Heroic victory of Janković and Vešović for the history of Karabagh

Rematches of the 1/16 finals of the Europa League

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Ažurirano: 22.02.2024. 23:01h

Milan, Benfica, Karabagh and Freiburg are participants in the round of 16 of the Europa League.

"Rossoneri" lost in Reno with 3:2, after 3:0 at "San Siro", and Benfica played without goals in Toulouse, where they defended their triumph of 2:1 with "La Luz".

Extra time in the matches between Karabagh and Freiburg brought great success to the home teams, as our team led by Marko Janković and Marko Vešović lasted an extra half hour, even though they had one less player from the 57th minute (Čafargulijev was excluded).

Then Braga went forward, had the first dangerous attacks with goals from Fernades in the 70th and Đal in the 83th minute won extra time, after a 4:2 defeat at home.

However, in overtime, the home team scored first - Da Silva in 102th minute, and after Vešović left the game in the 108th minute, Banza scored the penalty for the visitors.

Then - in the second minute of stoppage time, the penalty-roulette prevented Akundzade, who entered the game instead of Vešović and scored for the final 2:3.

It is the first placement of an Azerbaijani club in the round of 16 of the Europa League.

In the game Freiburg - Lans, the home team avoided elimination in the last minute (2:2), and Roland Salai saved it.

After nine minutes of overtime, Gregorič scored the final 3:2.

Marseille passed Shakhtar with a victory at the Velodrome (3:1, first match 2:2), Galatasaray was eliminated after a convincing defeat in Prague against Sparta (4:1, first match won 3:2), and Sporting is among the top 16 after a draw with Young Boys (1:1).

The Portuguese great won the first game 4:2.

Bayer Leverkusen, Liverpool, Brighton, West Ham, Rangers, Atalanta and Slavia Prague directly advanced to the round of 16 as group winners.

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