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Europa League semi-final fixtures confirmed
The semi-final fixtures for this season’s Europa League have been confirmed.
This follows the completion of the quarter-final second legs on Thursday.
Bayer Leverkusen will face Roma in the last four.
The newly crowned Bundesliga champions drew 1-1 at West Ham, after winning the first leg 2-0 in Germany.
Roma beat AC Milan 2-1 at home, after also winning 1-0 at the San Siro.
In the other semi-final clash, Atalanta will play Marseille.
The Serie A side qualified on a 3-1 aggregate despite losing 1-0 to Liverpool.
Marseille saw off Benfica via a penalty shoot-out after the game ended 1-1 on aggregate.
The two legs of the semi-finals will take place on Thursday 2 May and Thursday 9 May.
Newcastle on Sunday pummeled Manchester United 4-1.
Newcastle to chance as they dealt a terrible blow on former league toppers.
Arsenal draw Brentford as hope of making it to the top continues to dwindle.
Arsenal after a superlative display against Real Madrid could not pull a win against Brentford at Emirates.
Most popular ex-captain and head coach of the Super Eagles, Christian Chukwu, is dead.
He was 74.
The football legend reportedly passed away in the early hours of Saturday though the exact circumstances surrounding the situation remain unclear as of the time of filing this report.
His longtime teammate and friend, Dr. Olusegun Odegbami, confirmed the development.
Odegbami, who won the 1980 Africa Nation Cup with Chukwu, said: ‘I just received the news that between 9:00 and 10:00 this morning, “Chairman” Christian Chukwu, MFR, my bosom friend and teammate, one of the greatest football players in Nigeria’s history, has passed on’.
Born 4 January 1951, Chukwu had an illustrious career with Rangers captaining them to many laurels on the domestic football scene and led the Flying Antelopes to continental glory by winning the now rested African Cup Winners Cup in 1977.
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