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02/26 03:52 CST Nottingham Forest and Stuttgart take 3-goal leads into return
playoffs in the Europa League
Nottingham Forest and Stuttgart take 3-goal leads into return playoffs in the
Europa League
NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) --- Nottingham Forest and Stuttgart looked in control
of their Europa League playoffs and close to reaching the round of 16 on
Thursday.
Both sides took home a three-goal advantage from the first legs last week.
Vtor Pereira made an impact in his first game in charge, leading Nottingham to
a 3-0 victory at Fenerbahe.
While the English club is struggling at 17th place in the Premier League, it
will be favored to advance at the City Ground. Nottingham returned to Europe
after three decades this season and has not conceded a goal in its last three
home games in the European second-tier.
Fenerbahe has managed to win only one of its last 10 games in England.
Stuttgart beat Celtic 4-1 in front of packed Celtic Park on a night to forget
for caretaker boss Martin O'Neill, who didn't have much to celebrate in his
1,000th career game as a manager. O'Neill said Celtic was not ready to give up.
"We want to go there and compete," he said. "You don't want to throw things
away, so we'll go and compete and have a look at it."
Host Genk has its sights on the next round after leading Dinamo Zagreb 3-1, and
so does Bologna, which plays at home and is 1-0 up against Norwegian side Brann.
Celta holds a 2-1 lead over PAOK and Lille is trailing Red Star 1-0 ahead of
their game in Belgrade.
In the third-tier Conference League, Crystal Palace has work to do at home
after it was held to 1-1 by Zrinjski Mostar in Bosnia.
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