{"id":2136,"date":"2020-12-10T20:26:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T20:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/europa-league-matchday-6-whos-through-to-the-round-of-32\/"},"modified":"2020-12-10T20:26:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T20:26:22","slug":"europa-league-matchday-6-whos-through-to-the-round-of-32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/?p=2136","title":{"rendered":"Europa League Matchday 6: Who's through to the round of 32?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Europa League group stage concludes on Thursday, with just a handful of places up for grabs in the round of 32. Here’s a look at what happened on Matchday 6:<\/em><\/p>\n

Early kickoffs<\/h3>\n

Group A<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite losing 3-1 to CSKA Sofia on Thursday, Paulo Fonseca’s Roma still managed to finish atop Group A with 13 points from six matches. Young Boys finished second and advanced thanks to a 2-1 win over CFR Cluj. Tommaso Milanese, Roma’s 18-year-old midfielder, scored his first senior goal to level the score, but Ali Sowe bagged a brace to give the already-eliminated Sofia a consolation victory.<\/p>\n

Group B<\/strong><\/p>\n

Molde are off to the Europa League round of 32 after Magnus Wolff Eikrem’s brace helped the Norwegian club secure an important 2-2 draw against Rapid Vienna. Molde finish second in Group B behind an Arsenal side that beat Dundalk 4-2 to become the 11th team to complete the opening round of the competition with a perfect record.<\/p>\n

Group C<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Leon Bailey’s two first-half finishes ensured that this group would be low on drama. Thanks to the Jamaican speedster’s brace, Bayer Leverkusen eased past Slavia Prague 4-0 to secure top spot in the group, while the Czech side finishes second. Both teams had qualified last week. In a meaningless fixture in Israel, Hapoel Beer Sheva topped lifeless Nice 1-0 to claim third place in Group C.<\/p>\n

Group D<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rangers secured top spot in Group D with a 2-0 win over Lech Poznan on Thursday to maintain their unbeaten record in the Europa League this season. The Scottish club struggled early on in the tournament before mounting a strong push for the finish line and winning their last two matches to end the group stage two-points clear of second-place Benfica, who drew 2-2 with Standard Liege on the final matchday.<\/p>\n

Group E<\/strong><\/p>\n

With only first place in the quartet left up for grabs on Thursday, PSV Eindhoven snatched top billing from Granada after goals from Donyell Malen and Denzel Dumfries and a late Joel Piroe double guided the Dutch delights to a 4-0 win over Omonia Nicosia. La Liga minnows and European debutants Granada will have to settle for second after seeing out a 0-0 stalemate against PAOK in picturesque Thessaloniki.<\/p>\n

Group F<\/strong><\/p>\n

Willian Jose’s 92nd-minute equalizer in Thursday’s 1-1 draw against Napoli ensured Real Sociedad’s passage to the round of 32. Napoli still claimed first place in Group F with 12 points, but the real drama happened further down the table, with La Real snatching second from AZ Alkmaar, whose 2-1 loss to Rijeka eliminated them from contention. Alkmaar, who had already been reduced to 10 men, conceded in the 93rd minute to lose the game and finish a point behind Sociedad.<\/p>\n

Late kickoffs<\/h3>\n

Group G<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Leicester vs. AEK Athens<\/li>\n
  • SC Braga vs. Zorya<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Group H<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Celtic vs. Lille<\/li>\n
    • Sparta Prague vs. AC Milan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Group I<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Sivasspor<\/li>\n
      • Villarreal vs. Qarabag (postponed)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Group J<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        • Ludogorets Razgrad vs. LASK<\/li>\n
        • Tottenham Hotspur vs. Royal Antwerp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Group K<\/strong><\/p>\n

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          • Dinamo Zagreb vs. CSKA Moscow<\/li>\n
          • Wolfsberger AC vs. Feyenoord<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Group L<\/strong><\/p>\n

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            • Hoffenheim vs. Gent<\/li>\n
            • Slovan Liberec vs. Red Star Belgrade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              The Europa League group stage concludes on Thursday, with just a handful of places up for grabs in the round of 32. Here’s a look at what happened on Matchday 6: Early kickoffs Group A Despite losing 3-1 to CSKA Sofia on Thursday, Paulo Fonseca’s Roma still managed to finish atop Group A with 13 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bundesliga"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}