Goalkeeper David de Gea had a disastrous night as United were defeated by the six-time champions. After eight minutes, De Gea passed to an isolated Harry MaGuire, who had scored one of the first-leg own goals.
This time, he gave the ball away after being ambushed by three opponents, and Youssef En-Nesyri accepted the present. Sevilla dominated and had another chance to score before centre back Loic In the 47th minute, Bade headed onto his own shoulder and looped the ball over De Gea.
De Gea charged out in the 81st minute but sliced a dropping ball. En-Nesyri completed the victory by curling into the empty net. It’s obvious that when we make mistakes, winning a football game becomes extremely difficult. We must do better. That’s a demand, United coach Erik ten Hag said.
Earlier in the evening, Italy’s highest sporting court overturned a 15-point Serie A points deduction for illegal transfer activity, but requested that the case be re-examined.
Juventus got off to a fast start in Lisbon, as Adrian Rabiot spun and scored after Sporting failed to clear a ninth-minute corner. Marcus Edwards converted the 20th-minute penalty after the French midfielder fouled Manuel Ugarte in the penalty area.
The home team struggled against the Juventus defence, and Sporting’s best chances in the final minutes were missed by Ricardo Esgaio and Sebastian Coates.
Juventus will play Sevilla next, and coach Massimiliano Allegri believes the writing was on the wall for Manchester United. I expected Sevilla to be truthful. They’re a tricky team, said Juventus’ coach. They have won so many Europa Leagues, so they have a clear advantage. I had the impression that the signs from the previous game were in their favour.
Union Saint-Gilloise was unable to claim a second German scalp in Brussels. Union Saint-Gilloise drew the first leg in Leverkusen, as they did in the round of 16 on their way to eliminating Union Berlin.
On Thursday, their chances of a repeat were dashed after 90 seconds, when Moussa Diaby took advantage of some sloppy defending and rounded custodian Anthony Moris.
Mitchel Bakker added a second goal after 38 minutes. After 60 minutes, Morris passed the ball to Jeremie Frimpong, who fired it past the Luxembourg international.
Union’s Casper Terho responded, but Adam Hlozek restored the three-goal lead. Being in the semi-finals is great, but once you get there, you want more, Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso said, whose team will face Roma in the final.
After a tense first hour in Rome, Leonardo Spinazzola levelled the score with a deflected shot. Paixao’s goal put Feyenoord ahead on the night and on aggregate. However, in the final seconds of regular time, Roma’s Paulo Dybala scored to send the game to overtime.
El Shaarawy scored from close range to put Roma ahead 11 minutes into extra time, and Lorenzo Pellegrini scored off a rebound three minutes later. Fiorentina blew a three-goal first-leg lead against Lech Poznan in the Europa Conference League before scoring twice in the final 12 minutes to lose 3-2 at home but advance 6-4 on aggregate.
Hugo Cuypers put Gent ahead on aggregate after 20 minutes against West Ham at the London Stadium. However, Michail Antonio scored twice, Lucas Paqueta converted a penalty, and Declan Rice also scored as West Ham won 4-1 on aggregate to advance 5-2.
Nice, France’s last representative in Europe, was eliminated 3-2 on aggregate after losing 2-1 in extra time to Basel at home. In the 98th minute, Kasim Adams scored the game-winning goal.
