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Europa League round-up: Fiorentina, Villarreal progress, Dundalk exit

ByReuters

Updated 08/12/2016 at 22:53 GMT

A full round-up of all the action from the Europa League on Thursday evening.

Qarabag's Gara Garayev (L) and Badavi Huseynov (R) in action against Fiorentina's Federico Chiesa.

Image credit: Reuters

Eleven places in the Europa League's knockout stages were still up for grabs and Serie A side Fiorentina added their name to the list from Group J with a 2-1 win in Qarabag on an eventful night for 19-year-old midfielder Federico Chiesa.
The son of former Italy striker Enrico grabbed the winning goal, his first senior strike, in the 76th minute but was then dismissed following a second booking eight minutes later.
Fenerbahce required a point in Rotterdam to reach the last 32 and took all three to finish top of the standings.
Feyenoord needed to win by two goals but were undone in the 22nd minute when Moussa Sow found the net with a bicycle kick to continue his habit of producing acrobatic strikes following his overhead effort against United earlier in the group stage.
Villarreal progressed, ending the hopes of Steaua Bucharest, with a 2-1 triumph over the former European champions in Group L.
Goals from Nicola Sansone and an 88th-minute winner from Manuel Trigueros, following Vlad Achim's leveller for Steaua, propelled the Spaniards to second place while the Romanians finished bottom.
Dundalk's hopes of becoming the first Irish side to grace the knockout stages of a European competition were dashed by a 2-1 defeat at Maccabi Tel Aviv in Group D where AZ Alkmaar beat Zenit St Petersburg 3-2 to join the Russians in the last 32.
Celta Vigo claimed their place in the last 32 of the Europa League with a straightforward 2-0 win over Panathinaikos in Athens.
The result never seemed in doubt after John Guidetti opened the scoring in the fourth minute but Fabian Orellana made victory certain with a 76th-minute penalty.
Results in full.
Braga 2-4 Shakhtar Donetsk
Konyaspor 0-1 Gent
Osmanlispor 2-0 Zurich
PAOK 2-0 Liberec
Qarabag 1-2 Fiorentina
Villarreal 2-1 Steaua
Maccabi Tel-Aviv 2-1 Dundalk
Apoel 2-0 Olympiacos
Anderlecht 2-3 Saint-Etienne
Plzen 3-2 Austria Wienna
Zorya 0-2 Manchester United
Feyenoord 0-1 Fenerbahce
Young Boys 3-0 Astana
AZ 3-2 Zenit
Sassuolo P-P Genk
Rapid Wienna 1-1 Athletic Club
Astra 0-0 Roma
Mainz 2-0 Gabala
Inter 2-1 Sparta Prague
Standard 1-1 Ajax
Panathinaikos 0-2 Celta Vigo
Southampton 1-1 Hapoel Beer Sheva
RB Salzburg 2-0 Schalke
Nice 2-1 Krasnodar
The draw for the next round, when eight teams will drop into the competition from the Champions League, takes place on Monday.
Additional reporting from PA Sport.
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