A roundup of all of Thursday’s action in Europe’s “other” club competition, the Europa League…
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Two games involving Italian clubs — Inter Milan v. Getafe and Sevilla v. Roma — were postponed after Italy, one of the countries hit hardest by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, was placed under national quarantine. Makeup dates for those games are unknown at this time.
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Olympiacos 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolves still have every hope of reaching the quarterfinals after securing a 1-1 away draw with Olympiacos, though they won’t necessarily be thrilled by the order in which the game unfolded.
Olympiacos went down to 10 men after Ruben Semedo was sent off in the 28th minute, but the Greek powerhouse was first on the scoreboard anyway. Youssef El-Arabi, who scored the dramatic winner two weeks ago at Arsenal, put his side ahead in the 54th minute.
Youssef El-Arabi, who scored the extra time winner against Arsenal, now scores the opener against Wolves 🔥 pic.twitter.com/Z27MeJfzMB
— Bleacher Report Live (@brlive) March 12, 2020
Pedro Neto‘s equalizer wasn’t the prettiest goal ever scored, but manager Nuno Espirito Santo will take the deflected free kick 100 times out of 100 and head back to Molineux Stadium expecting to reach the next round, should the competition continue to be played in a week’s time.
Wolves grabbed a crucial away goal to end the first leg against Olympiacos 1-1 🙌 pic.twitter.com/UN9gQ2XTJj
— Bleacher Report Live (@brlive) March 12, 2020
Wolfsburg 1-2 Shakhtar Donetsk
Wolfsburg suffered a 2-1 home defeat which puts them in a precarious position to reach the quarterfinals, but it was better news for U.S. men’s national team fans.
USMNT defender John Brooks is back from being benched and making an impact once again. The 27-year-old headed home a corner kick in the 48th minute to bring Wolfsburg level (until Shakhtar bagged the winner in the 73rd).
John Brooks headed equalizer 🇺🇸 @USMNT pic.twitter.com/UU4i78YPwN
— Bleacher Report Live (@brlive) March 12, 2020
Full Europa League scoreboard
LASK 0-5 Manchester United — FULL RECAP
Olympiacos 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Rangers 1-3 Bayer Leverkusen
Wolfsburg 1-2 Shakhtar Donetsk
Eintracht Frankfurt 0-3 Basel
Istanbul Basaksehir 1-0 Copenhagen
Inter Milan v. Getafe — postponed
Sevilla v. Roma — postponed