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On Thursday evening, the second-leg UEFA Europa League quarter-final matches revealed that three Spanish teams and the Portuguese Lisbon team "Sporting" will continue to compete for the second most prestigious trophy of the Old Continent.
Athletic Bilbao and Atletico Madrid players, who secured victories a week ago, did not allow their opponents to take revenge and celebrated their ticket to the semi-finals.
Meanwhile, Valencia, after a 1-2 defeat away, crushed Alkmaar AZ 4-0 in front of their own fans.
Sporting maintained their home advantage against Metalist Kharkiv in Ukraine.
The semi-finals, where Atletico Madrid will face Valencia, and Athletic Bilbao will test Sporting's strength, will take place on April 19th and 26th.
Results:
(highlighted teams proceed to the next stage)
Athletic Bilbao 2 - 2 Schalke 04
(first leg 4 - 2, total score 6 - 4)
29' [0 - 1] K.J. Huntelaar
41' [1 - 1] I. Gomez
52' [1 - 2] Raul
55' [2 - 2] M.S. Laskurain
Hannover 96 1 - 2 Atletico Madrid
(first leg 1 - 2, total score 2 - 4)
63' [0 - 1] Adrian
81' [1 - 1] M.B. Diouf
87' [1 - 2] R. Falcao
Metalist Kharkiv 1 - 1 Sporting Lisbon
(first leg 1 - 2, total score 2 - 3)
44' [0 - 1] R.v. Wolfswinkel
57' [1 - 1] J. Cristaldo
Valencia 4 - 0 AZ Alkmaar
(first leg 1 - 2, total score 5 - 2)
15' [1 - 0] A. Rami
17' [2 - 0] A. Rami
56' [3 - 0] J. Alba
80' [4 - 0] P. Hernandez
