Europa League: Rangers Stun Borussia Dortmund in Barcelona and Napoli draw

Borussia Dortmund beat Rangers 4-2 in the Europa League on Thursday, while Barcelona drew 1-1 with Napoli on home soil.

Borussia Dortmund beat Rangers 4-2 in the Europa League on Thursday, while Barcelona drew 1-1 with Napoli on home soil. In Dortmund, James Tavernier gave the Rangers the lead in the 38th minute through a penalty by Don-Axel Jakado with a corner through a volley. Three minutes later, Dortmund again failed to tackle the Rangers corner. Joe Aribo, Alfredo Morelos headed the ball into the unmarked distance.

Four minutes after the break, Ryan Kent, who had been harassing Dortmund all night, scored with a powerful strike from John Lundstrom.

Jude Bellingham responded with a left-foot shot to the home side.

But two minutes later, as the Rangers scored again, Jakado tried to snatch another shot from Morelos, but the ball bounced back into his own goal.

Pedro Guerreiro reduced the deficit to eight minutes left with a furious long-distance left-footed strike, but the Rangers survived without further fear.

"It's a great night but a great night," said Rangers manager Giovanni van Bronkhorst.

"We did not get to the next round. This is what we want. We know we have to show a good game next week."

Napoli drew 1-1 with Barcelona.

The spectators opened the scoring at the Nou Camp against their own team, who were eager to finish in the top four in La Liga, challenging for the Serie A title.

Polish midfielder Pyotr Zhelinsky ran on his rebound to slam the ball 29 minutes later.

Barcelona dominated the majority possession but needed one of the four penalties handed by VAR by handball in the Europa League on Thursday.

59 minutes later Adama Trey's cross hit Juan Jesus' hand.

Ferran Torres converted a penalty for his first goal at Camp Nou for Barcelona, ​​but his cool dropped him as he scored two good chances over the bar as Barcelona dominated the final stages.

'No friendship'

Barca coach Xavi said, “We played football very well.

"But of course, it's not friendly, it's Europa League. The results are not good enough, but I'm very happy with the performance."

Zanella beat Real Betis 3-1 in St. Petersburg 3–1 and Sevilla beat Dinamo Zagreb 3-1 to advance to the final in their hometown.

Ivan Rokitich gave Sevilla the lead.

The next three goals came four minutes before the break.

Mislav Orsik equalized for the crowd, but Sevilla scored his first goal after coming from Manchester United, responding quickly with Lucas Ocampos and Anthony Martial.

Zenit, who has only played in friendly matches since the last Russian league game on December 12, looked rusty in the first 18 minutes after losing to Guido Rodriguez and Willian Jose.

Artem Dzyuba and Malcolm brought Zenit level with goals in the space of three minutes, but the home team then provided the winner with Betis in the 41st minute.

Aitor Ruibal Yaroslav Rakitskyy found Andres Guardado sneaking the ball into the goal.

Real Sociedad drew 2-2 with RB Leipzig.

Basque took the lead twice, with defender Robin Le Normand scoring the first goal. Christopher equalized for you.

Michael O'Reilly regained the lead through a penalty spot, but Emil Forsberg equalized with eight minutes to go.

Atlanta beat Olympiacos 2-1 in Bergamo.

Albanian defender Fred Digimcity, who has not scored since November 2018, scored twice within two minutes following a corner.

At Traspole, Prague dominated possession and had more goal attempts, but the Sheriff won 2-0.

Luxembourg midfielder Sebastien Dil converted a first-half penalty, and by pressing Prague, the sheriff secured the victory with a goal from Adama Trey in the 83rd minute.

In the Europa Conference League, Celtic had a less special evening than their Glasgow rivals, losing 3-1 to Norway's Poto / Klimt.

Leicester responded after Randor's Vitto Hammershowz-Mistrati canceled a previous Wilfried NDT goal shortly before the break.

Harvey Born The goals from Ss, Patson Dhaka, and Gearnan Duisbury-Hall won 4-1.