On the day of the Russian invasion, Zenit St. Petersburg was the focus of the Europa League. However, President Vladimir Putin’s heart club could not reach the next round.
Zenit St. Petersburg missed the round of 16 of the Europa League. The Russian champions were held to a 0-0 draw at Betis Sevilla. After the 2:3 in the first leg, Zenit was eliminated early. On the day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin’s favorite club (born in St. Petersburg) was in the public eye.
That’s how the other games went
FC Barcelona, record winners FC Sevilla and Atalanta have reached the round of 16 in the Europa League. FC Porto and Betis Sevilla also survived the intermediate round on Thursday evening. Barca won the difficult second leg at Italian top club SSC Napoli 4: 2 (3: 1) and after the 1: 1 in the first leg is in the round of the last 16 of the second highest European Cup – for the first time since 2004.
At that time the competition was still called the Uefa Cup. Since then, Barcelona have been regulars in the Champions League, but were eliminated in the group stage for the first time this season. In Naples, the team led by national goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen surprisingly won clearly.
FC Sevilla were able to afford a 0-1 (0-0) draw at Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb in the second leg on Thursday. The Spaniards won the first leg 3-1. After winning the first leg (2-1), Bergamo celebrated an easy 3-0 (1-0) against Greek title holders Olympiakos Piraeus.
Things were tight for Porto: The Portuguese drew 2-2 (1-1) at Lazio Roma, having won the first leg 2-1.
Further results at a glance:
Real Sociedad 1: 3 RB Leipzig (first leg: 2: 2)
Lazio 2-2 FC Porto (first leg 1-2)
SSC Napoli 2:4 FC Barcelona (first leg 1:1)
Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 Sevilla FC (first leg 1-3)
Olympiacos Piraeus 0-3 Atalanta BC (1-2 1st leg)
Glasgow Rangers 2-2 Borussia Dortmund (first leg 4-2)
Real Betis Sevilla 0-0 Zenit St. Petersburg (first leg 3-2)
Sporting Braga 5-2 a.e. Sheriff Tiraspol (first leg 0-2)