Shakhtar bump Basel, in semis
Gelcenkirchen (Germany), Aug. 12: Shakhtar Donetsk routed Basel 4-1 to set up a Europa League semifinal against Inter Milan.
Four Brazilians scored for the Ukrainian side before Ricky van Wolfswinkel netted a consolation goal for the Swiss side.
Junior Moraes put Shakhtar ahead in the second minute by steering in a header from Marlos’ corner. It was the Brazilianborn Ukraine forward’s
25th goal across all competitions, coming after he scored two against Wolfsburg in the second leg of their rescheduled
Round-of-16 tie last week. Taison grabbed Shakhtar’s second with a deflected shot after a fine flowing team move in the
22nd.
Raoul Petretta produced a clearance to deny Moraes from the rebound.
Alan Patrick’s penalty in the 75th effectively sealed the Ukrainian side’s place in the semifinals.
Shakhtar will play Inter in Dsseldorf on August 17. The final takes place in Cologne four days later. SEVILLA HUNT DOWN WOLVES TO MAKE LAST-4 A late header from Lucas Ocampos gave Sevilla a 1-0 win over Wolverhampton and a place in the Europa League semifinals.
After Raul Jimenez missed an early penalty for Wolves, Sevilla increasingly took control of the game. The five-time Europa League champion had seemingly endless set pieces around the Wolves penalty area and finally broke through when Ocampos headed in Eder Banega's cross following a corner in the 88th minute.
Wolves forward Adama Traore earlier showed extraordinary pace in his 53rd club game of the season to sprint in behind the Sevilla defense, only for Diego Carlos to cut him down with a tackle from behind for the penalty.
Jimenez’s spot-kick was barely off-center and pushed away by Yassine Bounou.