Lazio beats Legia to advance
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Lazio won 2-0 at Legia Warsaw on Thursday to qualify for the Europa League knockout stages after a tie marred by violence when Italian fans fought with Polish police on the way to the stadium.
Olympique Lyonnais, Real Betis, Eintracht Frankfurt, Racing Genk, Sevilla, Trabzonspor, Anzhi Makhachkala, AZ Alkmaar and PAOK Salonika also advanced to the last 32.
Ludogorets, Esbjerg, Salzburg, Fiorentina, Rubin Kazan, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Tottenham Hotspur and Valencia had already qualified.
Polish police said they detained around 120 Lazio fans during the trouble in Warsaw.
“Bottles and stones were thrown from the Italian group in the direction of the police cars,” a spokesman said.
Lazio, which has not won away in Serie A this season, found few problems on the pitch and won with goals from Brayan Perea and Felipe Anderson against a team which has yet to score a goal in Group J.
Leader Lyon qualified from Group I when substitute Bafetimbi Gomis sidefooted the ball home in the 66th minute following a neat exchange of passes on the edge of the box to earn a 1-0 win at home to Betis which also went through.
Pacos de Ferreira striker Bebe provided the most embarrassing moment of the evening with an extraordinary miss against Fiorentina.
The striker, on loan from Manchester United, tapped the ball straight to Fiorentina goalkeeper Gustavo Munua from close range when it seemed easier to score. The game ended goalless although it did not matter as the Italian side was already through and the Portuguese eliminated.
Tottenham emerged victorious from its trip beyond the Arctic Circle as it won 2-0 at Tromso where the temperature was a surprisingly mild minus 3 degrees Celsius at kickoff.
Zulte Waregem’s 2-1 victory at Wigan Athletic made it the first Belgian team to win in England since Antwerp beat Aston Villa 1-0 in the 1975-76 UEFA Cup.
It also lifted it to second in Group D, above the FA Cup winner, and made Waregem the favorite to follow Rubin through to the next round.
Alkmaar qualified with a 2-0 triumph over Maccabi Haifa in Group L and was joined by PAOK which won 2-0 at Kazakhstan’s Shakhtyor after a marathon journey to Central Asia.
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