Bilbao avoided an ignominious group stage exit as they won 2-0 at Ukrainian side Zorya Luhansk, while Red Star beat Cologne 1-0 to extend their European hopes beyond Christmas for the first time in 26 years. Slavia had needed only a draw to join group winners Villarreal in the last 32. STAR PERFORMANCERed Star, European champions in 1991, made the knockout stages as they finished runners-up in Group H to Arsenal who crushed Belarus champions BATE Borisov 6-0. Zenit St Petersburg won Group L thanks to an impressive 3-1 victory away to Real Sociedad who finished second. The draw for the two-legged last 32 stage is on Monday.

Source: Economic Times December 07, 2017 23:26 UTC