoot-out at Lugano, at the end of a topsy-turvy night in Switzerland which the 10-man hosts won 5-4 before misfiring badly from the spot.
UEFA Europa League results on Thursday (aet denotes after extra time):
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TOTTENHAM BOUNCED back to edge AZ Alkmaar 3-2 on aggregate in their Europa League last-16 second leg on Thursday
Rangers knocked out Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce 3-2 on penalties as Chelsea saw out a 1-0 home win against Copenhagen to ensure their place in the last eight of the Europa Conference League.
Goals in either half from Wilson Odobert and James Maddison in London earned Spurs a 3-1 win against AZ Alkmaar.
Odobert powered home following sloppy AZ defending to get Spurs level on aggregate in the 26th minute after the first leg finished 1-0 to the Dutch side.
Maddison put the hosts 2-0 up three minutes into the second period with an arrowed finish before Peer Koopmeiners responded after the hour to level the tie again.
Odobert grabbed his second and Spurs’ third on the night in the 74th minute to set up a quarter-final meeting with Eintracht Frankfurt.
“We’ve progressed, which is the main thing,” said Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou.
“We played pretty well, I thought we were really in control of the game, but we were our own worst enemies at times.
“It got a bit nervy towards the end but we thoroughly deserved to progress.”
After losing the first leg in Istanbul 3-1, Fenerbahce fought back at Rangers to win 2-0.
Polish winger Sebastian Szymanski produced two cute finishes in the 45th and 73rd minutes to force extra-time with the aggregate score locked at three-apiece.
But three missed spot-kicks by the Turkish side handed Rangers a 3-2 win in the shoot-out and a last-eight clash with Bilbao.
- Chelsea through -
Euro 2024 winner Nico Williams grabbed a vital brace as Athletic Bilbao overturned a one-goal first-leg deficit to progress 4-3 on aggregate against Roma, who lost centre-half Mats Hummels to an early red card.
But it was a better evening for fellow Italian capital club Lazio, who progressed 3-2 on aggregate against Viktoria Plzen after a 1-1 draw in the Stadio Olimpico.
Mario Goetze netted a brace as Eintracht Frankfurt won 4-1 at home against Ajax, claiming a handsome 6-2 victory over both legs.
Norwegians Bodo/Glimt lost 2-1 against Olympiakos in Athens, but went through 4-2 on aggregate.
Lyon scored four without reply at home to thump Romania’s FCSB 7-1 on aggregate.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall got the winner 10 minutes into the second half at Stamford Bridge to send Chelsea through the Conference League quarter-finals at the expense of Copenhagen, 3-1 over both legs.
Defeated finalists in 2023 and 2024 Fiorentina overturned a first-leg deficit against Panathinaikos with a 3-1 win in Tuscany, progressing 5-4 on aggregate.
Celje of Slovenia emerged victorious after a penalty shoot-out at Lugano, at the end of a topsy-turvy night in Switzerland which the 10-man hosts won 5-4 before misfiring badly from the spot.
UEFA Europa League results on Thursday (aet denotes after extra time):
Last 16, second legs
Lazio (ITA) 1 (Romagnoli 77) Viktoria Plzen (CZE) 1 (Sulc 52)
Lazio win 3-2 on aggregate
Olympiakos (GRE) 2 (Yaremchuk 53, 65) Bodo/Glimt (NOR) 1 (Hogh 36)
Bodo/Glimt win 4-2 on aggregate
Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) 4 (Bahoya 7, Goetze 25, 82, Ekitike 67) Ajax (NED) 1 (Taylor 78)
Eintracht Frankfurt win 6-2 on aggregate
Athletic Bilbao (ESP) 3 (Williams 45+3, 82, Berchiche 68) Roma (ITA) 1 (Paredes 90+3-pen)
Athletic Bilbao win 4-3 on aggregate
Tottenham (ENG) 3 (Odobert 26, 74, Maddison 48) AZ Alkmaar (NED) 1 (Koopmeiners 63)
Tottenham win 3-2 on aggregate
Manchester United (ENG) 4 (Fernandes 16-pen, 50-pen, 87, Dalot 90+1) Real Sociedad (ESP) 1 (Oyarzabal 10-pen)
Manchester United win 5-2 on aggregate
Lyon (FRA) 4 (Mikautadze 14, 47, Nuamah 37, 88) FCSB (ROM) 0
Lyon win 7-1 on aggregate
Rangers (SCO) 0 Fenerbahce (TUR) 2 (Szymanski 45, 73) aet
3-3 on aggregate; Rangers win 3-2 on penalties
UEFA Conference League results on Thursday (aet denotes after extra time):
Last 16, second legs
Cercle Brugge (BEL) 2 (Vanderbruggen 8, Augusto 50) Jagiellonia Bialystok (POL) 0
Jagiellonia Bialystok win 3-2 on aggregate
Lugano (SUI) 5 (Mahmoud 21, Koutsias 42, 80, Dos Santos 44, Doumbia 118) Celje (SLO) 4 (Seslar 40, Svetlin 68, Kucys 90+5-pen, Nieto 97) aet
5-5 on aggregate; Celje win 3-1 on penalties
Rapid Vienna (AUT) 2 (Beljo 70, Schaub 96) Borac Banja Luka (BIH) 1 (Ogrinec 66) aet
Rapid Vienna win 3-2 on aggregate
Djurgarden (SWE) 3 (Fallenius 35, Stensson 69, Nguen 86) Pafos (CYP) 0
Djurgarden win 3-1 on aggregate
Vitoria Guimaraes (POR) 0 Real Betis (ESP) 4 (Bakambu 5, 20, Antony 58, Isco 80)
Real Betis win 6-2 on aggregate
Fiorentina (ITA) 3 (Mandragora 12, Gudmundsson 24, Kean 75) Panathinaikos (GRE) 1 (Ioannidis 81-pen)
Fiorentina win 5-4 on aggregate
Legia Warsaw (POL) 2 (Morishita 34, Gual 108) Molde (NOR) 0 aet
Legia Warsaw win 4-3 on aggregate
Chelsea (ENG) 1 (Dewsbury-Hall 55) Copenhagen (DEN) 0
Chelsea win 3-1 on aggregate
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