Friday, 6 November 2015

Europa League Re-Cap:-: Napoli, Dortmund ease into last


Borussia Dortmund and Napoli were among those to
qualify for the last 32 of the Europa League with two
games of the group stage remaining.

The last 32 of the Europa League will feature Borussia
Dortmund, Napoli, Molde and Rapid Vienna after they qualified
with victories on Thursday.

Dortmund knew a win over Qabala coupled with success for
Krasnodar over PAOK would ensure them a place in the
knockout stages and Thomas Tuchel's men did their bit with a
resounding 4-0 success at Signal Iduna Park.

Armenian Henrikh Mkhitaryan - who missed the reverse fixture
due to security concerns - was on the scoresheet, while goals
from Ari and Joaozinho ensure Krasnodar a 2-1 win over PAOK
in Russia.

Maurizio Sarri's Napoli also wasted little time sealing their
progression, maintaining a 100 per cent record with a 5-1
hammering of Midtjylland - Manolo Gabbiadini scoring
twice. The Danish side remain second in Group D thanks to
Club Brugge's 1-0 victory over Legia Warsaw.

Like Napoli, Rapid Vienna boast a 100 per cent record in Group
E as Philipp Schobesberger's brace helped the leaders to a 2-1
win over Viktoria Plzen, Villarreal seeing off Dinamo Minsk by
the same scoreline elsewhere in the group.

Molde remain unbeaten in Group A as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's
side downed 10-man Celtic 2-1 in Glasgow, the Scottish
champions retaining a slim chance of qualification thanks to
Fenerbahce's 0-0 draw with Ajax.

Aritz Aduriz moved to 100 goals in all competitions for Athletic
Bilbao and Inaki Williams weighed in with a brace in their 5-1
rout of Partizan.

Augsburg joined Partizan on six points in joint second in Group
L as they made it back-to-back wins in the competition courtesy
of a 4-1 success against AZ - Raul Bobadilla scoring a hat-trick
with Ji Dong-won also on target.

Ji's former coach Jurgen Klopp remains unbeaten as Liverpool
manager thanks to Jordon Ibe's goal against Rubin Kazan.

The youngster was handed a chance to impress and took full
advantage with a winner seven minutes into the second half,
Liverpool two points behind Group B leaders Sion, who needed a
late Clement Chantome own-goal to draw 1-1 with Bordeaux.

Tottenham moved top of Group J as Mousa Dembele earned a
2-1 win over Anderlecht after Monaco had drawn 1-1 with
Qarabag. Filip Djordjevic's brace put 10-man Lazio on the verge
of qualification from Group G after a 2-0 win over Rosenborg.

Dnipro can still have a say in the group despite a 3-0 defeat to
Saint-Etienne, while Schalke and Sparta Prague remain in pole
position in Group K despite drawing 1-1 in the Czech capital.

Asteras Tripolis moved off the bottom with a 2-0 win
over APOEL.

Group I's pacesetters Basel and Fiorentina bolstered their
chances with 2-0 wins over Belenenses and Lech Poznan
respectively, with Skenderbeu Korce the only winners in Group H
after leaders Lokomotiv Moscow were held 1-1 by second-place
Besiktas.

Skenderbeu beat Sporting CP 3-0 in Albania as the visitors had
goalkeeper Rui Patricio dismissed 17 minutes in.

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