Porto 1-1 Roma, AZ Alkmaar 4-1 Galatasaray, Twente 2-1 Bodø/Glimt: Europa League – as it happened
Key events
Europa League roundup
Francisco Moura’s second-half strike earned Porto a 1-1 draw against 10-man Roma in the first leg of their Europa League knockout-round playoff as Galatasaray lost 4-1 at AZ Alkmaar.
Zeki Celik put Roma ahead in the dying seconds of the first half before Moura equalised when his shot deflected off a defender past goalkeeper Mile Svilar in the 67th minute.
Claudio Ranieri’s Roma were dealt a further blow five minutes later when they were left with 10 men as Bryan Cristante was handed a second yellow card.
Ten-man Galatasaray suffered a 4-1 defeat at Alkmaar thanks to goals from Sven Mijnans, Jordy Clasie and David Møller Wolfe along with a penalty from Troy Parrott. Twente earned a last-gasp 2-1 home win over Bodø/Glimt and Romania’s Steaua Bucharest fought back to beat PAOK 2-1.
In the early kick-offs, Fenerbahce claimed a resounding 3-0 home win over Anderlecht, while Ajax, Real Sociedad and Ferencvaros also secured first-leg leads against Union Saint-Gilloise, Midtjylland and Viktoria Plzen respectively.
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That’s it for our coverage of a fun night of European football, one that two 16-year-olds – Jorthy Mokio of Ajax and Michael Noonan of Shamrock Rovers – will never forget.
We’ll be back in the morning with our Friday build-up blog; see you then.
Europa League results
After all that excitement, this is the state of play.
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Fenerbahce 3-0 Anderlecht
Winners play Rangers or Olympiacos -
Ferencvaros 1-0 Plzen
Winners play Lazio or Athletic Bilbao -
Midtjylland 1-2 Real Sociedad
Winners play Man Utd or Tottenham Hotspur -
Union SG 0-2 Ajax
Winners play Lyon or Eintracht Frankfurt -
AZ Alkmaar 4-1 Galatasaray
Winners play Man Utd or Tottenham Hotspur -
Porto 1-1 Roma
Winners play Lazio or Athletic Bilbao -
PAOK 1-2 FCSB
Winners play Lyon or Eintracht Frankfurt -
Twente 2-1 Bodo/Glimt
Winners play Rangers or Olympiacos
Full time: Porto 1-1 Roma
Ten-man Roma have held on for a draw in Portugal. Claudio Ranieri will be pretty happy with that as he attempts to win his first European knockout tie since Chelsea beat Arsenal in 2003-04.
Actually, as I type that, Ranieri marches onto the field to give his players an almighty brollocking. I think he’s telling them to get away from the referee rather than expressing his anger at their performance or the result.
Full time: PAOK 1-2 FCSB
A fine win for FCSB. The game turned on the sending off of Taison on the stroke of half-time when PAOK were 1-0 up.
Full time: Twente 2-1 Bodo/Glimt
That penalty was pretty much the last kick of the game.
GOAL! Twente 2-1 Bodo/Glimt (Van Wolfswinkel 95 pen)
A very calm penalty from Ricky van Wolfswinkel gives Twente a crucial advantage ahead of next week’s second leg.
Full time: AZ Alkmaar 4-1 Galatasaray
A fabulous night for AZ, who took Galatasaray apart in an outstanding performance.
Penalty to Twente! Jostein Maurstad Gundersen has been penalised for handball with four seconds of injury time remaining.
87 min: Porto 1-1 Roma It’s still all Porto, though Roma are keeping them at arm’s length for the most part. In the last minute or so Porto have had a couple of long-range shots well wide.
GOAL! Twente 1-1 Bodo/Glimt (Berg 85)
Bodo/Glimt equalise with their first shot on target! The captain Patrick Berg beats Lars Unnerstall with a precise curling shot from 20 yards. Lovely finish.
80 min: Porto 1-1 Roma Porto are really pushing for a winner against 10-man Roma, who have taken off their main striker Artem Dovbyk in a fairly unambiguous statement of defensive intent.
Red card: Porto 1-1 Roma (Cristante) Roma, who were cruising at 1-0 up, are now down to 10 men. Bryan Cristante was given a second yellow card for a foul on Fabio Vieira, who is definitely on loan from Arsenal.
A reminder that the English clubs, Manchester United and Spurs, will play the winners of AZ Alkmaar v Galatasaray and Midtjylland v Real Sociedad in the last 16. At the moment it looks like Alkmaar and Sociedad.
Rangers will play the winners of either Twente v Bodo/Glimt or Fenerbahce v Anderlecht.
Europa League latest
AZ Alkmaar 4-1 Galatasaray
Mijnans 12, Parrott 36 pen, Clasie 58, Wolfe 66; Sallai 20
Porto 1-1 Roma
Moura 67; Celik 45+5
PAOK 1-2 FCSB
Samatta 21; Gheorghita 50, Dawa 60
Twente 1-0 Bodo/Glimt
Ltaief 5
GOAL! Porto 1-1 Roma (Moura 67)
A Roma corner leads to a goal – for Porto! Diogo Costa pings a long goalkick out to Pepe, who moves into the area and is well challenged. Francisco Moura follows up with a shot that takes a big deflection and flies into the net.
GOAL! AZ Alkmaar 4-1 Galatasaray (Wolfe 66)
This is a rout. Troy Parrott’s shot is brilliantly saved by Muslera but David Moller Wolfe taps the rebound in. At first he looked offside; in fact he was played on by Sallai on the far side.
GOAL! PAOK 1-2 FCSB (Dawa 60)
Another goal from an FCSB substitute. Risto Radunovic’s fine corner is headed in emphatically by Joyskim Dawa; PAOK are in all sorts.
Europa League latest
AZ Alkmaar 3-1 Galatasaray
Mijnans 12, Parrott 36 pen, Clasie 58; Sallai 20
Porto 0-1 Roma
Celik 45+5
PAOK 1-1 FCSB
Samatta 21; Gheorghita 50
Twente 1-0 Bodo/Glimt
Ltaief 5
GOAL! AZ Alkmaar 3-1 Galatasaray (Clasie 58)
Galatasaray, who some of us fancied to win the Europa League, are in big trouble now. Jordy Clasie has finished masterfully from eight yards to put AZ Alkmaar two goals and one man ahead.
GOAL! PAOK 1-1 FCSB (Gheorghita 50)
It’s all going wrong for PAOK. They had Taison sent off just before half time and now the substitution Andrei Gheorghita has swept FCSB level after good awareness from Florin Tanase.
Red card: AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Galatasaray (Ayhan) Kaan Ayhan, the Galatasaray right-back, has been given a second yellow card for a clear foul just outside the penalty area. He had the effrontery to complain, and then limped off, but it was a simple decision for the referee.
Conference League Antony, on loan from Manchester United, has scored an excellent goal to give Real Betis the lead away to Gent. The phenomenon of players regaining confidence the moment they leave Old Trafford is one of the great mysteries of our time.
A bit of half-time reading
Europa League half-times
AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Galatasaray
Mijnans 12, Parrott 36 pen; Sallai 20
Porto 0-1 Roma
Celik 45+5
PAOK 1-0 FCSB
Samatta 21
Twente 1-0 Bodo/Glimt
Ltaief 5
45+5 min: PAOK 1-0 FCSB (Taison sent off) PAOK are down to 10 men. Taison has been given a second yellow card for dissent, prompting unapologetic celebrations from some of the FCSB players!
GOAL! Porto 0-1 Roma (Celik 45+5 min)
Roma lead on the stroke of half time! Alexis Saelemaekers’ low cross from the right was half blocked at the near post and broke for Zeki Celik, who cracked it past Diogo Costa. Celik had been involved earlier in the move and just kept running.
45 min: AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Galatasaray “Troy Parrott isn’t on loan at AZ,” writes Jamie Smith. “Excelsior last season was a loan. He had a good season but they went down and AZ bought him from us (Spurs).
Ach, my mistake. Thanks for pointing it out.
A quick reminder of the teams who have already qualified for the last 16 of the Europa League: Lazio, Athletic Bilbao, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Eintracht Frankfurt, Lyon, Olympiacos and Rangers.
39 min: Porto 0-0 Roma The luckless Paulo Dybala has gone off with what looks like a knee injury. He’s able to walk off but he’s pretty distressed and has the body language of a man who knows it’s more than just a knock. Tommaso Baldanzi replaces him.
35 min: PAOK 1-0 FCSB PAOK have had a goal disallowed for offside after making a mess of a three-on-one break. Samatta scored from an offside position but the chap who passed the ball to him (not sure who it was) was through on goal and could have scored himself.
GOAL! AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Galatasaray (Parrott 37 pen)
Baris Yilmaz concedes a penalty with a preposterous tackle on Seiya Maikuma. Republic of Ireland striker Troy Parrott, on loan for Tottenham, calmly sits Muslera down and passes the ball into the net.
