Here is the best summary of the matches from the first stage of the quarterfinals of the Europa League
Scorers Marcus Rashford and Gerard Moreno consolidated the position of the favorites at Europa League Manchester United and Villarreal, winners of the first leg of the quarter-finals in Granada (0-2) and Zagreb (0-1), respectively, while the Roma won Ajax (1-2), which he followed Pau López.
The other match had no winner. Neither Arsenal, nor Slavia Prague, equal to one in their confrontation in London, destined to solve which of the two will be in the penultimate step of the tournament on the territory of the Czech champions in a final match within a week, when everything will be finalized with the second match match .
time Gerard Moreno is awesome. On LaLiga again in Europa League. There is no better evidence than the numbers, as indisputable as those of the Spanish international striker, as he has participated in 20 goals in the last 13 matches of his team between the two competitions: 14 scored and six scored.
His was the penalty shootout that caused 0-1 in Zagreb, a cross from the left wing that hit Teophile’s outstretched arm, and his was the transformation of the maximum penalty, with the right, deceiving the opposing goalkeeper, who threw himself to the other side, unable to stop the definition of a major scorer.
0-1, obtained at the edge of the intermediate, has a formidable value for Villarreal, waiting to make it as good as it looks on tour at La Cerámica, just as it should be the most favorite of all, by template, history, appearance and score: Manchester United, efficient and winner with 0-2 in Granada.
The continental course of Marcus Rashford. It is true that United was not enough to stay in the Champions League, but their goals shine in Europe: eight goals in ten duels between the competition in which the course began and now, which awakens the ambition of a group that searches find from new success.
In this is the English team, winning 0-2 against Granada, who appeared fearlessly in a tie and with a rival of such a size, but whose concession in the 30th minute was fatal, no matter how much the long ball of Victor Lindelof from its territory and control and definition Rashford, who needed three touches to make it to the semi-finals, awaiting Old Trafford.
He was replaced by Edinson Cavani in the 65th minute Granada sought equality, but received more punishment: 0-2 in a penalty from Yan Eteki converted by Bruno Fernandes. Rui Silva was about to stop him. Both teams regret the penalty losses for the second round. United lose Harry Maguire, Scott McTominay and Luke Shaw; Granada, Domingos Duarte and Yan Eteki.
SLAVIA PRAGUE MATCHES ARSENAL IN MINUTE 94 (1-1)
In London, Alexandre Lacazette, on the other hand, did not have as much offensive fist. His failure against the rival goal when he got the victory in the second half focused the lamentation Arsenal in front of Slavia Prague, first relieved by his appearance Nicolae Pepe saved 1-0 in the 87th minute, but then disappointed because the clash ended with Holes leading 1-1 in the 94th minute.
And Lacazette He had 30 meters to drive, approached the most complex football – the definition – and provoked the individual duel with the goalkeeper, solved with a shot with effect on the team, maybe too tight in such a favorable situation, because he collapsed on traversing, Pepe was in a hurry to fight the defender when he hit the ball before the rival goalkeeper left.
It was 1-0. Minute 87. Not even that was enough for Arsenalbecause Hole, in a timely manner, in second place, in a corner, after a return to the heart of the area, he never lost confidence in a draw that offers the Czech champion at least with the same options – or more – than the rival its for foot return in a week on your land.
PAU LÓPEZ NETWORKS IN ROME IN AMSTERDAM (1-2)
In Amsterdam, while in addition to volleyball Ibanez in the last moments that completed the return to Roma With 1-2, the difference was made by two goalkeepers in two key moments, a few minutes away, when the Italian block was the most engaged, with 1-0 against and facing the abyss of 2-0.
Forward on the scoreboard with 1-0 of Davy Klaasen at minute 40, Ajax left on the occasion 2-0, with a weak penalty thrown by a notable Dusan Tadic in all the others and rejected by Pau Lopez, 1-1, when his young goalkeeper, Kjell Scherpen, made a resounding mistake in a foul cape.
It wasn’t a very annoying field, with the inside of the right foot, on the stick, in the hands, in a stretched chest of drawers, but he got rid of them to finish inside the goal and put the team on the playoff ropes. There was nothing he could do, already in 87, before the whip of Ibanez. 1-2 for Roma, which indicates the semifinals. The return is home.