Europa: Valencia eliminate Genoa

Anderlecht and Valencia were joined byLille, who beatSlavia Prague3-1, and former England coach Steve McClaren’sTwente Enschede, who completed the lineup for the last 32 with a 1-1 draw at eliminatedSteaua Bucharest.

Only four places were up for grabs in Thursday’s 12 games, with a number of teams having already qualified including Anderlecht’s opponents Ajax.

Legear helped himself to the third before halftime, poking in the rebound after keeper Maarten Stekelenburg fumbled Boussoufa’s low centre.

Urby Emanuelson pulled one back for four-times European champions Ajax midway through the second half.SALZBURG WIN

Villa wasted a chance to put Valencia back in front when he fired wide from the spot but atoned by capitalising on keeper Alessio Scarpi’s poor clearance to snatch the winner in the fifth minute of stoppage time.