Runaway Serie A table-toppers Juventus will play French club Lyon in the quarter-finals of the Europa League, the continent’s second-tier tournament, following the draw at Nyon, Switzerland on Friday. With the final to be played at Juve’s Turin stadium…
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Tottenham crashed out of the Europa League on Thursday but not before giving Benfica a huge scare as English interest in the continent’s second-tier tournament ended. Benfica survived a dramatic late onslaught in Lisbon to reach the quarter-finals with…
A stroke of free-kick brilliance from Andrea Pirlo secured Juventus’s ticket to the Europa League quarter-finals after a 1-0 win over 10-man Fiorentina on Thursday. Fiorentina had high hopes of making the last eight of Europe’s second tier club competition…
Benfica survived a dramatic late onslaught from Tottenham to reach the Europa League quarter-finals with a 2-2 draw in Thursday’s last 16 second leg in Lisbon. After winning the first leg 3-1 at White Hart Lane last week, Jorge Jesus’s team appeared…
Tottenham Hotspur are right up against it as they travel to Portugal to face Benfica in the Europa League on Thursday, while Fiorentina will hope to get the better of Italian rivals Juventus. Tim Sherwood’s Tottenham side must overturn a 3-1 first-leg…
Everton defender Sylvain Distin admitted he will have mixed emotions should the Toffees qualify for the Europa League. A place in next season’s elite and lucrative Champions League now looks beyond the Merseysiders, who are nine points adrift of fourth…
Juventus and Napoli responded to respective exits from the Champions League with convincing wins over Sassuolo and Inter Milan in Italy’s Serie A on Sunday. Carlos Tevez scored a hat-trick, with Federico Peluso claiming his maiden Juve goal, as the…
Swansea City are through to the last 32 of the Europa League despite producing a lacklustre performance in losing 1-0 to St Gallen in Switzerland on Thursday. The Welsh side knew that a point in would secure their qualification for the knockout stages…
Tottenham Hotspur made it six wins from six in Europa League Group K by beating Anzhi Makhachkala 4-1 at White Hart Lane on Thursday. Spanish striker Roberto Soldado, whose form since signing for Spurs in the summer has been the subject of criticism…
Tottenham Hotspur won 2-0 against Tromso in the bitter chill of Norway on Thursday to seal first place in Europa League Group K and ease a little of the pressure on manager Andre Villas-Boas. Reports in England in recent days suggest that the Portuguese…