Brazilian goals Diego Carlos and Ollie Watkins They led the comeback against AZ Alkmaar of Aston Villa (2-1), who are close to qualifying for the next round of the Conference League
The set of Unai Emery went to the goal of the visiting team at Villa Park which was scored at the beginning of the second half, in the 52nd minute, by the Greek Vangelis Pavlidis then long bruise Riechedly Bazoer and escape after running Clément Lenguet.
Aston Villa reacted. And in game time a corner taken by the Jamaican Leon Bailey was directed by Diego Carlos. With nine to go, Watkins once again beat the Australian with a header Matthew Ryan after a great assist from Douglas Luiz and sealed the victory for the English representative.
Aston Villa are level in the Group B standings with Legia Warsaw. Both had nine points and almost caught a pass. With two games remaining, they are six ahead of both AZ Alkmaar and Bosnian Zrinjski.
Plzen retains the plenary session and is in the second round
Four teams have already secured their continuation in the Conference League, but only one is in the second round. It was Viktoria Plzen, who guaranteed first place in group C as they maintained their complete victory by beating Dinamo Zagreb with a single penalty goal from chory in the 35th minute.
The Czechs have 12 points, while Astana and Ballkani have 4 and cannot catch up in the remaining two rounds.
PAOK and Eintracht ensure their continuity
In group G, PAOK (10 points) and Eintracht (9) made it through, although they have to decide which of the two will go directly to the round of 16 as first or compete in the previous playoff.
PAOK, leader with 10 points, saw its entire success fall short after drawing in Thessaloniki against Aberdeen (2-2). For its part, Eintracht, with 9 points, defeated HJK Helsinki in Finland (0-1) thanks to a goal from Fare Chaibi in half an hour.
Bruges too
Finally, Bruges consolidated first place in group D, with 10 points. thanks to their win against Lugano (2-0). They are followed by Bodo/Glimt (7), who could still dethrone them, and the Swiss (4).
Fiorentina won and lead alone
In group F, Fiorentina is the sole leader, with 8 points, after beating Cukaricki in Serbia (0-1) with a penalty goal converted by the Angolan M’Bala Nzola. Ferencavros and Genk, tied on 6 points, signed a draw in Budapest (1-1).
Source: La Verdad
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