John McGinn scored and Aston Villa advanced to the quarterfinals of a European competition for the third straight year with a 2-0 victory over Lille on Thursday. Villa, protecting a 1-0 lead in the return leg of the Europa League round of 16, advanced 3-0 on aggregate to set up a quarterfinal against Bologna, which beat Roma 4-3 after extra time to
Barcelona scored seven and Liverpool revived its season with four goals to flip tight Champions League games Wednesday into big wins sending them to the quarterfinals. Atletico Madrid survived a pulsating Tottenham fightback to make it Spain 3, England 0 in round-of-16 clashes this week. Bayern Munich had it easiest of all, pushing aside Atalanta 4-1 on
Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain quickly snuffed out hopes of epic comebacks by Manchester City and Chelsea in the Champions League on Tuesday. Instead, it was tiny Bodø/Glimt on the receiving end of a historic second-leg fightback in the round of 16. Protecting three-goal leads from the first leg, Madrid won 2-1 at City - helped by an early red