[EUROPA LEAGUE] Oguchi Onyewu's TC Twente is through to the quarterfinals of the Europa League despite its 2-0 loss to Zenit St. Petersburg on Thursday. Maurice Edu's Rangers fell at home to PSV, 1-0, and went out on aggregate by the same score.
Onyewu started at center back in place of the suspended Douglas for Twente, which won the first leg at home, 3-0.
New Jersey-born Giuseppe Rossi scored his tournament-high eighth goal to help Villarreal win 2-1 over Bayer Leverkusen and advance to the quarterfinals.
Three Portuguese clubs -- Benfica, Braga and Porto -- advanced, while English giants Liverpool and Manchester City were eliminated.
EUROPA LEAGUE:
Porto 2 CSKA Moscow 1
(Aggregate: 3-1)
Liverpool 0 Braga 0
(Aggregate: 0-1)
Man. City 1 Dynamo Kiev 0
(Aggregate: 1-2)
Paris SG 1 Benfica 1
(Aggregate: 2-3)
Rangers 0 PSV 1
(Aggregate: 0-1)
Spartak Moscow 3 Ajax 0
(Aggregate: 4-0)
Villarreal 2 Bayer Leverkusen 1
(Aggregate: 5-3)
Zenit St. Petersburg 2 FC Twente 0
(Aggregate: 2-3)



Billy Kirkwood


