Juventus , Benfica , Sevilla and Valencia in Europa League semi-final
Juventus
Italian , Portuguese Benfica and Valencia and Seville Spanish agreed to
the semifinals of the Europa League, whose crosses are drawn tomorrow ,
after passing their qualifying quarters Olympique Lyon French, Dutch AZ
Alkmaar , the Portuguese Porto and FC Basel .
In Turin , Juventus , one of the favorites to win the Europa League, met with the script and again beat Olympique Lyon .
The first-leg 0-1 became 2-1 in the second leg thanks to goals from Andrea Pirlo and Claudio Marchisio , who gave some hope to the French.
They only troubled with the target of Jimmy Briand , who tied momentarily in the first part to decorate a marker that allowed Italians alive .
Benfica Lisbon also saw AZ Alkmaar , who could not work a miracle to overcome the 0-1 against the first encounter.
The Portuguese gave no option . Spanish Rodrigo Moreno was responsible for allowing two goals to his dream club to its first title. It has never gotten , reached two finals without success and is one step away from his third attempt.
Sevilla and Valencia rallied to Porto ( 4-1) and Basel (5-0 ) to reach the semifinals.
Sevilla and Valencia CF had to meet a difficult mission to reach the penultimate round of the Europa League. They wanted to emulate Real Madrid and Atletico, who in the past two days reached the semifinals of the Champions League.
The hype of the two draws Competitions could have four Spanish teams and for that Unai Emery 's men and the Spanish-Argentine Juan Antonio Pizzi had to turn two complicated results .
Sevilla made it more forcefully and with less uncertainty , although since played 54 minutes with the Porto squad for the expulsion of Coke Andújar . Even so he lost control of tying a tie when the game had only just begun.
It was Ivan Rakitic , penalty , which gave hope to the audience that filled the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium , witnessed both the Croatian fifteenth course also decorated with 17 assists . After Victor Machin " Vitolo " made the second with a neat finish in front of the goalkeeper Fabiano Ribeiro , who could not prevent the third work of Colombian Carlos Bacca fix after a scramble inside the box.
Porto , half dead , only reacted when played with a footballer . Then Beto appeared to avoid further shocks and Kevin Gameiro to give the lace to the Portuguese. The goal of Ricardo Quaresma to no avail .
Worst what happened Valencia, who had to turn to a result against broader. The Basel 3-0 in the first leg caused a small split in the whole Che , who was half removed by a club he has already given notice in the Champions League on its ability to surprise .
The appearance of Paco Alcácer , has been uncovered in Valencia as an efficient scorer , he dreamed his team 's first goal after 38 minutes , when the break was at the door of a crash that seemed to be difficult for the team Emery. The situation became more comfortable with the second goal , the work of Eduardo Vargas , just as Spanish and Swiss were ready to leave the locker room.
After the break, Alcácer , again with a goal , worked the miracle and allowed both teams to meet with the extension, in which the Basel lost two players sent off . 105 minutes and 120 Entre , Valencia solved thanks to an epic hero Alcácer , who capped his big night with his third goal , the fifth prelude by Juan Bernat, which caused the explosion of public Mestalla.- univision.com