Eighths - all crosses
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While the hardships of Spanish football accumulate in the Champions League - Real Madrid on the sidelines - the Europa League continues to be an oasis.
Both
Granada
and
Villarreal
reached the quarterfinals of the competition this Thursday, continuing the good results achieved in their first leg matches.
For
Emery's men it
was almost a walk against Dinamo Kiev, while
Diego Martínez's men
suffered more to finish off Molde and continue making history in their first European participation.
The classification had to be worked hard against a physically more complete rival, both due to the already usual shortage of troops, and the fact that the Norwegian league does not start until April and the team is now in preseason in Benidorm.
The 2-0 in the first leg gave them a lot of margin, but far from it a peace of mind that they had to earn in Budapest, a more emergency meeting in the face of restrictions.
Again with
Kenedy
very active, the Andalusian team had options to leave the tie sentenced in the first half, but ended up shooting in the foot.
Vallejo
, trying to clear a cross from the right, ended up putting the ball into his own goal, leaving Molde one goal away from forcing extra time.
Already in the second half,
Fofana
was close to the second of the Norwegians, although
Duarte
also
enjoyed a very clear opportunity to extend the Nasrid advantage.
Finally, it was
Soldado
, heading a
Yangel Herrera
cross
from the left, who sealed Granada's qualification for the quarterfinals.
In discount,
Hestad
scored a penalty that only served Molde to say goodbye to the tournament with a victory (2-1).
Outstanding Villarreal
Things were much easier for a Villarreal that is doing an outstanding tournament, with nine wins and only one draw, which contrasts with their league ups and downs.
This is the eighth appearance in its history in the European quarter-finals -two of them in the Champions League-, although the yellow team has never managed to reach a final, a goal that it will continue to pursue this year.
After winning 0-2 in the first leg, Dinamo Kiev were unable to even tickle him.
Gerard Moreno
took it upon himself to prevent it.
At 13 minutes he scored his first goal, heading a
Chukwueze
center
, and at 36 the second, taking advantage of an assist from
Parejo
.
The tie ended in practice at that point, without Villarreal even suffering to defend their victory, again 2-0, in the second leg.
Along with the two Spanish teams, six other clubs qualified for the quarter-finals - the draw is held this Friday at 1:00 p.m. - at a high level:
Arsenal, Roma, Ajax, Manchester United, Slavia Prague and Dinamo Zagreb
.
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2021 business calendar
Zenit Saint Petersburg - TD Systems Baskonia
Mold - Granada CF
Villarreal - Dynamo Kyiv
Real Madrid - CSKA Moscow