Europa League, Chelsea-Eintracht and Arsenal-Valencia in the semifinals: possible London derby in the final. Maurizio Sarri in the photo Ansa
LONDON – From the Champions League to the Europa League the music does not change, also in the second European competition for clubs there will be two English clubs in the semifinals and also in this case there will be the possibility of a "English derby" in the final. In this case it would be a real derby, and not like Liverpool-Tottenham, because both Chelsea and Arsenal are from London.
The Chelsea of Maurizio Sarri has eliminated the Slavia Praga, with a great departure and a second time from shivering, and will challenge in the semifinals an Eintracht Frankfurt able to reassemble the Benfica ( also thanks to the aid of Orsato … ). Arsenal have won a two-way match against Napoli and will challenge Valencia in the semifinals, a team that easily got rid of Villarreal.
The results of the Europa League return matches.
CHELSEA-SLAVIA PRAGUE 4-3 (one-way: 1-0)
5 ′ and 27 ′ Pedro (C), 9 ′ aut. Deli (C), 17 ′ Giroud (C), 26 ′ Soucek (S), 51 ′ and 54 ′ Sevcik (S).
CHELSEA (4-3-3): Kepa; Azpilicueta, Christensen, David Luiz, Emerson Palmieri; Kantè, Kovacic, Barkley; Pedro (87 ′ Hudson-Odoi), Giroud, Hazard (65 ′ Willian). Coach: Sarri.
SLAVIA PRAGUE (4-2-3-1): Kolár; Coufal, Ngadeu-Ngadjui, Deli, Boril; Král, Souček; Sevcic (78 ′ Stoch), Traoré, Zmrhal (85 ′ Skoda); Masopust. Coach: Trpisovský.
Booked: Kanté (C), Soucek (S), Kudela (S), Emerson Palmieri (C), Kepa (C).
EINTRACHT-BENFICA 2-0 (one-way: 2-4)
37 ′ Kostic (E), 67 ′ Rode (E).
EINTRACHT FRANKFURT (4-2-3-1): Trapp; Da Costa, Abraham, Hasebe, Falette; Fernandes, Rode (86 ′ Torró); Kostic, Gacinovic, Rebic; Jovic (76 ′ Paciência). Coach: Hutter.
BENFICA (4-4-2): Vlachodimos; André Almeida (79 ′ Jonas), Ruben Dias, Jardel, Grimaldo; Gedson Fernandes, Samaris, Fejsa, Rafa Silva; Joao Felix, Seferovic. Coach: Lage.
Booked: Abraham (E), Falette (E), Rebic (E).
VALENCIA-VILLARREAL 2-0 (one-way: 3-1)
13 ′ Lato (VA), 54 ′ Parejo (VA).
VALENCIA (4-4-2): Neto; Wass, Roncaglia, Diakhaby, Lato; Torres, Soler (46 ′ Gabriel Soler), Parejo (62 ′ Coquelin), Gonçalo Guedes (68 ′ Kang-IN); Santi Mina, Gameiro. Coach: Marcelino.
VILLARREAL (4-4-2): Andres Fernandez; Ratiu, Funes Mori, Victor Ruiz, Jaume Costa; Mornales, Trigueros (74 ′ Javi Fuego), Cáseres (64 ′ Fornals), Pedraza; Raba (46 ′ Chukwueze), Moreno. Coach: Javi Calleja.
Booked: Funes Mori (VI), Ratiu (VI), Coquelin (VA), Pedraza (VI).
NAPLES-ARSENAL 0-1 (one-way: 0-2)
36 ′ Lacazette (A).
NAPLES (4-4-2): Meret; Maksimovic (46 ′ Mertens), Chiriches, Koulibaly, Ghoulam (71 ′ Mario Rui); Callejon, Allan, Zielinski, Fabian Ruiz; Insigne (61 ′ Younes), Milik. Coach: Ancelotti.
ARSENAL (3-4-1-2): Cech; Papastathopoulos, Koscielny, Monreal; Maitland-Niles, Torreira, Xhaka (61 ′ Elneny), Kolasinac; Ramsey (34 ′ Mkhitaryan); Lacazette (68 ′ Iwobi), Aubameyang. Coach: Emery.
Booked: Insigne (N), Callejon (N), Cech (A).
Source: Sky Sport.
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