Europa League: Arsenal in the round of 16 despite embarrassment - Lazio through thanks to Immobile

London (SID) Arsenal FC embarrassed themselves badly in the second round of the Europa League, but still reached the next round. Without the ill world champion Mesut Özil and Shkodran Mustafi, the Gunners lost 1:2 (0:2) to the Swedish European Cup newcomers Östersunds FK in the Emirates Stadium at home and only made it to the round of 3 thanks to the 0-XNUMX win in the first leg. Hosam Aiesh (22nd) and Ken Sema (24th) shocked Arsenal with a quick double strike. Coach Arsene Wenger's team, which played with nine players who had won the first leg comfortably, only managed to score again thanks to former Schalke player Sead Kolanisac (47th). Lazio Rome, on the other hand, moved confidently into the next round. After the 0:1 in the first comparison with Steaua Bucharest, the former Dortmund player Ciro Immobile led the fourth place in the Italian league in the Olympic Stadium in Rome with a hat-trick (7th, 43rd, 71st) to 5:1 (3:0) against them Romanian runner-up. Bastos (35th) and Felipe Anderson (51st) scored the other goals for the hosts. When the round of 13.00 games are drawn on Friday (1 p.m.) in Nyon, Switzerland, Lazio's league rivals AC Milan are also in the draw. Coach Gennaro Gattuso's team beat Bulgaria's series champions Ludogorez Razgrad 0-1 (0-3) in front of their home crowd. As in the 0-21 win in the first leg, Fabio Borini (XNUMXst) scored for the Rossoneri. As expected, Atletico Madrid with coach Diego Simeone prevailed against FC Copenhagen. After the 4:1 in the first leg, the Spaniards won the second leg 1:0 (1:0). Kevin Gameiro scored the goal in the seventh minute. Athletic Bilbao, Europa League finalists in 2012, after a 3-0 win at Spartak Moscow, a 1:2 (0:1) in the second leg was enough to advance. The game was overshadowed by the death of a police officer who suffered a heart attack during riots by around 200 Russian supporters. RB Salzburg, which with its German coach Marco Rose defeated the third Spanish representative Real Sociedad 2-1 (first leg 2-2), is still in the competition. Scottish series champions Celtic Glasgow were eliminated despite their 1-0 win in the first leg. At Zenit St. Petersburg, team manager Brendon Rodgers' team lost 0:3 (0:2). Former Bundesliga coach Lucien Favre also had to bury his hopes of progressing with the French first division soccer team OGC Nice. The ninth-placed Ligue 1 team lost 0-1 (0-1) in the second leg at Lokomotiv Moscow; Nice lost the first leg 2-3 in front of their own crowd.

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Europa League: Arsenal in the round of 16 despite embarrassment - Lazio through thanks to Immobile

Ciro Immobile sent Lazio into the round of 16 of the Europa League with a hat-trick.

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