EUROPA LEAGUE ROUND UP: Shakhtar Donetsk, Bayer Leverkusen, and Union Berlin reach the last-16

Bayer Leverkusen, Shakhtar Donetsk, Union Berlin, Sevilla and Sporting Lisbon joined Juventus, Manchester United and Roma to reach the Europa League round of 16.

It was a goal-packed Thursday in the competition with 24 goals scored in the eight ties.

Shakhtar Donetsk continued their miracle season when they overcame Rennes in the most dramatic fashion, beating them 5-4 on penalties.

Having led 2-1 in last week’s first leg in Warsaw, a Karl Toko Ekambi goal gave the French side a 1-0 lead early in the second half.

There were no more goals in the remainder of regulation time and the match went into extra time with the score 2–2 on aggregate.

Ibrahim Salah looked to have won it for Rennes in the 106th minute as he put them 2-0 up on the night, but a disastrous own goal in the death of Jeanuel Belocian brought the equalizer to penalties after he finished off a routine clearance in your own account. net.

And the Ukrainians emerged victorious with goalkeeper Anatolii Trubin making three spectacular saves in the penalty shootout to send them off.

Elsewhere, Leverkusen cruised to a 5-3 win over AS Monaco on penalties after a thrilling draw.

Monaco entered the match with a 3-2 lead after last week’s first leg, but their lead was regained almost immediately when wunderkind Florian Wirtz opened the scoring.

Wissam Ben Yedder leveled immediately from the point for Monaco, before Exequiel Palacios put Leverkusen back in front.

Amine Adli scored again as Xabi Alonso’s side took a 5-4 aggregate lead before Breel Embolo equalized again on 84 minutes.

Extra time was less eventful, and then the Germans emerged victorious 5-3 on penalties after scoring all five of their penalties and Eliot Matazo was guilty of missing one for the Principality side.

Union Berlin, another Bundesliga team, which surprisingly is the leader of the German top flight along with Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, continued their fairy tale season by beating Ajax 3-1.

First-half goals from Robin Knoche and Josip Juranovic put them 2-0 up. Ajax star Mohammed Kudus pulled one back but Danilho Doekhi helped the Union regain their two-goal lead.

They watched the rest of the game, before Edson Alvarez picked up a red card in stoppage time.

Narrowly beaten by Tottenham and Eintracht Frankfurt in qualifying for the Champions League round of 16, Sporting Lisbon faced Danish side Midtjylland.

A double from Pedro Goncalves, along with a finish from Sebastian Coates and a disastrous own goal from Stefan Gartenmann gave Ruben Amorin’s side a 4-0 win on the night and a 5-0 aggregate win on aggregate. .

Despite a spirited comeback from PSV against Sevilla, the Spanish team held on after winning the first leg 3-0 last week and advanced to the round of 16.

Luuk de Jong had opened the scoring against his former team in the 77th minute to give Jorge Sampaoli’s men a scare but the Dutch team could not complete the comeback.

Although a stoppage-time goal from Wolves’ loan Fabio Silva gave them a 2-0 victory on the night.

However, the game was marred by ugly scenes when a fan invaded the pitch and attacked Sevilla goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic in the closing stages of the game.

Elsewhere, Manchester United defeated Barcelona 2-1 after a thrilling comeback to win 4-3 on aggregate.

Juventus overcame Nantes 4 goals to one in the two games and in Italy, Roma overcame a first-leg deficit to win 2-1 on aggregate.