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AZ Alkmaar stunned Galatasaray, 10-man Roma held on in Portugal and 16-year-old Jorthy Mokio helped Ajax beat Union SG

That’s it for our coverage of a fun night of European football, one that two 16-year-olds – Jorthy Mokio of Ajax and Michael Noonan of Shamrock Rovers – will never forget.

We’ll be back in the morning with our Friday build-up blog; see you then.

After all that excitement, this is the state of play.

  • Fenerbahce 3-0 Anderlecht Winners play Rangers or Olympiacos

  • Ferencvaros 1-0 PlzenWinners play Lazio or Athletic Bilbao

  • Midtjylland 1-2 Real SociedadWinners play Man Utd or Tottenham Hotspur

  • Union SG 0-2 AjaxWinners play Lyon or Eintracht Frankfurt

  • AZ Alkmaar 4-1 GalatasarayWinners play Man Utd or Tottenham Hotspur

  • Porto 1-1 Roma Winners play Lazio or Athletic Bilbao

  • PAOK 1-2 FCSB Winners play Lyon or Eintracht Frankfurt

  • Twente 2-1 Bodo/GlimtWinners play Rangers or Olympiacos

Ten-man Roma have held on for a draw in Portugal. Claudio Ranieri will be pretty happy with that as he attempts to win his first European knockout tie since Chelsea beat Arsenal in 2003-04.

Actually, as I type that, Ranieri marches onto the field to give his players an almighty brollocking. I think he’s telling them to get away from the referee rather than expressing his anger at their performance or the result.

A fine win for FCSB. The game turned on the sending off of Taison on the stroke of half-time when PAOK were 1-0 up.

That penalty was pretty much the last kick of the game.

A very calm penalty from Ricky van Wolfswinkel gives Twente a crucial advantage ahead of next week’s second leg.

Ricky van Wolfswinkel sends Bodo/Glimt's keeper Nikita Haykin the wrong way to restore FC Twente’s lead from the penalty spot.View image in fullscreen

A fabulous night for AZ, who took Galatasaray apart in an outstanding performance.

Penalty to Twente! Jostein Maurstad Gundersen has been penalised for handball with four seconds of injury time remaining.

87 min: Porto 1-1 Roma It’s still all Porto, though Roma are keeping them at arm’s length for the most part. In the last minute or so Porto have had a couple of long-range shots well wide.

Bodo/Glimt equalise with their first shot on target! The captain Patrick Berg beats Lars Unnerstall with a precise curling shot from 20 yards. Lovely finish.

80 min: Porto 1-1 Roma Porto are really pushing for a winner against 10-man Roma, who have taken off their main striker Artem Dovbyk in a fairly unambiguous statement of defensive intent.

Red card: Porto 1-1 Roma (Cristante) Roma, who were cruising at 1-0 up, are now down to 10 men. Bryan Cristante was given a second yellow card for a foul on Fabio Vieira, who is definitely on loan from Arsenal.

A reminder that the English clubs, Manchester United and Spurs, will play the winners of AZ Alkmaar v Galatasaray and Midtjylland v Real Sociedad in the last 16. At the moment it looks like Alkmaar and Sociedad.

Rangers will play the winners of either Twente v Bodo/Glimt or Fenerbahce v Anderlecht.

AZ Alkmaar 4-1 GalatasarayMijnans 12, Parrott 36 pen, Clasie 58, Wolfe 66; Sallai 20

Porto 1-1 RomaMoura 67; Celik 45+5

PAOK 1-2 FCSBSamatta 21; Gheorghita 50, Dawa 60

Twente 1-0 Bodo/GlimtLtaief 5

A Roma corner leads to a goal – for Porto! Diogo Costa pings a long goalkick out to Pepe, who moves into the area and is well challenged. Francisco Moura follows up with a shot that takes a big deflection and flies into the net.

Francisco Moura celebrates in front of joyoux home fans after scoring Porto’s equaliser in their Europa League knockout phase playoff first leg against Roma.View image in fullscreen

This is a rout. Troy Parrott’s shot is brilliantly saved by Muslera but David Moller Wolfe taps the rebound in. At first he looked offside; in fact he was played on by Sallai on the far side.

Another goal from an FCSB substitute. Risto Radunovic’s fine corner is headed in emphatically by Joyskim Dawa; PAOK are in all sorts.

Joyskim Dawa celebrates after putting FCSB 2-1 ahead in the Europa League knockout phase playoffs first leg match against PAOK.View image in fullscreen

AZ Alkmaar 3-1 GalatasarayMijnans 12, Parrott 36 pen, Clasie 58; Sallai 20

Porto 0-1 RomaCelik 45+5

PAOK 1-1 FCSBSamatta 21; Gheorghita 50

Twente 1-0 Bodo/GlimtLtaief 5

Galatasaray, who some of us fancied to win the Europa League, are in big trouble now.Jordy Clasie has finished masterfully from eight yards to put AZ Alkmaar two goals and one man ahead.

AZ Alkmaar's Jordy Clasie scores their third goal in their Europa League knockout phase playoff first leg against Galatasaray.View image in fullscreen
Jordy Clasie of AZ Alkmaar (second left) celebrates with his teammates after scoring the 3-1 goal during the Europa League playoff phase first leg between AZ Alkmaar and Galatasaray.View image in fullscreen

It’s all going wrong for PAOK. They had Taison sent off just before half time and now the substitution Andrei Gheorghita has swept FCSB level after good awareness from Florin Tanase.

Red card: AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Galatasaray (Ayhan) Kaan Ayhan, the Galatasaray right-back, has been given a second yellow card for a clear foul just outside the penalty area. He had the effrontery to complain, and then limped off, but it was a simple decision for the referee.

Conference League Antony, on loan from Manchester United, has scored an excellent goal to give Real Betis the lead away to Gent. The phenomenon of players regaining confidence the moment they leave Old Trafford is one of the great mysteries of our time.

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AZ Alkmaar 2-1 GalatasarayMijnans 12, Parrott 36 pen; Sallai 20

Porto 0-1 RomaCelik 45+5

PAOK 1-0 FCSBSamatta 21

Twente 1-0 Bodo/GlimtLtaief 5

45+5 min: PAOK 1-0 FCSB (Taison sent off) PAOK are down to 10 men. Taison has been given a second yellow card for dissent, prompting unapologetic celebrations from some of the FCSB players!

Roma lead on the stroke of half time! Alexis Saelemaekers’ low cross from the right was half blocked at the near post and broke for Zeki Celik, who cracked it past Diogo Costa. Celik had been involved earlier in the move and just kept running.

Roma's Zeki Celik scores the opening goal during the Europa League playoff first leg match at Porto.View image in fullscreen

45 min: AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Galatasaray “Troy Parrott isn’t on loan at AZ,” writes Jamie Smith. “Excelsior last season was a loan. He had a good season but they went down and AZ bought him from us (Spurs).

Ach, my mistake. Thanks for pointing it out.

A quick reminder of the teams who have already qualified for the last 16 of the Europa League: Lazio, Athletic Bilbao, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Eintracht Frankfurt, Lyon, Olympiacos and Rangers.

39 min: Porto 0-0 Roma The luckless Paulo Dybala has gone off with what looks like a knee injury. He’s able to walk off but he’s pretty distressed and has the body language of a man who knows it’s more than just a knock. Tommaso Baldanzi replaces him.

Roma's Paulo Dybala gestures as he lies on the ground after picking up an injury during the Europa League knockout phase playoff first leg between Porto and Roma.View image in fullscreen

35 min: PAOK 1-0 FCSB PAOK have had a goal disallowed for offside after making a mess of a three-on-one break. Samatta scored from an offside position but the chap who passed the ball to him (not sure who it was) was through on goal and could have scored himself.

Baris Yilmaz concedes a penalty with a preposterous tackle on Seiya Maikuma. Republic of Ireland striker Troy Parrott, on loan for Tottenham, calmly sits Muslera down and passes the ball into the net.

Troy Parrott (left) celebrates with fellow goalscorer Sven Mijnans after scoring AZ Alkmaar’s second goal in their Europa League knockout phase playoff first leg against Galatasaray.View image in fullscreen
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