Barcelona, April 14 (BNA): An Associated Press look at what is happening in European football on Thursday:
European League
All four matches in the quarter-finals are in good standing with three of them tied 1-1 from the first leg.
That includes Barcelona, the title favorite looking to win the only title not in their group.
The Spanish team, playing in Europe’s second-tier competition for the first time since 2004 (when it was dubbed the European Cup), secured a second-half equalizer from Ferran Torres against Eintracht Frankfurt last week.
West Ham and Lyon also tied 1-1 before going to the second leg in France, as well as Leipzig and Atalanta before the second leg in Italy. Portuguese club Braga travel to Scotland to protect their 1-0 lead over Rangers.
European Conference League
Norwegian champion Bodo/Glimt will miss his coach in what is likely to be the biggest match in his history. Kjetil Knutsen was suspended for his part in a brawl with Roma goalkeeper coach, Nuno Santos, near the dressing rooms in last week’s first-leg match which Bodo/Glimt won 2-1 thanks to an 89th-minute goal.
UEFA rejected Bodo/Glimt’s appeal on Wednesday. Roma lost 6-1 away to Bodo/Glimt in the group stage, which represented the heaviest defeat in Jose Mourinho’s coaching career, while the two teams tied in Italy.
Marseille beat PAOK Thessaloniki 2-1 before the return leg in Greece, while PSV Eindhoven tied with Leicester (0-0) and Slavia Prague against Feyenoord (1-1) in the second leg of the European third-tier competition. .