Staff Reporter.
Jose Mourinho’s Roma moved through to a semi-final clash with Leicester City by thrashing Norwegian minnows Bodo/Glimt 4-0.
It was revenge for the capital club after an embarrassing 6-1 thumping by Bodo/Glimt in the group stage and the defeat last week in an ill-tempered clash.
The Giallorossi trailed 2-1 from the first-leg but that lead was obliterated by half-time as Tammy Abraham scored after just five minutes, before Nicolo Zaniolo scored two excellent strikes before half-time.
Italian prodigy Zaniolo completed his hat-trick after half-time with a stupendous volley on the counter-attack to seal a victory for the Special One.
Feyenoord made sure there will be a Dutch side in the latter stages of this Europa Conference League after PSV Eindhoven’s exit to Leicester after they reached the semi-finals via a 6-4 aggregate win over Slavia Prague.
A 3-1 second-leg victory in the Czech Republic got them off to the best possible start when Cyriel Dessers gave the Dutch club a second-minute lead, but Slavia levelled the tie when Ibrahim Traore scored an equaliser after 14 minutes.
Dessers edged Feyenoord back in front just before the hour mark before Luis Sinisterra sealed their progression later in the half. Slavia’s frustration was encapsulated by Taras Kacharaba’s stoppage-time sending off.
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Meanwhile, in the other Europa Conference League quarter-final, Dimitri Payet scored the only goal of the game as Marseille won through 3-1 on aggregate against PAOK Salonika.