West Ham 4-1 Gent
West Ham United thrashed Gent 5-2 on aggregate to reach the semi-finals of the Europa Conference League.
Gent claimed an early lead in London, before the Hammers hit back with an equaliser through Michail Antonio ahead of the half-time break.
A second-half onslaught by the Premier League side, in which Lucas Paqueta, Declan Rice and Antonio all scored, sealed the result.
Read our full match report here.
Flashscore Man of the Match: Lucas Paqueta (West Ham United)
Nice 1-2 Basel AET
Basel progressed through to the Conference League semi-finals after a heroic extra-time comeback win against a resolute Nice outfit at the Allianz Riviera, sealing a first European final-four appearance since 2013.
A dominant Nice side took to the field with unwavering mettle, inflicting first blood on the visitors with just 10 minutes on the clock, thanks to Gaetan Laborde’s deflected effort that settled into the top corner.
Conceding early evidently hurt Basel, as they realised another catch-up task was on the books following their 1-1 comeback draw against Swiss Super League champions-elect BSC Young Boys.
As the visitors eventually found their feet, Nice were never going to be the ones to sit back, having scored first inside the opening half-hour for a fourth straight Conference Leage home game.
It was Laborde once again who came agonisingly close, this time from a superb left-footed strike that inched past the woodwork, much to the dismay of the home faithful. As half-time approached, Basel looked lost and out of ideas, eagerly anticipating referee Serdar Gozubuyuk to bring a halt to the game in a bid to recuperate.
With Nice failing to keep a clean sheet in their four home games in the cup proper, Basel maintained hopes of a leveller and had to wait for until the 87th minute to see a light at the end of the tunnel.
Following large periods of resolute possession play by Nice, the tie eventually came to life at the death, after Jean-Kevin Augustin thumped home the equaliser from inside the box to silence the Allianz Riviera.
With extra time beckoning, Basel found themselves inches away from scoring the winner just minutes later, only to see Zeki Amdouni crash his shot off the left post.
A whole different game was on display thereafter, as Basel emerged the stronger of the two and stunned Didier Digard’s men eight minutes into E.T.
A brilliant delivery from Darian Males fed Kasim Adams’ fantastic header, which the Ghanaian directed into the bottom corner to give his side the lead.
As Nice looked to respond, Billal Brahimi painfully curled a free-kick onto the crossbar, but the tie gradually faded away from the home side’s grasp, as they could do nothing but play second-fiddle and bid goodbye to their only realistic chance of playing in Europe next season.
In turn, Basel’s valiant comeback earns them just a second-ever European last-four appearance.
Flashscore Man of the Match: Zeki Amdouni (Basel)
