Olympique Marseille qualified for the quarterfinal of the Europa League despite suffering a 3-1 defeat away to Villarreal on Thursday evening as the Spanish side went close to a historic European fightback.
The Werkself had a fairy tale start in front of the home crowd and opened the scoring after just six minutes when Florian Wirtz benefited from Grimaldo's deflected cross to slot home.
Despite Eintracht being allotted only 5,000 tickets for the matchday on Thursday, it was observed that a lot more supporters travelled to Barcelona and were able to buy tickets later on, resulting in the German fans dominating the total attendance on the night which was 79,400
FC Barcelona are out of the UEFA Europa League after a shocking 3-2 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt at home. The Spanish giants had settled for a 1-1 draw in Germany in the first leg which meant they are out from the competition losing 4-3 on aggregate.
Not only was City's ban lifted but even their fine has been lessened by CAS. The last two seasons' Premier League champions were initially fined 30 million euros but now the fine has been cut to 10 million euros.
Jesse Lingard has struggled with injury throughout the season but has now regained match fitness and is expected to be part of the starting XI against Partizan Belgrade.
Chelsea - winners of Europe's premier club competition, the Champions League, in 2012 - have added a second Europa League title to go with the one they won in 2013.
Arsenal booked a place in the Europa League knockout stage and extended their unbeaten run to 15 matches despite a 0-0 draw with Sporting Lisbon, while Olivier Giroud's first goal of the season sent Chelsea through.
Finally, the UEFA Champions League semifinal draw has been revealed and some grand clashes are on the cards. In the…
Atletico Madrid-Sporting Lisbon and Arsenal-CSKA Moscow are the highlights of the draw for the Europa League quarter-finals, held here on…
