Europa League – Six teams including Napoli and Real Sociedad secure their place in the round of 16

(Belga) Naples, of Dries Mertens, and Real Sociedad, of Adnan Januzaj, but also the Young Boys of Bern, at the end of the suspense, FK Molde, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Wolfsberg won in extremis, Thursday, the six last tickets for the round of 16 of the Europa League football.

The Neapolitans drew with the Basques, second in La Liga, in the last shock of Group F (1-1), which perfectly suited the two clubs because at the same time AZ Alkmaar, who still had a little hope of qualification, fell in Rijeka (2-1). This match took place in the “Diego Armando Maradona Stadium”, renamed following the death of the Argentine star thanks to an express resolution of the city council. In Group A, the Young Boys qualified by beating, in Bern, the Romanians of Cluj (2-1), but really in extremis, at the end of the suspense: the two Swiss goals were scored in added time, at the 90th + 4, on a most questionable penalty, and at the 90th + 6 minute. In Group B, the Norwegians of Molde went to take a very useful point in Austria, on the lawn of Rapid Vienna (2-2). And Arsenal completed its flawless by winning a 6th victory in six matches for the Irish of Dundalk (4-2). In Group K, behind Dinamo Zagreb, already qualified and winner of CSKA Moscow (3-1), already eliminated, Wolfsberg beat Dick Advocaat’s Feyenoord 1-0 and took the precious second place. Maccabi Tel Aviv also secured their place in the knockout phase with a difficult success against Turks Sivasspor (1-0). . (Belga)