According to Mehr reporter, the return matches of the quarter-finals of the European Football League were held last night, and in one of these matches, the Manchester United team lost 3-0 against their host Sevilla. Youssef Al-Nasiri (twice) and Luik Bade scored for Sevilla in this match. Due to the 2-2 draw in the first leg, the “Red Devils” failed to reach the semi-finals and Sevilla advanced to the top four teams of the Europa League.
In the other match of this stage, the Feyenoord team of the Netherlands, with the presence of Iranian player Alireza Jahanbakhsh, was the guest of AS Roma and Jose Mourinho’s students in Italy. The winner of this exciting match was determined in overtime. Leonardo Spinazzola scored for Roma, but Igor Paixao equalized in the 80th minute to put Roma on the verge of elimination.
Later, Paulo Diaba, the substitute player of Rome, came to the field and scored a goal for this team in the 89th minute. Due to Feyenoord’s 1-0 win in the first leg, the task of determining the winner of this match took overtime. In the end, Remy scored the best goals by Stephan Al-Shaarawi and Lorenzo Pellegrini and advanced. Alireza Jahanbakhsh also left the field in the 74th minute.
Germany’s Bayer Leverkusen team also played against Belgium’s Saint-Gillevois in a situation where they drew 1-1 in the first leg. In the second leg, which was held last night in Belgium, Leverkusen had a much easier task and won 4-1 to advance to the semi-finals. Moussa Diaby, Michel Bakker, Frimpong and Lujek scored for Leverkusen in this game. Sardar Azmoun, the Iranian striker of Leverkusen, entered the field in the 86th minute and despite having two good chances to score, he failed to open the opponent’s goal.
Finally, the match between Sporting Lisbon and Juventus, hosted by Lisbon in Portugal, ended in a 1-1 draw. Adrien Rabiot scored for Juventus and Marcus Edwards scored for Sporting. The first leg ended with a score of 1-0 in favor of Juventus, and considering the overall result of this match, “The Old Lady” went to the semi-finals with a score of 2-1.
In the semi-finals of the Europa League, AS Roma will face Bayer Leverkusen, so that the second Iranian player (Sdardar Azmoun in Bayer) will face Jose Mourinho’s team this season. In the other game, Juventus and Sevilla will face each other. The first leg matches of this stage will be held on May 21.