Paris (AFP)
Arsenal qualified in pain for the knockout stage of the Europa League at the end of the 6th day of group stage Thursday, the night that saw the elimination of Lazio Rome.
After an ideal start of competition (3 wins in 3 matches), Arsenal suffered during the return matches with one defeat and two draws, including that conceded Thursday on the field of Standard Liege (2-2).
The London club, outgoing finalist, finished despite these difficulties first group F in front of Eintracht Frankfurt, who also confirmed his qualification Thursday despite his defeat 3-2 against Vitoria Guimarães.
Another head of the Europa League, Rome Lazio Ciro Immobile will not be the rendezvous of the round of 16: the Romans had to hope for a miracle, they lost all hope in losing 2-0 on the lawn of Rennes , last in group E. The qualification goes to Cluj, winner 2-0 Celtic Glasgow, already qualified.
In group C, the most hooked of the first half of the night (one point separated the first three before the last day), it is Basel, winner 2-0 of Trabzonspor, and Getafe, who won 3-0 over his lawn against Krasnodar, who reach the round of 32.
APOEL Nicosia, 1-0 winners of Sevilla in Group A, and Copenhagen and Malmö, who faced each other in Group B (1-0 victory for the Swedes), also qualified.
The draw for the round of 16 will take place Monday at 12:00 GMT hours in Nyon. In addition to the first two of each of the 12 Europa League groups, the third of the eight groups in the Champions League are qualified.
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