The first leg of the UEFA Europa League round of 16 was... kind of underwhelming? Compared to the thrashings seen in Champions League, the results were on the lower side, only "ones" and "twos", with Ferencávros being the only one to leave with more than goals of advantage.
The good thing is that all of the knockouts are still open for next week. That includes some favourites like Betis or Nottingham Forest, who lost on Thursday, and will have to come back at their stadiums next week, Thursday, March 19.
Europa League results Thursday, March 12
Lille 0-1 Aston Villa
Stuttgart 1-2 Porto
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Midtjylland
Bologna 1-1 Roma
Celta 1-1 Lyon
Panathinaikos 1-0 Real Betis
Genk 1-0 Freiburg
Ferencváros 2-0 Braga
Europa League games next week:
Wednesday, 18 March
Braga vs Ferencváros: 16:30 CET, 15:30 GMT
Thursday, 19 March
Freiburg vs Genk: 18:45 CET, 17:45 GMT
Lyon vs Celta: 18:45 CET, 17:45 GMT
Midtjylland vs Nottingham Forest: 18:45 CET, 17:45 GMT
Aston Villa vs Lille: 21:00 CET, 20:00 GMT
Porto vs Stuttgart: 21:00 CET, 20:00 GMT
Real Betis vs Panathinaikos: 21:00 CET, 20:00 GMT
Roma vs Bologna: 21:00 CET, 20:00 GMT