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Europa League round-up

Image: Moenchengladbach forward Branimir Hrgota celebrates

Borussia Monchengladbach and Villarreal booked their places in the last 32 of the Europa League after closing their Group A campaigns with convincing wins.

Gladbach sealed top spot in the pool thanks to a 3-0 victory at home to FC Zurich.

It was no less than the Germans deserved for an utterly dominant performance.

Villarreal finished a point behind Gladbach after first-half goals from Gerard Moreno and Luciano Vietto earned a 2-0 win away to Apollon Limassol.

Torino finished Group B in emphatic fashion as they came from behind to win 5-1 at nine-man FC Copenhagen, but still had to settle for second place behind Club Brugge.

Club Brugge held on to top spot as they edged a 2-1 home win over HJK Helsinki.

Felipe Gedoz's penalty put the the Belgians in front, but Macoumba Kandji struck a second-half leveller. Lior Rafaelov struck an 88th-minute winner for the hosts.

Dnipro claimed the second qualifying spot in Group F after a 1-0 win over St Etienne in Ukraine.

Salzburg completed Group D with five wins and a draw thanks to a 5-1 win over Astra Giurgiu in their final game.

Already confirmed as pool winners, the Austrians went ahead through Marcel Sabitzer, while Kevin Kampl and Alan both grabbed a brace. Gheorghe Florescu got Salzberg’s consolation.

Dinamo Moscow made it six wins from six in Group E as Aleksei Ionov's 90th-minute winner earned a 1-0 success at second-placed PSV Eindhoven.

Panathinaikos drew 1-1 at home to Estoril in the other game, Kleber's late equaliser for the visitors cancelling out Nikolaos Karelis' effort.

Partizan Belgrade and Asteras Tripoli drew 0-0 in the other game in the pool.    

Holders Sevilla booked their place in the knockout stage with a 1-0 win at home to Rijeka, but had to settle for second place in Group G.

Feyenoord, won 3-0 at Standard Liege, Jens Toornstra, Jean-Paul Boetius and Elvis Manu on target.

Ten-man Wolfsburg beat Lille to second place behind Everton in Group H with a 3-0 win in France.

Everton, already through and thus fielding a much-changed team, lost 1-0 at home to Krasnodar with Ricardo Laborde on target.

Guingamp clinched qualification from Group K ahead of PAOK Salonika as Claudio Beauvue scored twice in a 2-1 win in Greece.

With both sides starting the day level on points, it was the visitors who took second spot behind Fiorentina, who lost 2-1 to Dinamo Minsk.

Young Boys nicked second place in Group I off Sparta Prague with a 2-0 home win over the Czech side.

Napoli finished top thanks to a 3-0 win at home to pointless Slovan Bratislava. Dries Mertens, Marek Hamsik and Duvan Zapata scored the goals.

AaB held on to second place in Group J, despite losing 2-0 at Rio Ave, Yonathan Del Valle with both goals.

Steaua Bucharest were unable to get the win they needed to move ahead of AaB as they lost 2-0 at home to group winners Dynamo Kiev.

Legia Warsaw finished top of Group L with a 2-0 win at home to Trabzonspor, who were also already through. An own goal from goalkeeper Fatih Ozturk broke the deadlock and Orlando Sa added the second.

In the other match in the pool, Mbaye Leye's goal earned Lokeren a 1-0 win at Metalist Kharkiv

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