Arsenal reached the Europa League quarter-finals despite losing 1-0 to Olympiakos in the second leg on Thursday, while Mislav Orsić played a stunning hat-trick as Dinoma Zagreb defeated Tottenham Hyderpur after extra time. In the second half of Yusuf al-Arabi, the displaced led Olympiakus to another victory over the Emirates, but Arsenal led 3–2, avenging their goal exit from the Greeks last season. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta told BT Sport, “Actually we are happy. We had a tough opponent that we were happy with. Sometimes we have to be fair with ourselves.
Jose Mourinho’s Spurs took a 2–0 lead after last week’s first leg in London, but Orkic netted twice in the final half-hour as Croatian champions Dinamo leveled the tie at home.
Dino’s coach Zoran Mamic resigned this week, as he was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison for multi-million euro fraud for his involvement in Lotta Modric’s Tottenham and other transfers.
However, Oresic curled in an amazing shot from the corner of the area to give Dino an edge on 62 minutes and then took a superb catch with a brilliant team move to send the match to extra time.
Orsik completed his triple style as he ran the last three players and fired a low drive beyond Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris from the edge of the area in 106 minutes.
Harry Kane almost snatched a late goal that had spurs the Spurs to distant goals, but his effort was ruled out by Dino’s goalkeeper Dominic Livakovich as the hosts won 3–2 on aggregate.
“My team did not bring the basics of football or life-sports to honor our jobs and give everything. I can only apologize to Tottenham supporters,” Mourinho said.
“If I forget the last 10 minutes of extra time, where we have done something to get a different result, then 90 minutes and the first time extra time a team was dropping everything on the pitch.
“My team did not look like it was playing an important match. Another point of view was needed. To say that I feel sad is not enough. What I feel is a lot more than sadness. “
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Spanish side Grenada extended their debut in the European competition, winning 3–2 overall despite losing 2–1 to Molde of Norway in Budapest.
Roma advanced to a two-goal 2–1 victory courtesy of Real Madrid’s two-goal Borja Meyer, with a 5–1 aggregate win against Shekhar Donetsk in Kiev.
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