Arsenal, Man Utd, Roma, Villarreal into Europa League semis

With their season on the road, Arsenal’s gamers produced a devastating first-half efficiency Thursday to beat Slavia Prague and attain the Europa League semifinals.
They’ll meet a well-known face there.
Arsenal’s 4-0 win within the Czech capital — secured courtesy of a three-goal burst in six minutes from the 18th — clinched a 5-1 combination victory and arrange a last-four match towards Villarreal, which is managed by Unai Emery.
The Spanish coach spent an underwhelming 18 months at Arsenal as Arsene Wenger’s substitute in 2018-19 and is rebuilding his managerial profession at Villarreal, which beat Dinamo Zagreb 2-1 and superior 3-1 on combination.
Manchester United and Roma full the semifinal lineup.
United is again within the final 4 for a second straight season after beating Spanish staff Granada 2-0 for a 4-0 combination win.
Arsenal vs Slavia Prague Highlights:

Roma drew 1-1 with Ajax to squeeze by means of 3-2 on combination.
Arsenal and Roma had been below strain to advance as a result of the Europa League represents their solely probability of successful a trophy this season and their solely reasonable route into subsequent season’s Champions League, owing to their lowly present putting of their home leagues.
Arsenal is ninth within the Premier League and Roma seventh in Serie A.
The winner of the Europa League earns an computerized spot within the much more profitable Champions League.
SENDING A MESSAGE
Arsenal despatched a message earlier than and in the course of the win over Slavia.
The hosts discovered the day earlier than the sport that their defender, Ondrej Kudela, had been banned for 10 video games for racially abusing Rangers’ Glen Kamara throughout a round-of-16 sport final month.
Before kickoff, as Slavia’s gamers stood in a line on the heart circle, Arsenal’s gamers took a knee in a symbolic gesture in help of the Black Lives Matter motion, with Alexandre Lacazette doing so proper in entrance of the Slavia staff and staring on the gamers.
Arsenal responded to having an early purpose by Emile Smith Rowe dominated out for offside by VAR by scoring 3 times in fast succession, first although Nicolas Pepe within the 18th after which Lacazette — from the penalty spot — and Bukayo Saka.

That meant Slavia, the runaway chief of the Czech league which hadn’t misplaced at residence in practically 18 months, wanted to attain 4 targets to qualify. By halftime, the hosts had basically given up as they eliminated a few of their key gamers to protect their situation for the league.
Lacazette, persevering with as striker with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang sidelined after contracting malaria, added a fourth within the 77th minute.
“The boys were really at it from the start,” Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta mentioned. “It is a really important win in a crucial moment. We won in a convincing way.”
Arsenal misplaced to Chelsea within the Europa League remaining in 2019.
Villarreal’s targets had been scored by Paco Alcacer and Gerard Moreno on the finish of the primary half, with Zagreb — the last-16 conqueror of Tottenham — grabbing a comfort by means of Mislav Orsic.
Villarreal is within the semifinals of the Europa League for the primary time since 2016.
CAVANI MILESTONE
Manchester United’s Edinson Cavani celebrates after scoring his facet’s first purpose in the course of the Europa League, quarterfinal, leg soccer match between Manchester United and Granada on the Old Trafford stadium, in Manchester, Thursday, April 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)
Edinson Cavani scored his fiftieth purpose in European competitors to steer United to victory over Granada at Old Trafford.
The 34-year-old Uruguay striker met a flicked header again into the center of the realm by Paul Pogba with a left-foot volley into the underside nook within the sixth minute.
A Ninetieth-minute own-goal by Jesus Vallejo accomplished a second straight 2-0 win over Granada.
United misplaced within the semifinals to Sevilla final season and has been defeated at that stage three different occasions — twice within the English League Cup and once more within the FA Cup — below Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Roma will look to inflict one other last-four loss on United after surviving a scare towards Ajax, which took the lead by means of Brian Brobbey’s lobbed end within the forty ninth to tie the rating on combination at 2-2.
Edin Dzeko equalized within the 72nd and Ajax couldn’t discover the purpose that might have taken the match to further time.
Solskjaer was a part of the United facet that beat Roma 7-1 at Old Trafford within the Champions League quarterfinals in 2007.