Europa League: Lille defeats Crvena Zvezda to reach the 1/8 finals, before other second-leg matches and Fenerbahçe's game;

The second leg of the Europa League play-off stage between Crvena Zvezda and Lille has concluded. The match took place at the Rajko Mitić Stadium in Belgrade and ended with a 2-0 victory for the visitors.

Lille forward Olivier Giroud opened the scoring early in the game. Defender Nathan Ngoy extended the visitors' lead in the 99th minute.

Dejan Stanković's team won the first leg 1-0. With a 2-0 victory in the return leg, Lille advanced to the 1/8 finals of the Europa League.

23:58

The return matches of the UEFA Europa League play-off stage are being held.

Stuttgart hosted Scotland's Celtic. The game ended 1-0 in favor of the visitors.

Luke McCowan scored the only goal in the first minute.

In the first leg, Stuttgart defeated Celtic 4-1. Thus, the German team won 4-2 on aggregate and qualified for the 1/8 finals of the Europa League.

The results in other matches were as follows:

Ferencváros – Ludogorets – 2:0
The first leg ended with a 2-1 victory for Ludogorets. Thus, Ferencváros advanced to the 1/8 finals.

09:20

The return matches of the UEFA Europa League play-off stage will be held today.

Idman.Biz reports that Turkish representative Fenerbahçe will be the guest of England's Nottingham Forest.

The first match between the sides in Istanbul ended with a 0-3 defeat for the "Yellow-Navy Blues".

UEFA Europa League
Play-off stage, return matches
February 26
21:45. Crvena Zvezda (Serbia) - Lille (France)
First leg - 1:0

21:45. Stuttgart (Germany) - Celtic (Scotland)
First leg - 4:1

21:45. Ferencváros (Hungary) - Ludogorets (Bulgaria)
First leg - 1:2

21:45. Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic) - Panathinaikos (Greece)
First leg – 2:2

23:59. Celta (Spain) - PAOK (Greece)
First leg - 2:1

23:59. Nottingham Forest (England) - Fenerbahçe (Turkey)
First leg - 3:0

23:59. Bologna (Italy) - Brann (Norway)
First leg - 1:0

23:59. Genk (Belgium) - Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)
First leg - 3:1