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Vitebsk-Isloč 1:4
Neman-Minsk 3:0
Torpedo BelAZ-Šahter 2:0
BATE-Dinamo M 0:1

Everything is more or less decided already before the second legs. We all know which club is the main favourite.

Svenska Cupen QFs (single matches):

IF Brommapojkarna 0-1 [aet] Halmstads BK
Halmstads BK is based in Halmstad which is Sweden's 19th-largest city by population (about 72,000 inhabitants), located on the West coast of Sweden, about midway between Göteborg and Malmö. Freddie Ljungberg played for Halmstads BK before he moved to Arsenal.

Mjällby AIF 1-3 AIK
No problem for AIK; Mjällby AIF was in the Cup final last season.

Djurgårdens IF 3-0 Degerfors IF
All three DIF goals in the second half. Degerfors was relegated during 2023 Allsvenskan.

Malmö FF 5-2 IFK Norrköping
Malmö are 2023 champions too.

SFs:
16 March 2024: Halmstads BK vs Malmö FF
17 March 2024: AIK vs Djurgårdens IF

One Stockholm semi-final and one SW semi-final.

Isloč-Vitebsk 0:2
Minsk-Neman 0:1
Šahter-Torpedo BelAZ 1:0
Dinamo M-BATE 2:3, 5:4 pen.

What a game in Minsk (they played on Dinamo Juni stadium)! Dinamo was better in the beginning, but BATE took the lead from the counterattack and then it became interesting. Especially second half was crazy, as the result went from 1:1 to 2:3 in the last ten minutes, with BATE scoring in the literally last seconds. As there are sadly no away goals in Belarus, the game went to extra time, where there were no goals, although BATE did hit the crossbar. In the penalties Dinamo won. Other games were close to surprises too, but none happened in the end. Šahter won with only one goal, which was not enough, while Vitebsk almost created an epic turnaround with 0:2.

Saarbrücken did it again. 2-1 over Borussia Mönchengladbach.

They face Kaiserslautern at home in the semi's of the DFB-Pokal.

NederPAOKtzis wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 22:36 Saarbrücken did it again. 2-1 over Borussia Mönchengladbach.

They face Kaiserslautern at home in the semi's of the DFB-Pokal.

Only 1 team from the top level in the semi finals. That must be very rare anywhere in Europe.

It's the fifth time that 1. FC Saarbrücken reaches the Cup SFs!

I didn't know where to put this, so I write it here:
Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia) now has a record 28 consecutive wins in all competitions. The previous record was held by TNS (Wales) with 27 consecutive wins. TNS would have surpassed its 2016-17 record this season, but one of their wins was after penalty shoot-out (not after 90 minutes) and therefore did not count.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68235849

FA Cup QFs:

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–3 Coventry City. Four goals scored after the 80th minute!
Manchester City 2-0 Newcastle United
Chelsea 4-2 Leicester City
Manchester United 4-3 aet Liverpool

Coventry City is the only Championship side.

Svenska Cupen SFs (single matches):

Halmstads BK 0–4 Malmö FF. Malmö FF also won 2023 Allsvenkan.
AIK 1-1 (2-3 penalties) Djurgårdens IF

Final:
9 May 2024: Malmö FF vs Djurgårdens IF

FA Cup SFs on 20/21 April at Wembley:

Coventry City (2) vs Manchester United
Manchester City vs Chelsea

Welsh Cup SFs:
Connah's Quay Nomads 1-0 Bala Town (goal on the 89th minute by Aron Williams)
The Nomads qualify to the final (against either TNS or Cardiff MU).

Himki-Krasnodar 2:0
Volgar-Ahmat 1:2
Rodina-Ural 1:1, 1:4 pen.
SKA Habarovsk-Soči 1:1, 4:2 pen.

Himki and SKA are still alive. In the next round Himki plays Rostov, while SKA has to face the mighty Dinamo.

Welsh Cup SF:
Cardiff Metropolitan University 2-6 The New Saints. Scot Declan McManus with a hat-trick!
The Cup final will be TNS vs Connah's Quay Nomads (28 April 2024).
This means that the ECL-Q1 play-offs will almost certainly be between clubs in positions 4-7 (Caernarfon Town, Cardiff MU, Newtown and either Haverfordwest County or Penybont).

Northern Ireland
Semi-finals
Glentoran 1-3 Linfield (played on Friday)
Cliftonville 2-0 Larne (played on Saturday)

Final on 4 May

47' Sporting scores. 0-1, 1-3 on agg.
52 Benfica levels 1-1, 2-3 agg
54 Sporting again. 1-2, 2-4 agg
63 sporting sends ball to the post, next play benfica scores 2-2, 3-4 agg

Ft 2-2, Sporting in the Final (3-4 on agg) will face porto or Guimarães.

What an excellent 2nd half, beautiful football from both sides.

The teams will meat again next Saturday at Sporting ground for the league