NO LAYING A GLOVE ON ZENIT
Napolican’tfind away through
NAPOLI crashed out of the Europa League on away goals despite beating RB Leipzig 2-0 in Germany.
Piotr Zielinski and Lorenzo Insigne netted for the Serie A leaders but could not repair the damage of a 3-1 defeat in the first leg.
Fellow Italians Lazio did manage to overturn a firstleg deficit as Ciro Immobile hit a hat-trick in a 5-1 rout of Steaua Bucharest.
Favourites Atletico Madrid are through after a 5-1 aggregate success over Copenhagen, with Kevin Gameiro scoring in a 1-0 second-leg home win.
A policeman died in Bilbao in clashes with Spartak Moscow fans.
The officer died in hospital after suffering a heart attack during street battles between supporters of the two teams that saw five people were arrested.
The Russian side won 2-1 but Athletic went through to the last 16 on aggregate.
Lyon, whose stadium will host the Final, won 1-0 at Villarreal to secure a 4-1 success over the two legs. Lokomotiv Moscow saw off another French outfit Nice as their 1-0 victory earned a 4-2 aggregate win. Dynamo Kiev’s 0-0 draw with AEK Athens saw the Ukrainians through on away goals. A Marcel Schmelzer goal seven minutes from time allowed Borussia Dortmund to draw 1-1 at Atalanta and edge past the Italians 4-3 overall.
A 3-3 draw between Sporting Lisbon and Astana was enough for the Portuguese club to go through 6-4 on aggregate.