The first day of the Europa League round of 16 has featured great games, only two draws from the eight matches, and most encounters still open before the second leg. All games were played on Thursday, March 6, with the second leg coming next week.
Today's games confirmed a lead for the favourite of the competition, Italian club Lazio, which defeated Viktoria Plzen at home. However, second favourite Athletic Club fell at the last minute to Roma. Meanwhile, Manchester United earned a draw in San Sebastián against Real Sociedad.
As we already know the whole bracket for the competition, we can already predict how the quarter-finals will look like. Of course, everything could change next Thursday, March 13, and Lyon got one of the largest win of the night, 3-1 away, the first match after the huge sanction against coach Paulo Fonseca.
- Fenerbahçe 1 - 3 Rangers
- Real Sociedad 1 - 1 Manchester United
- FCSB 1 - 3 Lyon
- AZ 1 - 0 Tottenham
- Viktoria Plzeň 1 - 2 Lazio
- Bodø/Glimt 3 - 0 Olympiacos
- Ajax 1 - 2 Frankfurt
- Roma 2 - 1 Athletic
Potential Europa League quarter-finals
- Alkmaar - Frankfurt
- Bodø/Glimt - Lazio
- Rangers - Roma
- Lyon - Manchester United/Real Sociedad
Next Thursday, March 13, we will know if this predictions are true. Quarter-finals will take place on April 10 and April 17.
