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On Thursday evening, it became clear which teams preserved the opportunity to triumph in the UEFA Europa League tournament.
Lisbon's Benfica, Turin's Juventus, Sevilla, and Valencia clubs made it to the semi-finals of the tournament.
The Benfica footballers secured a place among the four strongest tournament teams, bringing a goal advantage from the Netherlands and defeating the AZ team at home with a score of 2-0.
Sevilla unexpectedly made it to the semi-finals. After losing 1-0 to Porto away, the Spanish footballers crushed their Portuguese opponents with a score of 4-1 and advanced to the tournament semi-finals.
Italian champions also made it to the top four. Turin's Juventus team, bringing a one-goal advantage from Lyon, once again defeated the Olympique footballers at home with a score of 2-1.
The Basel footballers wasted a three-goal advantage. After defeating Valencia at home, the Swiss team conceded the same number of goals away, leading the teams to play extra time. During this time, the team with two goals scored the winning goals.
Results:
Benfica 2 - 0 AZ (First match: 1 - 0) 37' [1 - 0] Rodrigo 71' [2 - 0] Rodrigo
Juventus 2 - 1 Olympique Lyonnais (First match: 1 - 0) 4' [1 - 0] A.Pirlo 18' [1 - 1] J.Briand 68' [2 - 1] S.Umtiti (own goal)
Sevilla 4 - 1 Porto (First match: 0 - 1) 5' [1 - 0] I.Rakitič (penalty) 26' [2 - 0] Vitolo 29' [3 - 0] C.Bacca 79' [4 - 0] K.Gameiro 90' [4 - 1] R.Quaresma
Valencia* 5 - 0 Basel (First match: 0 - 3) 38' [1 - 0] P.Alcacer 42' [2 - 0] E.Vargas 70' [3 - 0] P.Alcacer 113' [4 - 0] P.Alcacer 118' [5 - 0] J.Bernat 54' Coke (Valencia) - red card 101' M.Diaz (Basel) - red card 105' G.Sauro (Basel) - red card * - after extra time
