Lazio top Europa League standings, Braga out as Fenerbache survive

Lazio finished the top of the Europa League classification despite losing 1-0 at Braga on MatchDay Acht, with the Portuguese club eliminated despite their victory on goal difference.

The low finish of Ricardo Horta in the sixth minute was the only goal of the game, in which the men of Carlos Carvahal had to win and hope that other results have gone their way.

Lazio was almost guaranteed to be over the stack, and the 3-1 victory of Athletic Bilbao over Viktoria Plzen was not enough to revise the Biancocelesti.

In the meantime, Braga was curse the target difference when they finished 25th. It turned out that another goal would have been enough to pipper Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce to a play-off place.

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On the round of 16 #cmonesle pic.twitter.com/at6okbu60c

– Sslazio (@officialsslazio) January 30, 2025

The Istanbul giants led 2-1 on Midtjylland through strikes by Youssef En-Nesyri and Edin Dzeko, but Valdemar Byskov equal to the Danish side with four minutes to play.

However, they could not force a winner, so Fenerbahce will be confronted with Bodo/Glimt or other attachment, respectively ninth and 10th in the play-offs.

Mourinho's former club Porto also avoided an embarrassing exit despite starting matchday eight outside the play-off places.

Nico's 58th minute strike was enough to see them by that Maccabi Tel Aviv was over in Belgrade and earned an 18th placed finish.

Hoffenheim and Besiktas were two controversial victims, where the first saw their likely elimination confirmed by results elsewhere despite an exciting 4-3 victory in different robberies.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Besiktas would have made the play-offs with a victory, but they were beaten 1-0 at Twente when Daan Rots hit a 76th minute's winner.

Further in the rankings, Olympiacos joined the top eight at Rangers in Gatecrashing while she grabbed Qarabag 3-0 in Piraeus, Ayoub El Kaabi, a brace and the Giulian Biancone score leaf.

Α @europaleague evening to remember! #Uel pic.twitter.com/bw3iw4eldo

– Olympiacos FC (@Olympiacosfc) January 30, 2025

Slip-ups from other stitches and bodo/shift that with Nice 1-1 pulled the Greek giants able to close as seventh, with Lazio, Athletic, Manchester United, Tottenham, Eintracht Frankfurt, Lyon and Rangers in skipping of the play-offs.

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