Athletic Bilbao used a one-man advantage and two goals from Nico Williams to beat Roma 3-1 and advance to the quarterfinals of the Europa League on Thursday. Roma won the first leg of their round-of-16 tie 2-1 last week but had to play with 10 men from the 11th minute after Mats Hummels received a straight red card for downing Maroan Sannadi.

Athletic Bilbao and Roma renew hostilities in the Europa League for the third time this season, but first at Estadio San Mames. A quarter-final berth is within touching distance for the Italian side

Niko Williams scored twice as Athletic Bilbao advanced to the Europa League quarter-finals with a 3-1 second-leg win over 10-man AS Roma on Thursday and Lazio progressed after a 1-1 home draw with Viktoria Plzen.

Rangers fans: the supercomputer has spoken. The Ibrox men marched through to the Europa League quarter finals with a 3-2 win on penalties against Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce

Athletic Bilbao beat 10-man Roma 3-1 in their Europa League last-16 second leg on Thursday, while Eintracht Frankfurt put four past Ajax to book their place in the quarter-finals with a 6-2

Nico Williams put on a man-of-the-match performance to power Athletic Bilbao to qualification in the UEFA Europa League at the expense of AS Roma.

Like Roma, Athletic Bilbao didn’t have to navigate the knockout playoff round after finishing second in the league stage behind Lazio. The new Europa League format has been plain sailing for Valverde’s team as they only lost once in eight games in the first phase (W6, D1).