ALL eyes are on the Europa League tonight with the comeback of the English teams in the round of 16.
West Ham lost 1-0 to Freiburg and were denied a penalty by VAR.
Earlier that night, Liverpool beat Sparta Prague 5-1 thanks to a brilliant brace from Darwin Nunez and Brighton were beaten 4-0 by Roma in their first leg.
Despite tonight’s defeat in Freiburg, David Moyes’ side will return to the London Stadium confident that things are going to get better.
Only one goal behind, the Hammers have goals in this team, especially at home.
Everything is ready for a vintage evening in Europe for the club, which they are already starting to get used to.
Although it’s new for Brighton to have to juggle domestic and European competition, it will be tonight.
Roberto De Zerbi believes his team could have given a much greater symbol of themselves in Rome.
After a 4-0 defeat, Brighton looks to have gone far if they have any chance of progressing to the next round.
Defensive midfielders never get the credits they should, especially when you were your club’s third pick after Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia.
Tonight, Waturo Endo put in a great performance for Liverpool and stabilized the delivery in the middle of midfield.
If Jurgen Klopp wins trophies in his final season with the club, Endo will be one of the great players to do so.
Rangers may feel badly treated with the penalty they conceded tonight as Souttar felt he had been treated in the box.
In this country it would be unreasonable as he directs the ball with his own arm with no intention of doing so.
However, it turns out that in Europe the regulations are different and groups want clarity about it, otherwise it will cause more negativity.
Angel Di Maria showed tonight why he is an integral part of Benfica’s success, even at the age of 36.
He was a constant thorn in the side of the Rangers, scoring the game-tying penalty in the first half.
Phillipe Clement will want to have a plan to face him at Ibrox if he is to succeed in the quarter-finals.
The team that knocked Newcastle out of Europe looks to have a chance of reaching the quarterfinals.
Milan will take a two-goal lead in Prague for the match.
It’s everybody’s game, the visitors were clearly hurt by being down to ten men when a player was sent off tonight.
A brace from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang helped the French to a convincing victory in the round of 16.
The Spaniards have a huge mountain to climb if they want to advance to the next round.
Marseille will be able to pull off this draw and secure their place in the quarter-finals of the Europa League.
The visitors failed to manage a single shot on target during the match.
The referee puts an end to the attack in Portugal.
Not many teams get anything at the Estadio da Luz, but Phillipe Clement’s team had a great performance.
Now they will have to bring them back to Ibrox, who will no doubt recover, to get back in shape at any level.
In Germany, it’s all over.
West Ham is eliminated in what was a close game.
Alvarez gave the ball away on the halfway line, which then led to the goal that Freiburg will try to defend in London.
90 7. Go. The referee does not award a penalty.
We’re not used to this in the Premier League, every time a referee approaches the manager, the resolution changes.
This seems to be West Ham’s last scoring chance.
90 6. The ball hits Noah Weisshaupt’s arm in the box.
West Ham claimed a penalty but the referee was not interested.
The VAR finds it and sends it to the monitor.
86. Roofe has made a real career since joining the Rangers.
He chases down each and every ball and makes sure defenders don’t have time on the ball.
While demanding situations from Silva, Silva yells as he tries to get a loose shot and a caution for the player.
The referee is interested and when he realizes it, he miraculously recovers and is completely injured.
We want to start reserving players for that, supposedly big, difficult defenders who fake fouls.
88. Right after the goal, Moyes replaced Ward-Prowse with Phillips.
I don’t know if it’s tactical or just to make sure Gareth Southgate didn’t have an unnecessary visit to his favourite player.
Either way, West Ham are running out of time to get the equaliser.
85. Although the visitors had worked hard to get back into the game, they missed the goal.
Rafael Leao once again controlled to put it on a platter for Pulisic and it was an undeniable finish for the American.
That they have a two-goal lead for the second leg.
81. The impasse, however, was hampered in the last ten minutes.
In a very close match, Michael Gregoritsch scored the most important goal in Germany.
Roland Sallai fired the shot and the Austrian submarine slipped between two West Ham players to finish home.
67. The Rangers pressed the self-destruct button in Portugal.
A curveball was thrown into the box and Goldson had only Rangers players around him, with the ball heading towards Butland.
Goldson puts his header into the corner of his own goal.
65. Germany is out of danger.
Jarrod Bowen stepped in from the right and fired a left-footed shot towards goal that looked inward.
Noah Atubolu made a sublime save to deny the goal.
65. Visitors don’t seem to have read the script tonight.
While AC Milan failed to clear their lines in their own box, Schranz reacted quicker to bring the ball home.
This puts the cat among the pigeons of San Siro for the rest of the game.
56. The Portuguese team tries to get ahead at the slightest opportunity but Clément’s team defends well.
Not that it’s with their backs to the wall, as the Rangers have also had their half-down percentage.
They just seem to want to show a little more composure in the final third.
60. The French will win this toss tonight.
A left-footed lob from the former Arsenal striker to extend the lead.
This can turn into an even tougher defeat for the Spaniards with 30 minutes left in the game.
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