Nico Williams fires Bilbao into Europa League quarters, Eintracht hammer Ajax

Nico Williams fires Bilbao into Europa League quarters, Eintracht hammer Ajax

PARIS: Athletic Bilbao beat 10-man Roma 3-1 in their Europa League last-16 second leg on Thursday, while Eintracht Frankfurt put four past Ajax to book their place in the quarter-finals with a 6-2 aggregate win. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd

Nico Williams fires Bilbao into Europa League quarters, Eintracht

PARIS: Athletic Bilbao beat 10-man Roma 3-1 in their Europa League last-16 second leg on Thursday, while Eintracht Frankfurt put four past Ajax to book their place in the quarter-finals with a 6-2 aggregate win. Euro 2024 winner Nico Williams grabbed a vital brace as Bilbao overturned a one-goal first-leg deficit to progress 4-3 on aggregate against the Italians. The tie swung dramatically in the hosts’ favor in the 11th minute when veteran Ro…

Athletic Bilbao knocks out Roma in Europa League. Lazio and Frankfurt also reach quarterfinals

Athletic Bilbao used a one-man advantage and two goals from Nico Williams to beat Roma 3-1 and advance to the quarterfinals of the Europa League. Roma won the first leg of their round-of-16 tie 2-1 last week but had to…

Ranieri's team, in ten from the first half, lost 3-1 against Atletic Bilbao under the blows of Nico Williams. The Biancocelesti in the quarterfinals thanks to 1-1 against Viktoria Plzan

The star of the Athletic was key to the Basques eliminating Rome. His 3-0 was a work of art.

Four teams are already in the top eight of the Europa League, including Frankfurt and the team from the city hosting the final, Athletic Bilbao.