Europa league: Bilbao, Dortmund vying to progress
Southampton have work to do if they want to join Tottenham and Liverpool
Athletic Bilbao's Aritz Aduriz celebrates after scoring during the Spanish Supercup second-leg match against FC Barcelona at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona. PHOTO: AFP
PARIS:
Athletic Bilbao need to turn around a first-leg home loss in Thursday’s Europa League play-off second-leg action to book their spot in the group stage with Borussia Dortmund and Southampton also looking to advance.
Meanwhile, Southampton have work to do if they want to join Tottenham and Liverpool and make it three English clubs in the group stage after being held 1-1 by Danish champions Midtjylland at St Mary’s last week.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 27th, 2015.
Athletic Bilbao need to turn around a first-leg home loss in Thursday’s Europa League play-off second-leg action to book their spot in the group stage with Borussia Dortmund and Southampton also looking to advance.
Athletic will be bidding to turn around a 3-2 loss against Slovak side MSK Zilina, while Dortmund look to continue their dream start to the season under new coach Thomas Tuchel and build on their remarkable 4-3 comeback win from three goals down after 22 minutes away to Norwegian side Odd.
Meanwhile, Southampton have work to do if they want to join Tottenham and Liverpool and make it three English clubs in the group stage after being held 1-1 by Danish champions Midtjylland at St Mary’s last week.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 27th, 2015.