AS Monaco, which thwarted Leverkusen for a long time before snatching an extension, ended up losing on penalties on Thursday (3-2, 5 pens to 3), confirming its elimination from the Europa League at from the return jump-off in the round of 16.
Uninspired in defense like goalkeeper Nübel, the Monegasques allowed Wirtz (13th), Palacios (21) and Adli (58) to punish their mistakes before finishing better, while Ben Yedder (19th) equalized at 1-1 and that Embolo (84th) might only maintain hope.
Reduced to 10 for more than an hour, the Nantes lost 3-0 Thursday once morest Juventus Turin on a hat-trick from Angel Di Maria, who sent his people to the knockout stages of the Europa League.
While the 1-1 draw snatched from the first leg a week earlier had allowed the Yellows and Greens to dream of a feat, the suspense lasted only 20 minutes, the time for the Argentinian world champion to unleash a magnificent recovery (5th) and convert a penalty (20th) following the exclusion of Pallois. He then finished the work of the head (78th).
Rennes eliminated on penalties despite a goal from Salah, but Doku missed his sending
Rennes might not qualify for the round of 16 of the Europa League football on Thursday evening following the return play-offs. Beaten in the first leg 2-1 in Ukraine, the Rennais thought they might emerge in extra time 2-0 thanks to a goal from Ibrahim Salah in the 106th minute, brought on ten minutes earlier. But Shakhtar nevertheless reduced the mark on a goal once morest his camp of Belocian (119th) to force a penalty shootout which smiled on the Ukrainians (4 tab to 5). The long streak notably saw Jeremy Doku miss his send off.
Holder, Jeremy Doku indeed played the whole match while Ibrahim Salah, the young 21-year-old striker who comes from La Gantoise, replaced in the 96th minute the first Rennes scorer the Cameroonian Karl Toko Ekambi (1-0, 52nd ). Arthur Theate remained on the bench.
In addition, Ignace van der Brempt remained the whole match also on the Salzburg bench. The Austrian club, winner 1-0 at home, was beaten 2-0 at AS Roma and is eliminated.
