Atletico Madrid took a big step towards reaching the Europa League semifinals with a 2-0 home win over Sporting Lisbon on Thursday.
Lazio also stayed on course to progress after an action-packed 4-2 home win over Salzburg in their quarter-final first leg and upstarts RB Leipzig will head to Olympique de Marseille with a 1-0 advantage.
Atletico, Europa League winners in 2012, extended their winning home streak in all competitions to nine games after Koke scored inside the opening 30 seconds and Antoine Griezmann added the second shortly before half-time.
Lazio ended Salzburg’s 35-game unbeaten run stretching back to August after the visiting Austrian side twice drew level, but were undone by quickfire late goals from Felipe Anderson and Ciro Immobile.
Germany’s Leipzig, playing in European competition for the first time, put themselves in a good position to progress after a Timo Werner goal on the stroke of halftime sank Marseille.
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