Lech Poznan defeated on Thursday with the help of the Portuguese Afonso Sousa Fiorentina (3-2), who with difficulty reached the semi-finals of the Europa Conference League, which includes West Ham, Basel and AZ Alkmaar.
After the categorical victory away, in Poland (4-1), in the first leg of the quarter-finals, the transalpines had the tie in their pocket, but this Thursday they had to sweat to continue, thanks to the late goals of Ricardo Sottil (78 minutes ) and Gaetano Castrovilli (90+2), in response to goals from Afonso Sousa (09), Kristoffer Velde (64), from the penalty spot, and Artur Sobiech (69).
In addition to Afonso Sousa, Joel Pereira and Pedro Robocho also played for the current third place in Poland, while João Amaral was not used.
At the same time, AZ Alkmaar managed to recover from a two-goal deficit against Anderlecht early in the game through a ‘double’ by Pavlidis (5th and 13th minutes) and decided extra time, which had no goals.
The tie would be resolved through a penalty shoot-out, 4–1 in favor of the Dutch. Former Benfica player Vertonghen missed the first penalty kick for the Belgians.
In England, West Ham confirmed their favoritism at the reception of the also Belgians from Ghent (4-1) and based the victory on a ‘double’ by Antonio (37 and 63) and two other goals by Paquetá (55), the mark of the maximum sentence, and Rice (58).
For Gent, Cuypers (26) scored, in what was the first goal of the match, after the 1-1 in the first leg, in Belgium.
The duel between the French from Nice and the Swiss from Basel was only decided in extra time, after another draw at the end of regular time. Gaetan Laborde moved up the crest from the south of France in the ninth minute, but close to the 90th minute, Augustin restored equality and cleared the way for Kasim Adams (98) to make the U-turn and put the Swiss in the half to make. ‘.
Fiorentina will meet Basel in the semi-finals and West Ham will meet AZ Alkmaar.
Source: DN
