Football: Europa League round-up

ANKARA

Portuguese club Braga became the first club to reach the final 16 of the Europa League on Wednesday night as Turkey’s Fenerbahce and Galatasaray waited for their away legs in Moscow and Rome respectively.

A 2-2 draw was enough to see Braga progress against Swiss side Sion FC following their 2-1 victory in the first leg.

It was the only game not scheduled for Thursday night, when Fenerbahce will face Lokomotiv Moscow as Galatasaray play Lazio.

Fenerbahce won the first leg 2-0 in Istanbul but have playmaker Diego suspended while winger Lazar Markovic is out injured.

Lokomotiv’s Dmitri Tarasov is suspended after he revealed a T-shirt imprinted with Vladimir Putin’s face at the end of the Istanbul fixture. Roman Shishkin is also set to miss the match due to injury.

The match kicks off at 7 p.m. local time (1600GMT).

In Rome, Galatasaray, who drew 1-1 in Istanbul, will be without injured Sinan Gumus and Hamit Altintop for the visit to Lazio, who have Keita suspended and Stefan de Vrij out injured.

The match at Stadio Olimpico will kick off at 7 p.m. local time in Italy (1800GMT).

Last 32 second-leg fixtures and the results of the first legs are as follows:

Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia) vs Fenerbahce (Turkey) (0-2)
Schalke 04 (Germany) vs Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) (0-0)
Athletic Bilbao (Spain) vs Olympique Marseille (France) (1-0)
Liverpool (England) vs Augsburg (Germany) (0-0)
Krasnodar (Russia) vs Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) (0-1)
Lazio (Italy) vs Galatasaray (Turkey) (1-1)
Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) vs Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) (1-0)
Rapid Wien (Austria) vs Valencia (Spain) (0-6)
Tottenham (England) vs Fiorentina (Italy) (1-1)
Porto (Portugal) vs Borussia Dortmund (Germany) (0-2)
Napoli (Italy) vs Villarreal (Spain) (0-1)
Basel (Switzerland) vs Saint-Etienne (France) (2-3)
Molde (Norway) vs Sevilla (Spain) (0-3)
Olympiacos (Greece) vs Anderlecht (Belgium) (0-1)
Manchester United (England) vs Midtjylland (Denmark ) (1-2)

ANKARA

A 2-2 draw was enough to see Braga progress against Swiss side Sion FC following their 2-1 victory in the first leg.

It was the only game not scheduled for Thursday night, when Fenerbahce will face Lokomotiv Moscow as Galatasaray play Lazio.

Fenerbahce won the first leg 2-0 in Istanbul but have playmaker Diego suspended while winger Lazar Markovic is out injured.

The match kicks off at 7 p.m. local time (1600GMT).

In Rome, Galatasaray, who drew 1-1 in Istanbul, will be without injured Sinan Gumus and Hamit Altintop for the visit to Lazio, who have Keita suspended and Stefan de Vrij out injured.

The match at Stadio Olimpico will kick off at 7 p.m. local time in Italy (1800GMT).