Paris (AFP)

Naples and Real Sociedad, but also the Young Boys of Bern, FK Molde, Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Austrians of Wolfsberg won in extremis, Thursday, the last tickets for the round of 16 of the Europa League.

The last French survivor, Lille, and the only one qualified for the next phase, failed to finish first in his group because he lost in Scotland, to Celtic (3-2), while Milan won in the Czech Republic ( 160).

The Neapolitans drew with the Basques, second in La Liga, in the last shock of Group F (1-1), which perfectly suited the two clubs because at the same time AZ Alkmaar, who still had a little hope of qualifying fell to Rijeka (2-1).

This match took place in the "Diego Armando Maradona Stadium", renamed following the death of the Argentine star thanks to an express resolution of the city council.

In Group A, the Young Boys qualified by beating, in Bern, the Romanians of Cluj (2-1), but really in extremis, at the end of the suspense: the two Swiss goals were scored in added time, at the 93rd and 96th minutes.

In Group B, the Norwegians of Molde went to take a very useful point in Austria, on the lawn of Rapid Vienna (2-2).

And Arsenal completed its flawlessly by winning a 6th victory in six matches for the Irish of Dundalk (4-2).

Another big London club in this C3, Tottenham secured first place in Group J by defeating Antwerp (2-0), in a match without any other stake between two already qualified clubs.

In Group K of Dinamo Zagreb, already qualified and winner of CSK Moscow (3-1), already eliminated, everything was played between Wolfsberg and Feyenoord for second place.

The Austrians in Klagenfurt recovered the precious ticket by beating the Batavians of Rotterdam 1-0.

- Lille falls in Scotland -

On the French side, Lille could not finish first in its group because it lost in Scotland, on the lawn of Celtic (3-2) while AC Milan won in the Czech Republic, at Sparta Prague (1-0 ), just to finish with two points ahead of the Mastiffs.

The Northerners were first led 1-0 (Jullien, 22nd), immediately equalized by Ikoné (24th), then Celtic regained the advantage on a penalty converted by McGregor (28th).

A new equalizer by Weah (71st) was canceled by a goal from Turnbull (75th) synonymous with victory for the honor of Celtic, the only one this fall in C3.

The black series of Nice, already eliminated, continued and the Aiglons, beaten by Beer Sheva in Israel (1-0), finished last in their group, like Rennes and OM in the Champions League.

This is their 6th defeat in seven matches, in all competitions, and the change of coach --Patrick Vieira replaced by Adrien Ursea - has therefore not yet produced an effect, nor the return to the cages of the Cardinale goalkeeper. .

Meanwhile, Bayer Leverkusen continued their health walk with Slavia Prague (4-0), also qualified for the next phase.

And Maccabi Tel Aviv hardly beat the Turks of Sivasspor (1-0), thus ensuring the presence of an Israeli club in the round of 16 of C3.

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