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It was a mixed bag for the British parties in the Europa League matches on Thursday evening. The head result of the Night can be Tottenham’s 1-0 loss to AZ Alkmaar, Ange Postecoglou’s last chance to win a trophy in his second season, whereby the club looks in the second stage in the second stage in the second stage in the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in seven days in the club.
Manchester United looks good in their round of 16 draw after drawing 1-1 in a little impressive way to Real Sociedad. In the meantime, two from the sides will feel that they are on the edge of the quarterfinals, while Lyon and Rangers won 3-1 at FCSB and Rangers, resilience.
Europa League scores, competitions
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- AZ Alkmaar 1, Tottenham 0
- Real Sociedad 1, Manchester United 1
- FCSB 1, Lyon 3
- Fenerbahce 1, Rangers 3
- Lazio 2, Viktoria Plzen 1
- Bodo/Glimt 3, Olympiacos 0
- Frankfurt 2, Ajax 1
- Roma 2, Athletic Bilbao 1
Fernandes gives a fine when Manchester United disappears
Manchester United will feel that the mission is finished in what seemed to be a difficult first leg against Real Sociedad. However, it was perhaps even better than a 1-1 draw if Bruno Fernandes had not admitted a penalty shortly after Joshua Zirkzee had fired the visitors on a lead on first legs in the Aneta Stadium.
United more than held their own in the first half, who struggled to create a large number of opportunities for themselves, but to ensure that Andre Onana had no shot to save. On the other hand, Alex Remiro was completely busier and so his centralback Aritz Eluostondo, who picked up the goal line twice when the visitors ran the screw in the 36th minute. The best chance of half did not even result in a shot, Diogo Dalot failed to get a cross away when Rasmus Hojlund burst into the box.
United States had survived a wave of pressure at the start of the first half and confirmed their quality and fell forward in the 57th minute. Alejandro Garnacho pulled three defenders after strong running from Dalot, just when he entered the box, he rolled a pass to Zirkzee, whose low effort Remenro reduced.
Without the sick Martin Zubimendi, La Real seemed to struggle in every aspect of the game, struggling to protect the spaces for their penalty area and at the same time make it heavy again from their ball progression through the United Lines. It didn’t seem special as if the hosts exert greater pressure after the opener of Zirkzee, but they were given an almighty delay when a Fernandes handball was spotted in a corner by VAR. Mikel Oyarzabal sent Onana in the wrong way.
From that moment on, the San Sebastian side seemed much more likely to take the winner, with Sheraldo Becker Orri Oskarsson caught on the back post. The young person became wide, maybe Leny Yoro had done just enough to drop off his opponent. Oskarsson continued to threaten in the last minutes, his ride from a narrow corner pulled a smart salvation from Onana.
Sloppy traces in the Netherlands
There is more work for Tottenham to do when they return to European promotion next week after the own goal of Lucas Bergvall AZ Alkmaar had handed a win in the first pipes in the AFAS stadium. The North Londers dominated it, but did little behind it, only registered five shots, none of them on goal.
Postecoglou had called a strong side, but few among the visitors had a serious impact on the first stage, Mathys Tel withdrew during the break without a shot to his name. Heung-min Son are a pressing wide in the second half. On the other hand, traces might be lucky to admit only one, with 10 shots in their own punishment.
To make things even worse for next week’s second stage, Dominic Solanke deducted in the 90th minute after a collision in the AZ riding area. The first minutes of play since he suffered a knee injury in January, the 27-year-old was replaced by Dane Scarlett for the final phase. His manager will hope that Solanke will be available in a week, where Spurs will have to be much better if they want to stay alive in a competition that represents their last chance of silverware this season.