with a hat trickwith special mention to the spectacular first goal, Angel Di María was decisive in the triumph of Juventus 3-0 of this Thursday in his visit to Nantes, and thus the Italian team qualified for the round of 16 of the Europa League.
Since he returned from Qatar with the World Cup under his arm, Di María looked unstoppable. The first goal was a left-footed shot into the corner. In the second he caused a penalty and the expulsion of the French defender Nicolas Pallois. and it did not fail from eleven meters
With one more player Juve -who had in the bank to the juveniles Matías Soulé and Enzo Barrenechea- dominated without problems to a Nantes against the ropes that could do little. Kostic was able to score the third, but he ran into the post just before the break.
La Vecchia Signora maintained their dominance in the second half, and Fideo -with suspense- scored the third to begin to heal the painful sanction received in Serie A in Italy and the failure to fall in the group stage of the Champions League.
For his part, and with a goal from also world champion Exequiel Palacioshe Bayer Leverkusen also passed of phase by winning 3-2 visitor to Monaco in regulation time and get over it later in the penalty shootout 5-3.
Manchester United, with the world champion Lisandro Martínez and the entry of the youthful Alejandro Garnacho, eliminated Barcelona of the Europa League by winning 2-1.
The Pole Robert Lewandowski, from a penalty, had put the Catalans ahead, but the English turned it around with goals from the Brazilians Fred and Antony.
With a bit of Paulo Dybalaanother consecrated with the Selection in Qatar 2022, Rome turned the series around from local by beating Salzburg 2-0 from former Boca Nicolás Capaldo. Andrea Belotti had scored the opening of the scoring.
Despite losing 2-0 (goals from Luuk de Jong and Fabio Silva) Against the PSV of goalkeeper Walter Benítez, Jorge Sampaoli’s Sevilla -with Marcos Acuña, plus the income of Gonzalo Montiel and Lucas Ocampos- qualified to the next phase for having won 3-0 in the first leg. The Brazilian Mauro Júnior was sent off in the Dutch team.
Geronimo Rulli’s Ajax -archer of the team of the world champion Argentine team- got eliminated in the eighth after the 3-1 victory of the local Union Berlinwho had tied the first leg in the Netherlands without goals.
The winner was scored by the German Robin Knoche from a penalty, the Croatian Josip Juranović and the Dutch Danilho Doekhi; discounted the Ghanaian Mohammed Kudus.
on your side, Sporting Lisboa -with the entry of Mateo Tanlongo- passed the series in Denmark smoothly by thrashing Midtjylland 4-0, where the Brazilian Paulinho saw the red. The goals were scored by the Uruguayan Sebastián Coates, the Portuguese Pote (2) and the Dane Stefan Gartenmann against.
Finallywith goals from Cameroonian Karl Toko Ekambi and Belgian Ibrahim Salah, Rennes beat Shakhtar 2-1 in regulation time (discounted the Frenchman Jeanuël Belocian against), but fell 5-4 on penalties and the Ukrainians got the ticket.