Union of European Football Associations Europa League Round of Thirty-two

The Round of Thirty-two had few major upsets, with some of the bigger names facing off against each other.

Both Manchester clubs move into the Round of 16, with United just holding on at home to AFC Ajax while City destroyed holders FC Porto at Etihad Stadium. The Dutch club brought their game, trying to make up for a 0-2 loss in Amsterdam in the first leg, but were only able to score twice and fell 3-2. Defending Europa League Champions Porto lost the first leg at home 1-2, so needed to score at least twice to progress. City had other plans though, putting four past Helton. The other English side left in the competition, Stoke City FC, fell to Valencia CF in a pair of tightly contested 1-0 matches.

Athletic Bilbao ended the European competition for Russian side FK Lokomotiv Moscow at home, posting a 1-0 victory at home. The result tied them on aggregate, with Athletic's away goal giving them the tie-breaker. Over in Madrid, Atletico defeated SS Lazio with one goal to take the tie, after beating the Italians 1-3 at the Stadio Olimpico.

Hannover 96 walked away with a one goal victory at Club Brugge KV, holding the hosts scoreless while taking the tie on aggregate after their 2-1 victory at home in the first leg. FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 went into extra time with Viktoria Plzen, with the both 90 minute periods ending in 1-1 draws. Klaas Jan Huntelaar netted twice in the second extra period at Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, to finish a hat trick for the day, taking the Bundesliga side into the third round.

Udinese Calcio continued their excellent season, posting a three nil victory away to PAOK Salonika in Greece. The Pan-Thessalonican Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans had previously traveled to Italy for a scoreless draw, putting themselves in a great position to move on, but Udinese put two past the Thessalonians in under fifteen minutes.

Turkish side Besiktas JK defeated Portuguese giants Sporting Clube Braga on the back of a two goal victory away, as they lost the second leg at home by one. SP Lisbon move on as the only Portuguese team left in the competition, defeating Legia Warszawa with one goal at home after the first leg in Poland ended with two goals for each side.

FK Rubin Kazan lost to Olympiakos in a pair of one nil victories for the Greek side. In another rising UEFA country, Ukranian side FC Metalist Kharkiv completed their dismantling of the Austrians SV Salzburg, with 0-4 and 4-1 scorelines sending Kharkiv into the third round.

Jozy Altidore and Alkmaar Zaanstreek defeated Sacha Kljestan and Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht in a clash that was watched with great interest by many Americans. AZ move on after defeating Anderlecht at home in the first leg as well. Philips Sport Vereniging Eindoven topped Trabzonspor Kulubu 6-2 on aggregate on the back of a 4-1 win at home.  FC Twente Enschede make it three out of four for Eredivisie teams in the Europa League as they defeated FC Steaua Bucuresti with a one goal victory at home, taking the aggregate after a single goal win away.

Royal Standard de Liege get into the third round, barely, as they win due to the away goal tiebreaker, with both legs against Wisla Krakow ending in draws.