🎥 Porto win in Germany, Betis stumble in Greece, Europa League roundup

March 12, 2026 · Yahoo Sports

This Thursday (12th) of the UEFA Europa League round of 16 began with four matches at 2:45 PM (Brasília time).

Highlights include the impressive away results celebrated by Aston Villa and Porto.

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And for Panathinaikos, who played with one man down and still gained an advantage over Betis.

Check out what happened in the day's first matches.

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The first half saw little offensive production and, as a result, just one shot on goal.

The second half brought a brilliant play by Jon Rowe leading to a beautiful goal by Bernardeschi (50').

Roma responded with a ball steal and a goal by Pellegrini (71').

Despite a slump in the Premier League, Villa secured a great result on French soil.

They didn’t even hit the opponent’s goal in the first half, but showed their quality in the second thanks to Wattkins (61').

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The Andalusian side showed more football and managed to threaten Rafa Benítez’s team.

And things got even better for them at 59' after Zaroury was sent off.

But Swiderski was brought on for the other side.

On his very first attempt, he won a penalty from Llorente.

Which Taborda converted (87').

Betis, with Antony, tried. But they couldn’t avoid defeat.

Farioli rested several starters. But Porto secured an important advantage for the return leg.

And it was thanks to a "festival" of errors in playing out from the back that the first three goals were scored.

Porto took the lead thanks to Terem Moffi (21').

Rodrigo Mora showed class with his finish to extend the lead (27').

And Stuttgart took advantage of a rival’s mistake to pull one back before halftime with their top scorer Undav (40').

The second half saw the German side on top, even having a goal disallowed.

But the victory went to Porto.

Highlight for Thiago Silva, the oldest player to debut in the competition.

All the return matches will be next Thursday (19th).

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