UEL Wrap: Lyon Qualifies, Leverkusen Spank Betis, Braga Whip Ludogorets, Marseille, Lazio Share Spoils

UEL Wrap: Lyon Qualifies, Leverkusen Spank Betis, Braga Whip Ludogorets, Marseille, Lazio Share Spoils By Omolagba Oluwayemi What a beautiful night it was in Europe's second tier club football competition with astonishing results breathing a breath of hope into teams while some team's fate were decided, BSNSports.com.ng reports. Olympique Lyon from Group A booked their round of 32 ticket after beating Sparta Prague 3-0 in France. The French giants becomes the first team to secure the second round passage. Rangers remained stocked into number in the same Group after they failed to beat bottom team Broendby. An own goal by Leon Balogun almost caused them the 3 points but thanks to Ianis Hagi who ensured that the Stephen Gerrard's led side did not leave Denmark empty handed. In the battle for second round ticket in France between Monaco and PSV, it ended goalless with both sides preferring to share the spoils rather than losing the entire 3 points which could've have hampered their chances of progressing from Group B. In the same Group B, Real Sociedad were held to a 1-all draw at home by Sturm Graz. Napoli did themselves a lot of good as they fought from a goal down to beat Legia Warszawa 4-1 away to boost their qualification hope from Group C. Although they currently lead the Group with 7 points, the Luciano Spalletti's tutored Men have the evening's opponent breathing down their neck in 2nd place with just a point separating them while other two rivals, Leicester City and Spartak Moscow who shared the spoils in England are within touching distance with their 5 and 4 points respectively. Eintracht Frankfurt also boost their hope for round 32 ticket from Group D after securing an important 2-1 away win in Greece against Olympiacos. Olympiacos meanwhile occupies the 2nd place but has Fenerbache who recorded massive 3-0 away win in Belgium against Royal Antwerp breathing down their neck. Galatasaray still have the edge in Group E despite playing out a 1-1 draw with bottom placed Locomotive Moscow in Turkey while Lazio remained 2nd after securing an important 2-2 draw in France against Marseille. Braga took total control against Group F whipping boys Ludogorets as they beat them 4-2 to stay 2 points clear off 2nd place FC Midtjylland who pipped FK Crevna Zvezda by a lone goal in Serbia. Bayern Leverkusen move 3 points clear off closest challenger in Group G, Real Betis after spanking them 4-0 in Germany while Celtic gave themselves a lifeline after securing an hard-fought 3-2 win over Ferencvaros in Budapest Hungary. In Group H, West Ham United will need just a point from their last 2 games to move into the round 32 after securing a 2-2 draw away at Belgium against KRC Genk. Dinamo Zagreb leapfrog KRC Genk into 2nd place after convincingly beating Rapid Wien 3-1 in Croatia. A night to behold it was and for some it'll be remembered for a long time while for others, not one of those nights you'll want to remember.