Feyenoord, PSV move closer to Europa League knock out stage

europa league logoRotterdam football club Feyenoord boosted their chances of proceeding to the knock-out phase of the Europa League on Thursday night with a 2-0 home win over Croatian side HNK Rijeka.

Karim El Ahmadi and Lex Immers scored the goals in the first 20 minutes of the game. Feyenoord is now second in Group G with six points from four matches. Seville leads the group with eight and Standard Luik and Rijeka both have four.

PSV Eindhoven is also second in its group after a 3-2 win over Greek club Panathinaikos.

The Greeks went into the break 2-1 up but Abdul Ajagun and Mladen Petric pulled two back in the second half. PSV have seven points in Group E, four more than the number three Estorial.

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