Quarter-Finals, First Leg Results Team (Country, UEFA ranking)
AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands, 51) 2 Valencia (Spain, 14) 1
Holman 45+1 Mehmet Topal, 51
Martens 79
AZ: Esteban, Marcellis, Klavan, Poulsen, Moisander, Maher, Martens, Elm, Holman, Gudmundsson, Altidore SUBS: Heijblok, Johansson, Lam, Wijnaldum, Falkenburg, Boymans, Benschop.
Valencia: Alves, Barragán, Dealbert, Alba, Ricardo Costa, Mathieu, Mehmet, Feghouli, Hernández, Tino Costa, Soldado SUBS: Guaita, Ruiz, Albelda, Parejo, Jonas, Aduriz, Piatti.
Schalke (Germany, 20) 2 Athletic Bilbao (Spain, 56) 4
Raul González 22, 59 Llorente 21, 73
De Marcos, 81 Munain 90+3
Schalke: Hildebrand, Papadopoulos, Uchida, Höger, Jones, Fuchs, Draxler, Matip, Raúl, Farfán, Huntelaar SUBS: Schober, Escudero, Hoogland, Holtby, Jurado, Moritz, Marica.
Athletic: Gorka Iraizoz, Aurtenetxe, Amorebieta, Iraola, Iturraspe, De Marcos, Ander Herrera, Javi Martínez, Llorente, Susaeta, Muniain SUBS: Raúl, San José, Ekiza, Ramalho, Íñigo Pérez, Toquero, Ibai Gómez.
Sporting CP (Portugal, 22) 2 Metalist Kharkiv (Ukraine, 39) 1
Izmailov 51 Cleiton Xavier 90+1 (pen)
Insúa 64
Sporting: Rui Patrício, Carriço, Polga, Pereira, Insúa, Xandão, Schaars, Izmailov, Capel, Fernández, Van Wolfswinkel SUBS: Marcelo, Evaldo, André Martins, Renato, Suárez, Carrillo, Rubio.
Metalist: Goryainov, Villagra, Torsiglieri, Obradović, Gueye, Cleiton Xavier, Sosa, Torres, Blanco, Cristaldo, Taison SUBS: Dišljenković, Berezovchuk, Pshenychnykh, Shelayev, Valyayev, Marlos, Dević
Atlético Madrid (Spain, 12) 2 Hannover (Germany, 65) 1
Falcao 9 Diouf 38
Salvio 89
Atlético: Courtois, Godín, Filipe Luis, Miranda, Mario Suárez, Arda Turan, Gabi, Koke, Adrián López, Falcao, Juanfran SUBS: Asenjo, Domínguez, Perea, Tiago, Assunção, Salvio, Diego
Hannover: Zieler, Pogatetz, Eggimann, Cherundolo, Pander, Sergio Pinto, Stindl, Schmiedebach, Rausch, Schlaudraff, Diouf SUBS: Miller, Haggui, Schulz, Chahed, Lala, Konan Ya, Abdellaoue
Second Leg on April 5
Next round: Metalist/Sporting v. Bilbao/Schalke
Hannover/Atlético Madrid v. Valencia/Alkmaar
Our forecast: Metalist too strong for Sporting in Ukraine; Bilbao is the potential tournament winner. Hannover and Valencia should overturn the scores. Valencia v. Bilbao final.
Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey
Pravda.Ru