Arsenal v Rennes: Europa League last 16, return match – live! | Soccer

28 min Aubameyang accidentally squeezes Da Silva into the chest while he jumps for a high ball. The Rennes players, already eliminated with the second goal, are furious that Aubameyang has not received at least one yellow card.

25 min Rennes suddenly looks much more alert. The second objective has probably increased their clarity: they know that if they do not score, they are eliminated.

23 min The Boungeaud corner is a stink, out of play on the other side of the field.

23 min Ben Arfa has become alive. He first pbades a good shot on the defense that avoids the Boungeaud who stretches, and moments later, he wins a corner on the left.

21 min If Rennes is not careful, it could be over at half-time. They look a little shocked.

18 min Moments after Monreal has not booked to take a short cut from Grenier's back, Mexer is booked for an air challenge on Lacazette. It seems a little hard.

Rennes is not happy with this goal. It was manufactured by Aubameyang, who entered the field from the left and played a square pbad to Ramsey. He corrected it for the first time towards Kolasinac, who realized that he was offside and ignored the ball. Aubameyang ran on and erected a lovely left center that was scored at the post by Maitland-Niles.

At first, I thought it was a good goal and a clever game from Kolasinac to ignore the ball. But replays suggest that Aubameyang was probably also offside. There is no VAR in Europa League.

Arsenal doubles his lead!

13 min Arsenal has been excellent so far, with and without ball. Rennes looks slightly shocked by the speed and intensity of the match. They do not like it.

11 min Lacazette and Aubameyang combine to free Kolasinac, whose dangerous low center is cleared by Mexer.

9 min Maitland-Niles leads a counter-attack from Arsenal, pushing the ball to the right for the fast Aubameyang. He wins a corner that is decisively led by Mexer.

6 min "Hi Rob," said Tekin Sahan. "I heard songs in front of my house this afternoon and I went to see what it was. Several hundred spectators in Rennes marched under a cordon of police crossing Camden Street, presumably towards the Emirates. They seemed to be a happy group. I waited until they were out of sight and I shouted ARSENAL! behind them as would any hard man.

I know you will not believe it, but the English football fans behaved this way.

It was a good goal of the Arsenal team. They gently moved the ball from left to right, where Maitland-Niles, which was overlapping, had a little space. He waited to be supported and then played a short inner field at Ramsey, whose center low on the turn was in Aubameyang's net.

4 min Both sides have started in style, nothing indicates that Rennes has a bus to park.

3 min Other news, here is the report of Dom Fifield on Chelsea's 5-0 victory in Kiev.

2 min "I wonder how the Arsenal team would be against their best team," said Duncan Edwards. "You know, Wilson, Rice, McNab, Storey, McLintock, Simpson, Armstrong, Graham, Radford, Kennedy, George."

Manual stuff.

1 minute Peep Peep! Arsenal starts from right to left. They are red and white; Rennes wear their band to change black.

The player is in the tunnel, ready for another night's work.

Prediction: Arsenal 5-1 Rennes (AET).

The first games are overwith Chelsea, Napoli and Valencia go through the last eight. Valencia went to FC Krasnodar until Goncalo Guedes scored in the 93rd minute.

In other news of the Europa LeagueChelsea went to Kiev with a 3-0 lead in the first leg. You will not believe the score!

Arsenal (3-4-1-2) Cech; Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal; Maitland-Niles, Ramsey, Xhaka, Kolasinac; Ozil; Lacazette, Aubameyang.
Substitutes: Leno, Mkhitaryan, Torreira, Iwobi, Denis Suarez, Guendouzi, Nketiah.

Rennes (4-4-2) Koubek; Traoré, Da Silva, Mexer, Bensebaini; Sarr, Andre, Grenier, Bourigeaud; Ben Arfa, Niang.
Substitutes: Badiashile, Zeffane, Doumbia, Silki Lea, Del Castillo, Hounou, Gelin.

Arbitrator Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

A main dish consisting of shallot and tatin of chicory, young vegetables, new potatoes with chestnut vinaigrette does no harm to anyone. But despite the almost parodic gourmet options of the Emirates Stadium and its current reputation, it has become an intimidating place for visitors. Only Manchester City has had more points in the league at home than Arsenal in each of the last two seasons and was once again impressive to beat Manchester United this weekend.

Arsenal's home form – and the bonus of Alexandre Lacazette – make it the favorite of most spectators to qualify for the last eight games of the Europa League, despite their 3-1 defeat in France, A week ago. Even the Rennes manager Julian Stephan thinks so. "Arsenal remains the favorite given his past and his experience," he snorted. "The only thing I think is that we have to score here at least once or twice."

At the Emirates Fortress, it will not be easy.

(Yes, that's right, Arsenal came out of the two national cups of the season alone, but I said it a thousand times: we just can not let the facts spoil a good story!)

The sending stroke is at 20h.