Not even the two goals ahead of the first leg in London were enough to Tottenham, bent by the Dinamo Zagreb and the three goals by Mislav Orsic (3-0), the last in extra time, and outside the quarterfinals of the Europa League, to which the Manchester United by Paul Pogba, decisive in the 0-1 in Milan.
They also qualified for the penultimate round of the competition both Granada and Villarreal, whose rivals will come out this Friday from the pure draw at UEFA headquarters in Nyon (Switzerland), which is completed by Slavia Prague, winners by 0-2 in Glasgow, Arsenal, Roma and Ajax. These last three confirmed the processing of their return duels, as they had dictated in the first leg.
Nothing to do with Tottenham. No one would have imagined such a night, even less with the 2-0 in the first leg in London, for him and Jose Mourinho on their visit to Dinamo Zagreb, with which they suffered a resounding failure, eliminated in overtime for the Croatian champion and, above all, for Mislav Orsic and three undeniable goals (3-0).
Orsic unleashed the rebellion of Dinamo Zagreb in the 62nd minute, when he controlled with his left, adjusted the ball with his right and released a perfect parable from the corner of the area to the visitor’s goal square, unattainable for Hugo Lloris, without even intuiting that it was the beginning of something bigger: the comeback.
His was also 2-0, in minute 82, decisive in the culmination of the overflowing collective move of Dinamo Zagreb of which the English team did not know much, to force the extension, in which they also signed 3-0 in the second act, when they led , he dribbled and scored the final goal with a simplicity that leaves Tottenham’s defensive system in a bad place, which before and after crashed with a few magnificent saves from Livakovic.
In contrast, United beat Milan (0-1). The draw in the first leg at Old Trafford required at least one goal. And he achieve it. It was marked by Paul Pogba, vindicated in his comeback after a month out of competition with injury, as the decisive scorer in the tight tie three minutes after entering the field.
After a few rebounds, Milan were not able to get the ball away from their area in a few attempts and United were not able to take advantage of it twice, until the ball fell to the French international one meter from goal. , on one side. He stepped on it, looked, and determinedly beat Donnarumma (0-1).
Granada enlarges its history, Gerard Moreno confirms Villarreal
The first European history of Granada still has no limit. Nor was Budapest, the scene of the return match against Molde, with which he suffered for 40 minutes, the time that elapsed from 1-0 for the Norwegian block due to the failure of César Vallejo, who scored in his own goal, until the 1-1 of Soldier.
He had entered the field eight minutes before connecting the accurate, crucial and conclusive header to the center of Venezuelan Yangel Herrera, who launched the Spanish team into the quarterfinals, winning 2-0 in the first leg. The 2-1 of Hestad, from a penalty, only made up for the Molde the irrefutable classification of Granada.
So is the pass from Villarreal, who had already overcome the first leg in Kiev with a 0-2 and that did not give margin to surprise at the Estadio de la Cerámica, ahead on the scoreboard from minute 13, with 1- 0 by Gerard Moreno, who also scored 2-0 to widen the difference between his team, already in the quarterfinals, and Dinamo.
There was also no surprise in London, where the Arsenal they went to the quarterfinals for everything they did in the first leg in Greece a week ago, for the 1-3 with which they beat Olympiacos, once they lost 1-0 at home with Youseff El Arabi’s goal in the minute fifty.
And there were not even real shocks for Roma, who beat Shakthar Donetsk 1-2 in Kiev with two goals from Borja Mayoral, one opportune to head a rejection and another attentive to push the gift of Carles Pérez, nor for the Ajax, who beat Bern at Young Boys (0-2) to chain their twenty-second unbeaten clash, of which they have won 19. Both won in the first leg 3-0.
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