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Mario Götze (in the foreground) was unhappy with PSV Eindhoven
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Actually, everything went according to plan for Eindhoven coach Roger Schmidt and his recovered star Mario Götze: PSV had already made up the 2: 4 deficit from the first leg against Olympiacos Piraeus at halftime and was thanks to second goals from Eran Zahavi (23 and 44). ) on course for the second round.
In the second half, an open exchange of blows: The guests hit the post and crossbar through Mady Camara (50th) and Konstantinos Fourtonis (79th), for PSV Donyell Malen also missed the possible preliminary decision with a post shot (87th).
The punishment followed a minute later: Kouka pushed the ball over the line after a corner, Eindhoven was eliminated after the 2-1, Olympiakos is in the next round.
In his anniversary game, German goalkeeper Bernd Leno reached the round of 16 with Arsenal FC.
The former Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper achieved a hard-won 3-2 (1-0) against Benfica Lisbon in his 100th match with the London team.
In the first leg, both teams had separated 1: 1.
In Piraeus, ex-Dortmund's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was the match winner with two goals for the Gunners (21st / 87th), but in the meantime Diogo Goncalves had turned the tide in favor of Benfica with a free-kick (43rd) and Rafa (61st) .
Arsenal's Kieran Tierney (67th) had equalized 2-2 in the meantime.
Italy's cup winners SSC Napoli failed to catch up in their own stadium against FC Granada.
After the quick 1-0 win by Poland's Piotr Zielinski (3rd), the SSC believed they were on the right track to make up for the 2-0 win in the first leg.
But the 1: 1 by Ángel Montoro (25th) dampened the hopes of the hosts, who only managed the 2-1 through the Spaniard Fabián (59th).
The leaders of the French Ligue 1 are also eliminated: The OSC Lille lost after a 1: 2 a week ago in the second leg at Ajax Amsterdam with this result.
Former Bremer Davy Klaassen headed for the Dutch after 15 minutes, after Yusuf Yazici (78th) equalized with a penalty kick, David Neres made it 2-1 (1-0) two minutes before the end.
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