Following the conclusion of the round of 1/8 second leg series, the eight top teams have officially advanced to the Europa League quarterfinals this season.

These teams are Liverpool, AS Roma, AC Milan, Marseille, West Ham United, Atalanta, and Bayer Leverkusen.

Liverpool is the most remarkable of these and is now a strong contender for the tournament championship, which is regarded as Europe’s second-class club-level playground.

Following two games, The Kop turned into a “nightmare” for Sparta Prague, scoring two “rain of goals” to secure an 11-2 victory.

When the two teams met again at Anfield, Liverpool continued to show that they were too powerful for their opponents, winning 6-1 after winning 5-1 away.

Coach Juergen Klopp’s team defeated Sparta Prague thanks to goals from Darwin Nunez, Bobby Clark, Mohamed Salah, Cody Gakpo (twice), and Dominik Szoboszlai.

West Ham United, another English team, earned the right to go forward after “destroying” Freiburg 5-0 at home in addition to Liverpool.

Outcomes of the 1/8 Europa League second leg and championship round.In this second leg, The Hammers’ scorers were Aaron Cresswell, Mohammed Kudus, Jarrod Bowen, and Lucas Paqueta.This outcome enabled West Ham United to overcome the German football representative and win 5-1 in order to move on to the next round.

Though Danny Welbeck’s lone goal helped Brighton defeat AS Roma at least 1-0, England could not have been more disappointed.

Brighton had to bid farewell to the Europa League arena after losing the final 1-4 to AS Roma after two games.In the meantime, the Italian football team’s representatives triumphed in this arena and jointly proceeded on their path to the playground championship.In their second encounter, AC Milan won 3-1 away to Slavia Prague, bringing their overall record to 7-3.Christian Pulisic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, and Rafael Leao gave Milan a 3-0 lead in the second leg, but Matej Jurasek’s honourable goal at the conclusion of the game allowed the home club to rally.

After defeating Sporting 2-1 in the second leg, Atalanta is the only Italian football team left in the Europa League quarterfinals this year.After Pedro Goncalves gave Sporting the lead in the first half, Ademola Lookman and Gianluca Scamacca scored goals in the second half to help Atalanta rally.Atalanta defeated Sporting 3-2 as a result, advancing to the next round.Italy has sent three teams (AC Milan, AS Roma, and Atalanta) to the Europa League quarterfinals, more than any other nation. England came in second with Liverpool and West Ham United.

With three teams making it to the quarterfinals, Italian football is the dominant sport.The three teams still holding quarterfinal tickets for the Europa League are Marseille (Ligue 1, France), Benfica (Portugal), and Bayer Leverkusen (Bundesliga, Germany).After an incredible home comeback against Qarabag FK of Azerbaijan, Bayer Leverkusen advanced to the next round.Abdellah Zoubir and Juninho goals for Qarabag FK put them ahead of Leverkusen 2-0 after 67 minutes, causing a major surprise.But throughout the rest of the game, Xabi Alonso’s kids stood tall and scored goals one after another to mount a comeback.Before Patrik Schick scored twice in the 90+3 and 90+8 minutes to assist the home team win a thrilling 3-2, Jeremie Frimpong started the comeback with a goal in the 72nd minute to cut the score to 1-2.With a 5-4 aggregate score after two games, Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen won the right to proceed and stays undefeated this season.Rafa Silva’s lone goal helped Benfica defeat Rangers at least 1-0 and progress with a 3-2 victory.Marseille’s away loss against Villarreal, which ended in a 1-3 score, did not stop them from moving forward. After winning 4-0 in the first leg, the French football team qualified for the next round with a 5-3 overall record after two games.Eight teams—Aston Villa, Club Brugger, Lille, Olympiacos, Fenerbahce, Fiorentina, PAOK, and Viktoria Plzen—entered the Europa Conference League quarterfinals.