Freiburg came back from a two-goal deficit to equalize at home with Roland Sallai's goals, then won in extra time against Lens in the second leg of the duel to reach the round of 16, and because they played a goalless draw away from home in the first match, they advanced to the football Europa League.
The guests took the lead after a goalkeeping mistake after barely half an hour, and before the break, Elye Wahi started with a fore-cut ball, which he pulled in from the right and lifted over the goalkeeper. Freiburg attacked a lot, but to no avail.
In the second half, Sallai came up with the goal, the Hungarian national team striker, after a free kick coming from the left, shot the bouncing ball into the goal with great force, which found its way into the net after several changes of direction. Sallai also scored in extra time, also after a scramble in front of the goal.
He shot from 12 meters and the toy again changed direction and found its way into the goal.
In the extra time, the Austrian Michael Gregoritsch passed in the goal, Sallai had to fight with one of the defenders to get into the position. The Hungarian player was replaced after the first half of extra time, the other Hungarian national team player of the German team, Attila Szalai, did not play.
After their 4-2 defeat at home, Braga ended the ninety minutes with a score of 2-0 as guests of Qarabag, but in extra time, the home team, who played with a man disadvantage from the 57th minute, scored two goals, while the guests scored only one, this the Azeri team moved on.
After a three-goal win at home, Milan fought to advance with a narrow defeat against Rennes, while a 2-1 win at home was enough for Benfica as they drew in Toulouse.
Europa League, for reaching the round of 16, return matches:
Freiburg (Germany)-Lens (France) 3-2 (0-2, 2-2, 3-2) - after extra time
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