Here is the best summary of the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Europa League
Scorers Marcus Rashford and Gerard Moreno consolidated the position of favorites in the Europa League of Manchester United and Villarreal, winners of their first leg quarterfinals in Granada (0-2) and Zagreb (0-1), respectively, while Roma beat the Ajax (1-2), to which he traced by Pau López.
The other match had no winner. Neither Arsenal nor the Slavia Prague, Tied at one in their clash in London, destined to decide which of the two will be in the penultimate step of the tournament in the territory of the Czech champion in a final match within a week, when everything will be completed with the clashes in our way back.
The time of Gerard Moreno it is amazing. en LaLiga and in the Europa League. There is no better proof than the numbers, as indisputable as those of the Spanish international striker, because he has participated in 20 goals in the last 13 games of his team between the two competitions: 14 he scored and six he gave.
Seva was the play of the penalty that originated the 0-1 in Zagreb, A cross from the left that hit Teophile’s outstretched arm, and his was the transformation of the maximum penalty, with the right, with the deception to the opposing goalkeeper, who was thrown on the other side , unable to curb the definition of a major scorer.
The 0-1, achieved on the edge of the middle, has a formidable value for the Villarreal, Pending to do as good as it seems on the return to La Ceràmica, as it should do the most favorite of all, by template, history, appearance and scoreboard: the Manchester United, Effective and winner by 0-2 in Granada.
The continental course of Marcus Rashford. It is true that he did not have enough at United to sustain himself in the Champions League, but his goals shine in Europe: eight goals in ten duels between the competition in which he started the course and in which he is now, which awakens the ambition of a group that seeks to rediscover success.
In this is the English team, winning 0-2 against Granada, Which emerged fearlessly in a tie and with a rival of such size, but the concession in the 30th minute was fatal, no matter how much merit the ball had long Victor Lindelof from its territory and the control and definition of Rashford, Who needed three touches to get his head in the semifinals, pending Old Trafford.
In the 65th minute he was replaced by Edinson Cavani and the Granada searched for the equalizer, but received more punishment: the 0-2 on a penalty by Yan Eteki converted by Bruno Fernandes. Rui Silva was about to stop him. Both teams regret penalties for the second round. United lose to Harry Maguire, Scott McTominay and Luke Shaw; the Granada, on Sundays Duarte i Yan Eteki.
Slavia PRAGUE EQUAL ARSENAL AT MINUTE 94 (1-1)
In London, Alexandre Lacazette, on the other hand, did not have as much offensive footprint. His decision in front of the rival goal when he had the victory in the second half concentrated the lament of the Arsenal in front of the Slavia Prague, First relieved by the appearance of Nicholas Pep came to the rescue with 1-0 in the 87th minute, but then disappointed because the clash ended with Holes heading 1-1 in the 94th minute.
I Lacazette he had 30 meters to drive, tackle the most complex of football – the definition – and provoke the individual duel with the goalkeeper, resolved with a shot with effect in the corner, perhaps too tight in the face of such a favorable situation, because he crashed into the corner, Pepe was in a struggle with the defense when he hit the ball in front of the opponent’s goalkeeper.
It was 1-0. Minute 87. Not even that was enough in the Arsenal, because Holes, Opportune, in the second post, in a corner, after a rejection in the heart of the area, never lost faith in a tie that proposes the Czech champion at least with the same options -or more- than his rival for the return in a week on his field.
PAU LÓPEZ relaunched at EL ROMA IN AMSTERDAM (1-2)
In Amsterdam, meanwhile, in addition to the volley of Ibáñez in the final moments that completed the comeback of the Rome with the 1-2, the difference was marked by two goalkeepers in two key moments, with a few minutes difference, when the Italian block was more committed, with 1-0 against and against the precipice of the 2- 0.
Ahead on the scoreboard with the 1-0 of Davy Klaasen in the 40th minute, the Ajax pass from the occasion of the 2-0, with a penalty badly thrown by a remarkable Dusan Tadic in all the rest and repelled by Pau López, In the 1-1, when his young goalkeeper, Kjell Scherpen, made a resounding mistake in a foul Pilgrims.
It wasn’t a too disturbing throw, with the inside of his right foot, on his stick, in his hands really, in a comfortable stretch, but he escaped from them to end up inside the goal and put his team against the ropes in the playoffs. Nothing could be done, already in 87, in front of the guard of Ibáñez. The 1-2 for the Rome, Which points to the semifinals. The return is at home.