Goodbyepublished at 22:00 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
With the results all in, we'll bid you farewell for today.
The second legs of tonight's ties will be played on Thursday, 13 March - be sure to us for coverage of those.
Bye for now!
Summary
Relive Thursday's Europa League & Conference League last-16 first legs
FT: Real Sociedad 1-1 Man Utd - full report here
FT: AZ Alkmaar 1-0 Tottenham - full report here
FT: Fenerbahce 1-3 Rangers - full report here
FT: FC Copenhagen 1-2 Chelsea - full report here
Goodbyepublished at 22:00 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
Full-time scorespublished at 21:58 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
Here are the final scores from the games that kicked off at 20:00 GMT:
Europa League
- Ajax 1-2 Frankfurt
- Bodo/Glimt 3-0 Olympiakos
- Roma 2-1 Athletic Bilbao
- Viktoria Plzen 1-2 Lazio
Conference League
- Borac 1-1 Rapid Vienna
- Celje 1-0 Lugano
- Jagiellonia 3-0 Cercle Brugge
- Pafos 1-0 Djurgarden
Nine-man Lazio score late winnerpublished at 21:58 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
FT: Viktoria Plzen 1-2 Lazio
Both Rome-based clubs have scored late winners in their first legs tonight - and Lazio have done it with nine men!
A lovely curling finish from Gustav Isaksen earns a 2-1 win for the Italian side against Viktoria Plzen.
'Lack of communication and transparency'published at 21:56 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
FT: Real Sociedad 1-1 Man Utd
Rene Meulensteen
Former Manchester United coach on BBC Radio 5 LiveThere is a lack of communication and a lack of transparency.
Yes, football clubs are business, but when you buy a football club you buy the hardened souls of fans.
That is the most important thing. That's what a lot of those businessmen overlook.
Roma score late winnerpublished at 21:53 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
FT: Roma 2-1 Athletic Bilbao
Image source, ReutersLate drama in Rome!
Eldor Shomurodov turns inside the box and finds the bottom corner in the third minute of stoppage time to give Roma the lead against 10-man Athletic Club.
It's given after a VAR check and that was pretty much the last kick of the match.
'I'm not changing'published at 21:50 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
FT: Real Sociedad 1-1 Man Utd
Rene Meulensteen
Former Manchester United coach on BBC Radio 5 LiveRuben Amorim keeps going back to saying 'I'm not changing'.
That's where I think the problem is.
'We were very bad everywhere' - Mourinhopublished at 21:47 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
FT: Fenerbahce 1-3 Rangers
Image source, Getty ImagesFenerbahce manager Jose Mourinho on his side's 3-1 loss at home to Rangers:
"I don't think it's fair to say we were bad defensively because we were very bad everywhere.
"Maybe you laugh, but for me it was a good result because of the way we performed, the result could have been bigger than this one.
"There is, I think, a penalty but to speak about referees after this performance I don't think is ethical. Our performance was bad overall.
"We lost a lot of duels, our ing was not fast. To speak about Fred [who was suspended tonight] is something that I don't like but he was playing fantastic and the team was playing fantastic with him there.
"Defensively we made incredible mistakes. They defend a lot with a very low block and then dangerous counters and we had no pace to follow that.
"I have to say that we deserved a punishment of this result. If someone wants to ask me if it's over, no, I don't think it's over."
Europa League latestpublished at 21:43 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
Lazio and Athletic Bilbao have both had players sent off - they are both currently drawing 1-1 away from home in the Europa League against Viktoria Plzen and Roma respectively.
About five minutes plus stoppage time to play in each of those matches.
'We need him fit' - Maresca on Jamespublished at 21:43 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
FT: Copenhagen 1-2 Chelsea
Image source, Getty ImagesChelsea boss Enzo Maresca speaking in his post-match news conference about goalscorer Reece James: "I see Reece as a midfielder. Since day one. I sent him a clip when he was on holiday about how he can be a midfielder. He has played in full-back, central defender, so the main target for us is to keep him fit.
"We know how important he is for us. He's our captain, a fantastic player. We need him fit, so that is our duty, our target, because for sure he is going to help us. He can play in many positions because the good players can play in many positions.
"It has been a little bit of a sloppy goal. We can avoid that. It's football, it can happen. Now 90 minutes have finished and now we have 90 more minutes against them.
"The main game for us is Sunday's game at home and we need our fans for 100 minutes behind the team and pushing the team.
"If we can win against Leicester on Sunday, we can do one more step to finishing in the Champions League, (whether) top four or top five, I do not know."
'Sociedad will still fancy their chances'published at 21:39 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
FT: Real Sociedad 1-1 Man Utd
Rene Meulensteen
Former Manchester United coach on BBC Radio 5 LiveIf I was being honest from what I have seen - every team that comes to Old Trafford should think, 'we can get something here'.
With Arsenal coming on Sunday we don't know how that game will pan-out.
'It wasn't great from us'published at 21:37 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
FT: AZ 1-0 Tottenham
Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou, speaking in his post-match news conference: "We'll analyse it and have a look at the areas where we struggled with, but it's fair to say it was nowhere near the level it needed to be.
"It wasn't great from us tonight. Pretty much all facets of the game. We didn't really get to grips with any part of the game. We struggled to gain any momentum with the ball, we weren't as aggressive as we needed to be without the ball.
"I don't think it's a matter of effort or attitude. I don't think it is going out there and not trying, but, like I said, we didn't really come to grips and have the right mindset to tackle an away fixture in Europe.
"It is always tough and we obviously conceded the goal, which was a disappointing set of events, but even after that we didn't really settle down into the game at all.
"You are going to face some pressure when you play away from home in Europe and weather the storm and get to grips with it, but we never really did so that was a disappointment.
"We've got to be a lot more aggressive than we were. We were just lacking a bit of aggression in everything we did. We were a little bit hesitant with the ball, hesitant in our pressing and we can't be that way."
'Tottenham have to up their game'published at 21:34 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March
FT: AZ 1-0 Tottenham
Rene Meulensteen
Former Manchester United coach on BBC Radio 5 LiveTottenham were poor.
Credit to AZ, they played well. Tottenham have to be on their guard as AZ will try to play the same way away from home.
Tottenham have to up their game.
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