Manchester United associates with the Europa League in the last 16 while Tottenham progresses with the help of Young Guns – Firstpost

Thursday, Manchester United progressed to the last 16 of the Europa League with a 2-0 victory against the Romanian FCSB with Tottenham which was helped in the next round by their young players while they were beating the Swedish wines Elsborg.

Diogo Dalot and Kobbie Mainso were Manchester United scorers, with the two goals on the second half of their final phase match at the Bucharest national arena. United, unbeaten in eight tournament games, finished in third place.

In northern London, the boss of Tottenham, sub-press, Ange Postcoglou was relieved to see Dane Scarlett, Damola Ajayi and Mikey Moore Killing Ellsborg with their first goals for the club in a 3-0 victory. The Spurs have arrived fourth, ensuring that the Premier League clubs avoided the Channel of the Europa League qualifiers.

The first eight automatically go to the last 16, where they will be classified against the winners of eight two -legged dams features the classified clubs from ninth to 24th.

Amorim’s United EXTEN WINNING RUN

Ruben Amorim’s team has extended their recent improvement to a defeat in seven games in all competitions with a third successive victory for the first time this season.

United was uneven in the first half, but Amorim sent Amad Diallo and Alejandro Garnacho to the break and they helped turn the trend.

United finally took the lead in the 60th minute when Mainoo guided a dangerous low cross in the box of six yards and that Dalot timed its race to put itself at home with ease.

Daniel Birligea almost transported the FCSB level immediately with a thunderous strike that almost crossed the line after hitting the bar.

But the finish made up of Mainoo of the Garnacho reduction in the 68th minute put the result beyond doubt.

“More than victory is to have time to train and have time to recover the players,” said Amorim about United, avoiding play-offs.

“The guys have done a good job, but we must understand that the opponent is not with all the respect that I owe you at the same level as the Premier League. We want to improve a lot with the way we play. »»

Spurs children raise gloom

At the Tottenham Hotspur stadium, it took three of the promising graduates of the club academy to raise the darkness.

Tottenham languishes in 15th place in the Premier League, eight points above the relegation area after winning only one of their last 11 high-flying games.

The defeat of the last weekend against his colleagues wrestlers Leicester condemned Tottenham to his longest sequence of victories in the League since 2008.

Postcoglou admitted that he was not sure of his employment status after the fans put the team and called President Daniel Levy to leave during the Leicester debacle.

Tottenham lost the central defender Radu Dragusin to a knee problem while their injury problems were showing up in the second half, but his Scarlett replacement ended the resistance of Ellsborg in the 70th minute.

The cross of Dejan Kulusvski chose Scarlett and the 20 -year -old striker returned home, just a few days after his return from a loan to the second level of Oxford.

Ajayi, 19, was only on the field four minutes when he converted Scarlett’s pass to mark his debut in style in the 84th minute, and it was still time for Moore, 17, to strike in time stop.

“He was” made in Tottenham “. It’s great, the whole Academy should be proud, “said Postcoglou.

“We needed something tonight and the young guys intensified. I’m sure they don’t sleep because they are quite excited. “”

Mourinho Fenerbahce reaches the playoffs

The Scottish Rangers have reached the last 16 after climbing in eighth place with a 2-1 victory against the Belgium Saint-Gilloinme Union in Ibrox.

Nicolas Raskin and Vaclav Cerny scored for the Rangers before Kevin Mac Allister’s response puts in place a tense final.

Fenerbahce by Jose Mourinho scratched in the playoffs, ending in 24th place – above Braga on the difference in goals – after a 2-2 draw in Midtjylland.

The Lazio came at the top of the league phase despite a 1-0 defeat in Braga, while Bilbao athletic beat Viktoria Plzen 3-1 to ensure second place.

Eintracht Francfurt, Fifth, Lyon, Sixth and Olympiakos placed in the seventh, includes the rest of the first eight.

Roma obtained a barrage place, beating Frankfurt 2-0 through goals from Angelino and Eldor Shomurodov.

Europa League classification

With agency entries