2024-03-14 22:19:40
ÖFB striker Michael Gregoritsch was also unable to prevent SC Freiburg from exiting the Europa League in the round of 16 against West Ham United. After the 1-0 home win in the first leg by the red-white-red gold goal scorer, the German Bundesliga team received a deserved 5-0 defeat in London on Thursday. Liverpool had no mercy with Sparta Prague 6-1 and went up with the aggregate score of 11-2. Bayer Leverkusen, meanwhile, celebrated a memorable last-minute win.
The German league leaders are in the next round thanks to two goals from Patrik Schick in stoppage time (93rd, 97th) in a 3-2 win against Karabakh Agdam. The “Werkself” averted their first defeat of the season late on and can continue to dream of a treble. Coach Xabi Alonso’s team was close to elimination after goals from Abdellah Zoubir (58th) and Juninho (67th) after the first leg had ended 2-2. After Elvin Jafarguliyev was shown a red card between the two goals for an emergency stop (64th), Jeremie Frimpong (72nd) initiated the comeback, which Schick converted shortly before the final whistle to his 37th competitive game without defeat.
In Liverpool everything was decided after just a quarter of an hour. Coach Jürgen Klopp’s “Reds” scored four times in seven minutes. Darwin Nunez (7th), 19-year-old Bobby Clark (8th), Mohamed Salah (10th) and Cody Gakpo (14th) delighted the fans at Anfield Road. After Veljko Birmancevic’s consolation goal (42nd), ex-Salzburg player Dominik Szoboszlai (48th) and Gakpo again (55th) increased the score.
Coach Christian Streich’s Freiburg team started in the London Olympic Stadium with exactly the same line-up as in the first leg. But it only took nine minutes for Lucas Paqueta to stand correctly at a corner and push the ball over the line. Jarrod Bowen (32nd), Aaron Cresswell (52nd) and Mohammed Kudus with a solo across half the field (77th) and a long-range shot (85th) ensured clear conditions for the Conference League champions. Gregoritsch came on as a substitute at half-time, Junior Adamu and Philipp Lienhart were on the bench.
AC Milan also had no problems at Slavia Prague and won again comfortably 3:1 (3:0) after a 4:2 in the first leg. The Czechs weakened themselves with a red card in the 20th minute, which meant that the Milanese moved safely into the quarter-finals.
In the Conference League, PAOK Saloniki with the two ÖFB legionnaires Stefan Schwab and Thomas Murg achieved a spectacular 0-2 defeat in the first leg against Dinamo Zagreb. The Greeks beat the Croatian champions in a thrilling game 5:1 (3:0). Schwab was in the starting line-up for PAOK and was substituted in the final phase; Murg came into the game in the 78th minute when the score was 4-1.
In Union Saint-Gilloise’s 1-0 win at Fenerbahce Istanbul, ÖFB goalkeeper Heinz Lindner played through, but the Turks managed to secure promotion after winning 3-0 in the first leg. In the top game, Aston Villa clearly won 4-0 against Ajax Amsterdam after a goalless first leg.
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