Benfica (Portugal), with the Argentine world champions Nicolás Otamendi and Ángel Di María as starters, qualified for the round of 16 of the Europa League, by tying today as a visitor with Toulouse (France), 0 to 0and take advantage of the 2-1 victory in the first leg.
Otamendi played the entire match and Say Mariaprecisely the author of the two goals in the first leg (both from penalties), was replaced shortly before the end. Benjamin Rollheiserformer River Plate and Estudiantes de La Plata, did not leave the substitute bench.
Milan (Italy) also qualified, despite losing today on their visit to Rennes (France) by 3-2: in the first leg they had won 3-0.
Lens (France) lost an incredible match against Freiburg (Germany) and was eliminated and Braga (Portugal) was eliminated despite beating Qarabag in Azerbaijan.
Later they play (first leg results in parentheses):
Rome, Italy (1) – Feyenoord, Netherlands (1).
Sporting Lisbon, Portugal (3) – Young Boys, Switzerland (1).
Sparta Prague, Czech Republic (2) – Galatasaray, Turkey (3).
Marseille, France (2) – Shahktar, Ukraine (2).
The winners of the qualifying groups were already qualified for the round of 16: West Ham (England), Brighton and Hove (England), Rangers (Scotland), Atalanta (Italy), Liverpool (England), Villarreal (Spain) , Slavia Prague (Czech Republic) and Bayer Leverkusen (Germany).
Toulouse vs Benfica summary
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