In the last round in Group G of the Europa League, Roma and Slavia had already secured the second stage; the only question was who would move on from the first and who from the second position. Giallorossi were waiting for a possible defeat of the Prague giants, but Slavia did not offer the Italian representative even a glimmer of hope. With four goals in the first half, they blew up the weak Swiss Servette, so the triumph over Sheriff (3:0) did not mean much to Jose Mourinho and his men, who will have to fight with one of the third-placed teams from the Champions League for the round of 16 of the Europa League.No player has scored more goals in the Europa League this season than Romelu Lukaku (5). 💪#UEL pic.twitter.com/1EAVWbhnu4— Squawka Live (@Squawka_Live) December 14, 2023 However, tonight’s game proved that Romelu Lukaku and the Europa League are an ideal combination. The Belgian continued his incredible streak and hit the net for the sixth time in a row at home in the European B competition. With a rather routine goal in the 11th minute, he became the first player with the mentioned series of goals at home since Kevin Gameiro (2015-2018). At the same time, it was Lukaku’s 20th goal in the Europa League (in only 17 appearances), with which Big Rom paved the way to the top 10 scorers list. Lukaku’s numbers from the Champions League are far weaker – 18 goals in 44 games.🚨🚨| GOAL: Romelu Lukaku opens the scoring for Roma!Roma 1-0 Sheriff !! pic.twitter.com/BRYwCE7GKn— Recap Football (@recap_football) December 14, 2023 In Group H, Xabi Alonso’s flying Bayer put an end to an incredible group stage in style. Molde didn’t have a good night at the Bayern Arena, and their European story was sealed with five goals – 5:1. On top of that, due to the result from the other game in this group, Molde will continue their European journey in the Conference League. Alonso expectedly rested the key players and started the game without Victor Boniface, Florian Wirz, Granit Xhaka and Jeremy Frimpong, but this did not affect the fluidity of the game of the leader of the German elite in the least on the contrary. Hložek and Schick harassed the defence of Molde, scoring once each, and the guests had no solution even to the aerial danger of Lever, so Tapsoba also shook the net. Leverkusen is the only team in Leagues of Five that has not lost a single match this season, counting all competitions!UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE – ROUND 6ThursdayLASK – Toulouse 1-2 (0-0)/Ljubicic 61 – Dallinga 54, Suazo 83/St.Gilloise – Liverpool 2-1 (2-1)/Amoura 32, Puertas 43 – Quansah 39/Panathinaikos – Maccabi Haifav 1-2 (0-1)/Ionnaidis 82 – David 20, Chery 74/Rennes – Villareal 2-3 (1-1)/Assingon 37, Blas 79 – Moreno 36, Akhomach 62, Parejo 80/Roma – Sheriff Tiraspol 3-0 (2-0)/Lukaku 11, Bellotti 32, Pisilli 89/Slavia Praha – Servette 4-0 (4-0)/Assingon 37, Blas 79 – Moreno 36, Akhomach 62, Parejo 80/Leverkusen – Molde 5-1 (3-0)/Schick 6, Tapsoba 22, Ellingsen 25 (og), Hložek 60, Mbamba 70 – Kitolano 75/Qarabag – Hacken 2-1 (2-0)/Andrade 1, Benzia 45+3 – Hyseinov 90+1 (og)23:00: (1.30) Olympiakos (5.50) TSC Backa Topola (10.0)23:00: (1.80) West Ham (3.70) Freiburg (5.00)23:00: (2.05) Ajax (3.50) AEK (3.50)23:00: (1.70) Brighton (4.10) Olympique Marseille (5.20)23:00: (4.40) Aris Limmasol (3.70) Sparta Praha (1.90)23:00: (1.85) Betis (3.70) Rangers (4.70)23:00: (2.65) Rakow (3.40) Atalanta (2.80)23:00: (1.70) Sporting (3.60) Sturm (5.30)***odds are subject to change***
