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      West Ham fans clash with Eintracht Frankfurt ultras in Seville after being targeted outside bar with bottles and sticks

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      WEST HAM fans clashed with Eintracht Frankfurt ultras in violent scenes in Seville.The Hammers faithful were targeted by thugs brandishing bottles and wooden sticks in the city centre on Wednesday night.
      A large group of alleged Eintracht Frankfurt supporters launched an attack on West Ham fansCredit: Twitter
      Ultras appeared to be carrying bottles and wooden sticks as weaponsCredit: Twitter
      Chairs and bottles were thrown in the chaotic scenesCredit: Twitter
      Both sets of travelling supporters are in Seville for their respective sides’ Europa League matches.
      Frankfurt beat Real Betis in their first leg tie yesterday before Sevilla host West Ham this evening.
      But plenty of Londoners headed out to southern Spain on Wednesday to extend the trip.
      Uefa brought the Betis-Frankfurt game forward to avoid having two matches on the same night in the city.
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      However, that seemingly did not prevent crowd trouble.
      Video footage allegedly shows hooligans supporting the Bundesliga side forming a large group and co-ordinating a choreographed attack on Hammers fans.
      Another video shows chairs and tables being thrown and glasses smashed with people overheard shouting ‘come on West Ham’.
      It is unknown what sparked the furious animosity in the street outside the Irish bar O’Neill’s.
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      Spanish police arrived on the scene of the ugly fracas.
      As reported by The Telegraph, they fired rubber bullets in an attempt to de-escalate the angry and scary situation.
      But O’Neill’s bar owner Michael Melia hailed the East Enders for their exemplary behaviour.
      He said: “They were fantastic no trouble at all. All they did was defend themselves.
      “It was the German fans who attacked them, the English were just in here singing having a drink, having a good time.
      “They were fantastic. I hope they come back today and spend lots more money.”
      English football fans have previously encountered the full force of the heavy-handed Spanish police with Leicester visiting Seville and Madrid on their Champions League ventures in 2017.
      Elsewhere, Manchester City and Chelsea supporters clashed with authorities in Porto at the Champions League final after bars closed.
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      Manchester United and Liverpool followers were reportedly targeted by Atalanta and AC Milan ultras respectively on their Champions League travels this season.
      West Ham’s game with Sevilla kicks off at 5.45pm this evening.
      The violence took place on the streets outside an Irish barCredit: Twitter
      Police did arrive on the scene and reportedly fired rubber bulletsCredit: Twitter
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      Sevilla vs West Ham: TV channel, live stream, kick-off time and team news for Europa League tie

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      WEST HAM return to European action THIS WEEK where they’ll be up against serial Europa League winners Sevilla.The Hammers comfortably topping their group is a testament to how well they have performed this season.
      West Ham topped Group H by winning four out of their six gamesCredit: AFP
      And David Moyes’ side would have fancied themselves against most teams in the round of 16.
      However, 6x Europa League champions Sevilla is potentially one of the toughest draws they could have asked for.
      Especially as the East London outfit have suffered a defeat in their last two consecutive games.
      What time does Sevilla vs West Ham kick off?

      Sevilla face West Ham in their round of 16 first leg on Thursday 10, March.
      It is scheduled to kick-off at 5:45pm UK time – 6:45pm local time.
      The match will take place at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium in Seville.
      This will be the first competitive match between the two sides since data has been recorded.

      What TV channel is Sevilla vs West Ham on and can I live stream it?

      Sevilla vs West Ham will be broadcasted live on BT Sport 3 and BT Sport 3 HD.
      The coverage begins at 5:00pm UK time – 45 minutes before kick-off.
      Subscription members of BT Sport can stream the action from the BT Sport website or app.

      Team news
      Julen Lopetegui has confirmed that his have been hit with an injury crisis ahead of this huge clash with West Ham.
      Diego Carlos, Fernando, Papu Gomez, Montiel, Javi Diaz, Ivan Romero, Kike Salas, Nacho Quintana, Carmona, Juanlu and Luismi are all expected to be out for the home side.
      However, Manchester United loanee, Anthony Martial has been on fine form and the Frenchman has an impressive record against the Hammers.
      As for West Ham, news has recently emerged that talisman Jarrod Bowen is likely to MISS the East London outfits next two games having hobbled off the field in the 1-0 defeat to Liverpool last weekend.
      Declan Rice didn’t take part at all in that fixture so the England star will need to be assessed prior to the game.
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      Europa League last-16 draw LIVE REACTION: Rangers play Red Star Belgrade, West Ham face Sevilla, Barca get Galatasary

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      THE EUROPA League last 16 draw has been completed in Lyon and there are some intriguing ties to be played.
      Rangers vs Red Star Belgrade
      Braga vs Monaco
      Porto vs Lyon
      Atalanta vs Bayer Leverkusen
      Sevilla vs West Ham United
      Barcelona vs Galatasaray
      RB Leipzig vs Spartak Moscow
      Real Betis vs Eintracht Frankfurt

      What dates are the Europa League round of 16 ties being played on?

      All first legs of the last 16 ties will be played on March 10.
      The return fixtures are scheduled to be played a week later on March 17.

      Stay up to date with all the updates from the Europa League draw in our live blog…
      Road to Sevilla
      So 16 teams remain in the Europa League. Who will progress through to the quarter-finals?

      West Ham to face Sevilla
      Domestically, Sevilla are fighting for the LaLiga title. But standing in their way in the Europa League are West Ham.
      Promises to be a fascinating tie.

      West Ham and Rangers learn fate
      So then, will we see a British side in the quarter-finals of the Europa League?
      West Ham take on Sevilla, while Rangers meet Red Star Belgrade. Interesting.
      Porto take on Lyon
      Two more European titans collide in another mouthwatering Europa League tie as Porto are drawn against Lyon.
      Another clash which could easily have been a Champions League knockout tie a few years ago.
      Barcelona drawn against Galatasaray
      Barcelona vs Galatasaray is an eye-catching Europa League last 16 tie, that’s for sure.
      Two sides who would have been expected to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League a few years ago.
      What do we make of that?
      So, West Ham have been drawn against Sevilla. That is an incredibly tough tie for David Moyes’ side. Sevilla currently sit six points off the top of the LaLiga table.
      Meanwhile, Rangers have been drawn against Red Star Belgrade. They’ll take that, you can imagine.
      Full Europa League draw
      Here is the full draw then!

      Rangers vs Red Star Belgrade
      Braga vs Monaco
      Porto vs Lyon
      Atalanta vs Bayer Leverkusen
      Sevilla vs West Ham United
      Barcelona vs Galatasaray
      RB Leipzig vs Spartak Moscow
      Real Betis vs Eintracht Frankfurt

      Europa League draw
      Real Betis vs Eintracht Frankfurt
      Europa League draw
      RB Leipzig vs Spartak Moscow
      Europa League draw
      Barcelona vs Galatasaray
      Europa League draw
      Sevilla vs West Ham United
      Big tie!
      Europa League draw
      Atalanta vs Bayer Leverkusen
      Europa League draw
      Porto vs Lyon
      Europa League draw
      Braga vs Monaco
      Europa League draw
      Rangers vs Red Star Belgrade
      Europa League draw
      Here we go then…
      Technical procedure being explained
      So we are about to get the draw underway. The technical procedure is being explained.
      I would suggest Uefa listen out for this as they fudged the Champions League last 16 draw. Fingers crossed this one goes off without a hitch!
      Who do you want?
      So, West Ham and Rangers fans, who do you want to get in the last 16?
      Do you want a European titan or the best possible route to the quarter-finals?
      We are just moments away from finding out.
      Andres Palop to conduct draw
      Former Sevilla keeper Andres Palop will conduct the draw.
      Given he won the competition on three occasions and this year’s final being played in Seville, it seems fitting that he get his moment in the sun today.
      Ukrainian invasion addressed
      Uefa’s deputy general secretary Giorgio Marchetti says football wants ‘peace and peace now’ in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
      It comes after Uefa opted to strip Russia of the Champions League final earlier today. That match will now take place in Paris at the Stade de France.
      Montages of each last 16 side
      We are now being given a glimpse of each of the last 16 teams’ highlights from their Europa League campaigns so far this season.
      I suppose they have to drag it out somehow.
      There we go
      The audio has been corrected and coverage of the draw has begun.
      The Europa League trophy is on show. You forget how absolutely huge it actually is…
      We are underway
      We are underway but Uefa appear to be having issues with their audio! So far all we can hear is a very loud buzzing sound over the top of the presentation.
      Not a great start for all involved.
      When are the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final?
      Quarter-finals

      First legs will be played on Thursday, April 7.
      Second legs will be contested on Thursday, April 14.

      Semi-finals

      First legs will be played on Monday, April 18.
      Second legs will be contested on Thursday, May 5.

      Final

      The final will take place in Seville, Spain on Wednesday, May 18.

      Nearly draw time
      Right, it looks like we are about to get underway with the show (not the draw just yet).
      I’m sure a load of important Uefa people will have their moment on stage before we actually get to why we’re here.
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      Rangers 2 Dortmund 2 (agg: 6-4): Tavernier double helps Gers seal incredible Europa League win

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      RANGERS secured a sensational win over Borussia Dortmund to move into the last-16 of the Europa League.Gers brought a 4-2 lead back to Ibrox tonight with 49,000 fans hoping they could hold out.
      Rangers completed a famous Europa League win over Dortmund on Thursday night
      The Scottish side won 6-4 on aggregate against the much-fancied German team
      But they did more than that, securing a 2-2 draw on the night with the previous favourites for the competition.
      The atmosphere before the game was incredible and waved in and out as the night progressed.
      But there was a sense of anxiety too, given the European powerhouses they were up against.
      Dortmund looked to come out the traps early and almost took the lead inside five minutes.
      Jude Bellingham – who had a superb 90 minutes – hit the post from a corner.
      Thorgan Hazard then had a go from distance which Ryan Jack managed to deflect away.
      Donyell Malen then had an effort from the edge which flashed wide.
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      But Rangers took the lead midway through the first half from the penalty spot.
      Great wing play from Ryan Kent down the left who had Barisic bursting on the overlap.
      Kent ducked inside across the edge of the box and was tripped by the flailing leg of Julian Brandt.
      A stonewall penalty and Tavernier coolly smashed it into the roof of the net down the middle.
      Ibrox erupted and Gers looked to be on the ascendency.
      But the lead lasted less than ten minutes as the English wonderkid drew the visitors level.
      Donyell Malen tried to pick someone out inside the box but played it straight off Bellingham who was left clean through.
      McGregor closed the angle but the starlet rolled it into the bottom corner.
      Rangers very nearly restored their lead within a few minutes with two huge chances.
      Rangers earned a 2-2 draw on the night which sealed a 6-4 aggregate winCredit: Rex
      Arfield was played in by Aribo but his weak shot was saved, with Kent looking for a tap-in into an empty net.
      Dortmund failed to clear and it landed at Morelos 12 yards out who smashed at goal but hit it off Hummels on the line.
      Malen then tested McGregor at his near post, with the veteran keeping it out with a strong right arm.
      He wouldn’t be denied for long though as he put the away side ahead on the night, just before half time.
      A cross in from the right wasn’t dealt with by Goldson or Tavernier.
      Brandt picked up the scraps on the left edge of the area and picked out Bellingham racing into the area.
      He flicked the ball towards goal and Malen was there, seven yards out to stab it home with the outside of his foot.
      They nearly levelled the tie on the stroke of half time too. Malen again at the heart of things, whipping a ball into the area for the onrushing Meunier, who flicked the ball towards goal from ten yards out but saved by McGregor.
      Van Bronckhorst made a change at the break bringing Leon Balogun on for Barisic and the Nigerian had a clearance charged down which thankfully flew just wide.
      Dortmund were left heartbroken by the defeatCredit: AP
      Dortmund had all the ball for the opening few minutes of the second half before Gers almost levelled on the night.
      Goldson knocked a long ball over the top which Hummels misjudged and Morelos ran onto it.
      He cut inside from the right and went for the near post with a left footed strike, which the keeper tipped wide for a corner.
      The Colombian has another chance soon after. Kent cuts in on his right foot and has a strike at goal which is blocked on route.
      It spins out to the edge of the box where Morelos brings it down and fires low at goal, saved again by Kobel.
      But the equaliser wasn’t long in coming as Ibrox once again went crazy.
      Bassey did superbly well down the left to dig a cross out from the touchline.
      Hummels made a complete hash of trying to clear it and Tavernier snuck in behind to smash it low past the keeper.
      Van Bronckhorst ran into his technical area in celebration as the 49,000 Light Blues supporters raised the roof.
      Dortmund created two quickfire chances as they trailed by two in the tie and that deficit should really have been cut.
      Bellingham at the heart again, sliding a ball for Reus who evades the slide of Balogun before rounding McGregor but he couldn’t adjust his feet and rolled it wide with the goal gaping.
      McGregor’s poor clearance then found Bellingham who played Brandt in before Balogun got back superbly to slide and win back the ball.
      Then – the main point of controversy.
      Emre Can looked to play the ball back to his keeper from halfway with Kent closing him down.
      The German didn’t see Morelos coming, and appeared to kick the back of the Colombian’s leg before going down.
      Morelos and Kent ran through on the keeper, with Morelos unselfishly laying it off for Kent to roll home for a 7-4 lead.
      Again, pandemonium in the stands as the home side celebrated what would be a tie-winning goal.
      The referee went to have a look at VAR and adjudged Morelos to have fouled Can.
      Co-commentators Alex Rae and Ally McCoist agreed the decision was ‘scandalous’.
      Rangers then hoped VAR would help when looking for a penalty with ten minutes to play but the referee and video team weren’t having it. More

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      When is the Europa League last 16 draw? Date, UK start time, TV channel, live stream – Rangers, West Ham & Barca in hat

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      WEST HAM are nervously awaiting their Europa League last-16 fate with the draw set to take place in Nyon, Switzerland. Barcelona and Rangers are also in the hat following their big wins over Napoli and Borussia Dortmund.
      Portuguese footballer Nuno Ricardo de Oliveira Ribeiro revealing Rangers slip for last 32Credit: AFP
      What date is the Europa League last 16 draw and what time does it start?

      The Europa League last 16 draw is scheduled to take place on Friday, February 25.
      It is expected for the draw to get underway at 11am UK time.
      Some familiar footballing legends could be in charge of pulling the balls out of the pot.

      Is the Europa League last 16 draw on TV and can I live stream it?

      The draw will be broadcasted live on BT Sport who are the official broadcasters of the Europa League.
      It can also be streamed via the BT Sport Player and the BT Sport app.
      But if you don’t have access to BT Sport, the draw will also be live streamed for FREE on the UEFA website and across their social media platforms.

      What dates are the Europa League round of 16 ties being played on?

      All first legs of the last 16 ties will be played on March 10.
      The return fixtures are scheduled to be played a week later on March 17.

      Which clubs have qualified?
      The following eights teams have already been placed in the pot courtesy of topping their group earlier on in the campaign.

      Red Star Belgrade
      Eintracht Frankfurt
      Galatasary
      Bayer Leverkusen
      Lyon
      Monaco
      Spartak Moscow
      West Ham United
      Rangers
      Barcelona
      Sevilla
      Porto
      RB Leipzig
      Real Betis
      Atalanta
      Braga/Sheriff

      No team can play a club from their own country and the sides who finished top of their Europa League group will play the first leg of their tie away.
      When are the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final?
      Quarter-finals

      First legs will be played on Thursday, April 7.
      Second legs will be contested on Thursday, April 14.

      Semi-finals

      First legs will be played on Monday, April 18.
      Second legs will be contested on Thursday, May 5.

      Final

      The final will take place in Seville, Spain on Wednesday, May 18.

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      Napoli 2 Barcelona 4 LIVE REACTION: Aubameyang scores as Barca reach Europa League last-16 with emphatic win – uopdates

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      BARCELONA booked their spot in the Europa League last-16 with a 5-3 aggregate win over Napoli in final 32 of the competition.
      RESULT: Napoli 2-4 Barcelona (3-5 on agg)
      Napoli XI: Meret, Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Koulibaly, Mario Rui, Fabian, Demme, Elmas, Zielinski, Insigne, Osimhen
      Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen, Dest, Pique, Araujo, Sergio, Adama, Pedri, Jordi Alba, Ferran Torres, De Jong, Aubameyang

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      Full time – Napoli 2-4 Barcelona (agg: 3-5)
      And that’s a wrap in Naples!
      The Catalan giants convincingly put Gli Azzurri to the sword scoring four on the night and five on aggregate.
      Napoli 2-4 Barcelona – Gavi yellow card!
      90+2 Gavi has gone in the book for a reckless challenge which will mean that he misses the first leg in Barcelona’s last 16 tie.
      Three minutes of additional time has been added
      Napoli 2-4 Barcelona
      89. What an absolute waste.
      Matteo Politano went for the quick corner, but none of his teammates were on the same wave length.
      Napoli 2-4 Barcelona
      88. Corner to Napoli..
      Napoli 2-4 Barcelona
      86. It looks as if the goal has come too little too late but stranger things have happened in football.
      If Napoli get one more, it will be a tense ending for the Catalan giants.
      Goal! – Hold your horses people because Politano has scored!
      The substitute did well to weave in between Gerard Pique and Jordi Alba before digging out a powerful low strike into the bottom corner.
      Fantastic finish from the Napoli attacker.
      Could it be game on?
      Napoli 2-4 Barcelona
      Napoli 1-4 Barcelona
      80. There’s only 300 Barca fans in attendance but they are making all the noise at the Diego Armando Mardona Stadium.
      A night to forget for Napoli.
      Napoli 1-4 Barcelona
      76. More changes in the game but this time, for Xavi and co.

      Adama Traore – OFF
      Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – OFF
      Pedri – OFF
      Osumane Dembele – ON
      Nico Gonzalez – ON
      Luuk de Jong – ON

      Napoli 1-4 Barcelona
      76. The game has gone completely flat now and it’s just a case of the time of ticking down.
      Napoli 1-4 Barcelona
      72. Luciano Spalletti has made a double change and it looks more like a substitution to rest players rather than to overturn the deficit.

      Fabian Ruiz – OFF
      Victor Osimhen – OFF
      Faouzi Ghoulam – ON
      Adam Ounas – ON

      Napoli 1-4 Barcelona – Great defending Pique!
      70. Victor Osimhen seemed as if he was through on goal with all the time in the world.
      But the experienced Spanish international just did enough to stop Osimhen from making it a somewhat awkward ending.
      Napoli 1-4 Barcelona
      68. Excellent finish from Lorenzo Insigne but the flag quickly went up for offside.
      Napoli 1-4 Barcelona
      66. Looking at the Napoli players attitude, you can tell that they believe the game has gone.
      No real effort from anyone what so ever.
      Napoli 1-4 Barcelona
      62. Sergio Busquets was booked in the celebrations for Pierre Emerick Aubameyang’s goal so Xavi decides to drag him from the match.

      Sergio Busquets – OFF
      Gavi – ON

      Napoli 1-4 Barcelona
      60. That should be game, set and match now as Barcelona are beginning to run away with the tie.
      Heart break for Napoli.
      Goal! – Aubameyang gets on the scoring act!
      It was reminiscent of the old Barcelona who put together some good build-up play before Adama Traore found Aubameyang in acres of space.
      And without thinking too much about it, the Gabon forward smashed the ball home with a first time effort.
      That’s four in two for the January signing now.
      Napoli 1-4 Barcelona
      Luciano is really losing it
      The Napoli boss is going a-wall in the technical area as he tries to push his side to dig deeper.

      Napoli 1-3 Barcelona – What a block Rrahmani!
      53. Sergino Dest did well to dribble past a few players before delivering a superb ball into the box.
      After a few deflections, it fell to the feet of Frankie de Jong who took a snap shot but Amir Rrahmani bravely through everything in front of the ball to stop it from going in.
      Napoli 1-3 Barcelona – Chance wasted!
      52. The ball perfectly rolled out to Pedri on the edge of the box and the Spaniard only had one thing in his mind.
      That one thing was probably to lash the ball into the back of the net but instead, his effort went horribly wide.
      Napoli 1-3 Barcelona
      49. Sergei Karasev has been very lenient tonight
      Kalidou Koulibaly planted himself in the ground completely blocking Adama Traore from making his run.
      But the referee saw it as a fair challenge and waved play on
      Napoli 1-3 Barcelona
      47. The Catalan giants have picked up from where they left off by controlling most of the possession.
      Napoli 1-3 Barcelona
      45. One change to tell you about and it’s Luciano Spalletti who has made his first roll of the dice.

      Diego Demme – OFF
      Matteo Politano – ON

      Second half – Napoli 1-3 Barcelona
      We have returned from the interval ladies and gentleman which means we enter the last 45 minutes of this tie.
      Remember people, the away goals rule has been scrapped by UEFA so it’s a straight shoot-out for whoever can score the most goals.
      All the opening half statistics
      Even though Barcelona are controlling the statistics on all fronts, the numbers don’t tell the whole story because Napoli have been very threatening going forward.

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      Randers 1 Leicester 3 (2-7 agg): Kasper Schmeichel’s howler only blip as Maddison scores twice in Europa Conference rout

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      HARVEY BARNES didn’t take long to rock Randers as he swiftly stamped Leicester City’s passport into the last 16 of the Conference League.The lightning quick winger took just 101 seconds to kill Danish hopes stone dead as he recorded the Foxes’ fastest ever goal in Europe.
      Leicester enjoyed a rout at RandersCredit: Getty
      However it was James Maddison who stole the show as he took time out from his new business venture selling designer jewellery, to remind the world just what a gem of a footballer he is.
      The 25-year-old midfield maverick produced a couple of pearlers which would have fitted in perfectly to his new range of silver and pearl accessories, as he sparkled in Europe.
      Maddison scored twice in four second-half minutes as he bent a free-kick past Patrik Calgren from 20 yards, then left the Swedish international stunned and rooted to the spot with an expertly placed curler into the far corner.  
      It was more than enough to book Leicester’s place in today’s last 16 draw – although Kasper Schmeichel cursed his luck after Jannick Vestergaard’s passback bobbled over his foot to present Stephen Odey with a late consolation.
      However even that blip couldn’t wipe out the memory of some world class moments from the Dane, who was otherwise outstanding on his return to his homeland.
      Randers were caught cold inside two minutes when they surrendered possession and Wilfred Ndidi swiftly sent Barnes scampering into acres of space on the left.
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      The 24-year-old couldn’t believe his good fortune as he looked up to find Randers goalie Patrik Calgren was the only man barring his way.
      Barnes opened up his hips and expertly beat the exposed goalie, to join Patson Daka as Leicester’s leading European scorer of all time, on six goals.
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      The fired-up locals sliced through the visitors’ defence at regular intervals but lacked a cutting edge.
      And when they did hit the target Schmeichel defied Stephen Odey and Jakob Ankersen at point blank range to deny Randers a swift equaliser.
      But he topped the lot three minutes into the second half with a stunning reflex save to flip Odey’s attempt from nine yards over, when the ball was hurtling towards the roof of his net.
      Luke Thomas then came to Leicester’s rescue to clear another Odey attempt off the line before Maddison took charge to send 620 travelling Foxes fans home happy.
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      Astonishing moment Qarabag striker Wadji scores handball goal vs Marseille… before MANAGER tells ref to rule it out

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      QARABAG striker Ibrahima Wadji scored an astonishing handball goal.And it was allowed to stand until his own manager told the referee to rule it out.
      Ibrahima Wadji’s slam dunk goal was initially allowed to standCredit: TWITTER
      Somehow the referees did not spot the clear violation of the rulesCredit: Twitter

      The forward blatantly used his first to beat Marseille goalkeeper Steve Mandanda to the ball and punch it in basketball slam-dunk style on 34 minutes.
      Incredibly, it was initially allowed to stand in the Europa Conference League play-off.
      That is because the handball was missed by the referees and there is no VAR until the final.
      Marseille’s players were understandably furious, with on-loan Arsenal midfielder Matteo Guendouzi reportedly following his opponent round the pitch repeatedly shouting: “You’re a cheat.”
      But Wadji played dumb for a full three minutes as the protests continued.
      However, then the Azerbaijani side’s gaffer Gurban Gurbanov spoke with his striker and insisted the goal was chalked off in a fantastic display of sportsmanship following his forward’s cheating.
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      Wadji then did appear to confess the misdemeanour to the official who then gave a free-kick to the French side.
      One said: “Full of respect for Qarabag striker Ibrahima Wadji, who has just taken advantage of there being no VAR in the Conference League by scoring like this.”
      Another wrote: “Fair play to Qarabag and Wadji. No VAR, referee brutally missing a clear hand ball and would have brought them back into the tie. Very classy sportsmanship!”
      Visitors Marseille led 1-0 at the time, and 4-1 on aggregate, thanks to Papa Gueye’s 12th-minute opener.
      Wadji eventually admitted his handball after consulting his coachCredit: AP More