Europa League: Draws for Russian clubs

Anzhi Makachkala had a goalless draw at home with Belgium's Genk, while Rubin Kazan got an important draw, one goal apiece, in Betis, Sevilla, in Spain. The home side got off to a roaring start, Didac Vilá scoring after 3' but R. Eremenko annulled the Spanish effort on 74'. All to play for back in Kazan.

Shock result of the day: Red Bull Salzburg confirms it is one of the best teams in Europe after a wonderful first round (6 games, six victories in Group C), coming away from Holland with a 3-0 trouncing of mighty Ajax.

  

Europa League

 

Games played on February 20 and 27

 

Dnipro (UKR) 1 v Tottenham (ENG) 0

Betis (ESP) 1 v Rubin (RUS) 1

Swansea (English League - WALES) 0 v Napoli (ITA) 0

Juventus (ITA) 2 v Trabzonspor (TUR) 0

Maribor (SVN) 2 v Sevilla (ESP) 2

Plzeň (CZE) 1 v Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 1

Chornomorets Odesa (UKR) 0 v Lyon (FRA) 0

Lazio (ITA) 0 v Ludogorets (BUL) 1

Esbjerg (DEN) 1 v Fiorentina (ITA) 3

Ajax (NED) 0 v Salzburg (AUT) 3

M. Tel-Aviv (ISR) 0 v Basel (SUI) 0

FC Porto (POR) 2 v Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) 2

Anji (RUS) 0 v Genk (BEL) 0

Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 0 v Valencia (ESP) 2

PAOK (GRE) 0 v Benfica (POR) 1

Liberec (CZE) 0 v AZ (NED) 1

 

Austria: Salzburg

Belgium: Genk

Bulgaria: Ludogorets

Czech Republic (2): Liberec, Plzeň

Denmark: Esbjerg

England: Tottenham Hotspur

English League, Wales: Swansea City FC

France: Lyon

Germany: Eintracht Frankfurt

Greece: PAOK

Italy (4): Fiorentina, Juventus, Lazio, Napoli

Israel: Maccabi Tel-Aviv

Netherlands (2): Ajax, AZ Alkmaar

Portugal (2): Benfica, FC Porto

Russia (2): Anzhi Makkachkala, Rubin Kazan,

Slovenia: Maribor

Spain (3): Betis, Sevilla, Valencia

Switzerland: Basel

Turkey: Trabzonspor

Ukraine (4): Chornomorets Odesa, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Dinamo Kyiv, Shakhtar Donetsk

 

Played this week: Champions League

Champions: 4 Games, 4 away wins

 

After FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain beat Manchester City and Bayer 04 Leverkusen away yesterday, so today did Bayern Munich and Atlético Madrid beat Arsenal and AC Milan, the first match 2-0 in London and the second, 1-0 in Milan.

 

Arsenal 0 Bayern Munich 2

                 Kroos 54, T. Müller 88

 

AC Milan 0   Atlético Madrid 1

                      Diego Costa 83

 

Manchester City FC 0 FC Barcelona 2

                                    Messi 54 (pen.); Daniel Alves 90

 

The sending-off of Demichelis on 53' was the beginning of the end for City. Messi scored from the spot one minute later and Daniel Alves made City's woes more intense on 90'. It was a game which Barcelona controlled with 62 per cent of ball possession against City's 38. There were 10 Barça shots to Manchester City's 9 and 4 corners to one.

 

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0 Paris Saint-Germain 4

                                      Matuidi 3; Ibrahimovic 39 (pen.), 42; Cabaye 88

 

Man of the Match Ibrahimovic scored a brace after Matuidi started off the best way for the Parisians. By the time Cabaye had sent the match out of Bayer's reach, Spahic was went off on 59', in a game in which PSG had 12 shots, all on target, to Bayer's 5 (3 on) and the visitors had a ball possession of 59% to 41%.

  

Champions and Europa League draws

 

The matches are drawn for the last 16 clubs of the Champions League and the last 32 of the Europa League The Champions League matches will take place on February 18/19 and 25/26 and March 11/12 and 18/19. The Europa League games will be on February 20 and 27. Zenit is the only flag carrier for Russia in the Champions, 3 teams continue in Europa.

 

Champions League fixtures

Tuesday 18 February & Wednesday 12 March:

Manchester City FC 0 FC Barcelona 2

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0 Paris Saint-Germain 4

Wednesday 19 February & Tuesday 11 March:

AC Milan 0 Club Atlético de Madrid 1

Arsenal FC 0 FC Bayern München 2

Tuesday 25 February & Wednesday 19 March: Olympiacos FC v Manchester United FC, FC Zenit v Borussia Dortmund

Wednesday 26 February & Tuesday 18 March: Galatasaray AŞ v Chelsea FC, FC Schalke 04 v Real Madrid CF

 

England (4): Arsenal, Chelsea FC, Manchester City, Manchester United

Spain (3): Atlético de Madrid, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid

Germany (4): Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munchen, Borussia Dortmund, Schalke 04

France (1): Paris Saint-Germain

Italy (1): AC Milan

Greece (1): Olympiacos FC

Russia (1): Zenit Saint Petersburg

Turkey (1): Galatasaray AS

 

Total number of teams in European competitions:

Champions League + Europa League = Total

 

England: 4 + 1 = 5 + Swansea City = 6

Spain 3 + 3 = 6

Germany: 4 + 1 = 5

Italy : 1 + 4 = 5

Ukraine: 0 + 4 = 4

Russia: 1 + 2 = 3

Czech Republic: 0 + 2 = 2

France: 1 + 1 = 2

Greece: 1 + 1 = 2

Netherlands: 0 + 2 = 2

Portugal: 0 + 2 = 2

Turkey: 1 + 1 = 2

Austria: 0 + 1 = 1

Belgium: 0 + 1 = 1

Bulgaria: 0 + 1 = 1

Denmark: 0 + 1 = 1

English League, Wales: 1 Europa

Israel: 0 + 1 = 1

Slovenia: 0 + 1 = 1

Switzerland: 0 + 1 = 1

 

Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey

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