Wolves book last-eight date with Sevilla

Nervy Wolves booked a Europa League quarter-final with Sevilla after edging past Olympiacos.

Raul Jimenez’s penalty gave the hosts a 1-0 win in the second leg of their last-16 tie to progress 2-1 on aggregate.

They will face five-time Europa League winners Sevilla in a one-off quarterfinal in Duisburg on Tuesday with a potential semi-final against Manchester United waiting.

Nuno Espirito Santo’s side rode their luck and Mo Camara had a first-half goal ruled out by the tightest of VAR calls against Youssef El Arabi.

They also endured an anxious finale, with Rui Patricio’s fine save denying Ahmed Hassan a leveller.

Sevilla beat Roma 2-0 in Duisburg last night to stay in the hunt for a record sixth

Europa League title. Fullback Sergio Reguilon gave Sevilla the lead with a surging run through the Roma defence and shot past keeper Pau Lopez in the 22nd minute. Youssef En-nesyri added the second just before half-time, tapping in a low cross by Lucas Ocampos.

Roma defender Gianluca Mancini was sent off in added time for making contact with Luuk De Jong’s head in a challenge for the ball.

since January and again looked well off the pace as Rangers finally saw their 13-month Europa League campaign end.

However, Gerrard admitted it was not only Morelos who failed to turn up against Peter Bosz’s impressive Bundesliga outfit, who sealed a 4-1 aggregate triumph thanks to Moussa Diaby’s secondhalf winner.

Gerrard, who has made sure he has adequate cover up front should the striker depart with Tuesday’s double swoop for Kemar Roofe and Cedric Itten, said:“idon’tknow[ifmorelos will still be here next week] because I can’t control what goes on outside.

“Everyoneknowshe’shad his head turned, for sure. There’s no denying that.

“We just move forward. Myfocusisontheteamand the players who want to be here. My focus is certainly now on St Mirren.

“If a bid comes, and I’ll say it again, that the board like and are interested in and the player tells me face-to-face that he wants to go, then we’ll see what happens.

“I don’t think [the speculation is showing in his performances]. I think Alfredo is professional enough to block the noise out and focus. He hasn’t had the best of games tonight but we haven’t as a team either and there’s certainly no blame been pointed at anyone. We’ve given it our best shot and unfortunately we’ve fallen short.

“We all have to improve – but Alfredo needs to remain focused.”

Rangers were made to wait five months to complete their last-16 tie with Leverkusen.

The second leg at the Bay Arena was on hold due to the coronavirus crisis – but Bosz’s team were red hot and added Diaby’s goal to the 3-1 triumph they recorded at Ibrox back in March.

It was a tough watch for Gerrard, whose side started the competition against St Joseph’s back in July 2019, clocking up 18 games along the way.

Gerrard added: “We’ve come a long way in the last two years. We failed to get past some part-timers (Progres Neiderkorn) two seasons ago – now we’re competing in the last 16.”