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Real Sociedad snatched qualification for the final 32 of the Europa League within the closing seconds on Thursday after Willian Jose’s late leveller in a 1-1 draw at Napoli and AZ Alkmaar’s shock 2-1 defeat at Rijeka allowed the Spanish facet to progress. Young Boys, Molde, Wolfsberg and Maccabi Tel-Aviv rounded off the group stage by making Monday’s attract Nyon, the place they be a part of the 18 already-qualified groups and shall be met by eight drop-outs from the Champions League.
La Liga high-fliers Sociedad have been heading out of Europe as the ultimate two matches of Group F headed into stoppage time, with Alkmaar set to undergo in second place because the Dutch facet have been drawing at backside facet Rijeka and Napoli led in Naples due to Piotr Zielinski’s tremendous first half strike.
However Jose’s thumping end to stage the scores at a soaking Stadio Diego Armando Maradona put the Basque outfit again into second place, and Ivan Tomecak’s 93rd-minute winner for Rijeka in Croatia confirmed Alkmaar’s elimination.
Napoli end high of the group on 11 factors, two forward of Sociedad in second who finish the group stage an additional level forward of Alkmaar.
“I am happy, but the result was more important than who scored tonight. We achieved qualification and that is why we are all happy,” stated Zielinski.
Gennaro Gattuso’s facet knew that regardless of racking up 10 factors of their earlier 5 matches a defeat might price them qualification and he began a powerful workforce that was nonetheless lacking injured ahead Victor Osimhen.
Sociedad in the meantime wanted to match Alkmaar with the pair stage on eight factors and within the absence of attacker Mikel Oyarzabal missed a bunch of possibilities early on.
Zielinski punished Sociedad for these misses when he opened the scoring towards the run of play within the 35th minute when he classily introduced down a clearance from a nook and lashed dwelling a strong end.
However Jose sparked wild celebrations when he span and hit his shot into the roof of Ospina’s web with seconds remaining, sending his workforce into Monday’s last-32 draw.
– Young Boys burn Cluj –
Young Boys additionally certified in dramatic vogue within the final spherical of group matches, on an evening when iconic Italian striker Paolo Rossi was remembered throughout Europe after his loss of life late on Wednesday night time.
A 93rd-minute penalty from Jean-Pierre Nsame and Gianluca Gaudino’s strike three minutes later despatched the Swiss facet by way of alongside Group A winners Roma with a 2-1 win over Cluj that additionally featured three pink playing cards.
Cluj are out of Europe due to the 2 stoppage-time strikes, which got here after Gabriel Debeljuh had put the Romanians provisionally second within the group with simply six minutes remaining in Bern.
Wolfsberg are by way of to the knockouts due to a 1-Zero win over Feyenoord which additionally knocks out the Dutch giants.
Former European champions Feyenoord wanted a win in Austria to leapfrog their opponents into second place however have been disappointing all night time and by no means bounced again from Dejan Joveljic’s 31st minute opener.
Maccabi went by way of behind Group I winners Villarreal due to a 1-Zero win over Turkey’s Sivasspor, who’re eradicated.
Molde’s 2-2 draw with Rapid Vienna was sufficient to see them by way of from Group B in second place behind Arsenal.
The Gunners completed the group stage with an ideal six wins from six after easing previous backside facet Dundalk 4-2, whereas Rangers completed high of Group D due to their 2-Zero win at Lech Poznan.
Premier League sides Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur additionally topped their teams due to respective wins over Royal Antwerp and AEK Athens.
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AC Milan continued to indicate that they do not depend on injured Zlatan Ibrahimovic after a 1-Zero win at Sparta Prague that allowed them to grab first place in Group H.
Jen Petter Hauge’s tremendous particular person objective halfway by way of the primary half took the Serie A leaders to 13 factors, two forward of Lille who misplaced 3-2 at backside workforce Celtic.
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