Well, that was a brilliant set of quarter finals second legs. Except Dnipro v Club Brugge. And the game of the round was Zenit v Sevilla - at times it was completely end to end and, in many ways, Zenit did not deserve to lose. They went at Sevilla with a rare frenzy in the second half but were unlucky. It will be interesting to see whether Sevilla can go on to defend their Europa League title too. Thanks for reading: bye!

Yarmolenko fires a shot in at the Fiorentina goal: it’s saved. The Dynamo bench are nearly in tears.

Zenit’s heart is not in this anymore - they know the game is up. The speed and panache of their attacking has gone and they more or less allow Sevilla up the other end, from where Banega clips a shot into the side netting.

Sevilla whistle the ball through the Zenit box, but can’t get a player near the ball. Here comes a time wasting substitute: Suarez is coming on for Vitolo who is unwilling to leave the pitch - more as a ruse to waste time than anything else. Hulk marches up to him and twists his ear to encourage him off - and when he finally does, his coach goes mad at him, berating him for not leaving the pitch sooner.

Beto lets a cross flash across the box, happy enough to let it roll behind for a goal kick. Five extra minutes at Zenit v Sevilla. Anything could happen in it.

Hulk is getting the rage as Zenit desperately scrabble to get the ball forward against Sevilla. Nerves are creeping in there, the anxiety to score all encompassing.

A time wasting substitute at Fiorentina. Salah comes off.

Two minutes to go around Europe with each match (except Napoli v Wolfsburg on a knife edge). Tense.

Dynamo nearly sneak the ball into the net against Fiorentina. Yarmolenko ran up the right wing and clipped the ball at goal - somehow it fails to sneak in behind the keeper Neto and goes behind for corner. From it, Dynamo nearly nod in an extra-time generating equaliser - but no luck.

Rondon is hoiked for Zenit but the home side remain on the attack. They are all over Sevilla and such is the flustered state of mind, that Beto the keeper runs around his area like a mad thing, flapping his arms but failing to get anywhere near the ball. Corner: Witsel comes haring in, legs out, but his nemesis Mbia clears the ball behind. This is brilliant stuff, absolutely white line football.

For Zenit, Hulk finds Rondon at the back post. He scuffs a shot at goal from close range and it looks like it might go in until Beto leaps on the ball and gets it behind for a corner.

In Naples, Rafa Benítez was absolutely furious when that equaliser went in. His side are on the back foot and sitting deep as Wolfsburg just begin to think they’re in with a sniff. They’ve got 10 minutes to score three goals, however, so it seems unlikely.

This is utterly breathless at Zenit v Sevilla. It’s Sevilla’s turn to attack but Banega’s ball into the box is cleared and Rondon attempts to break. He’s caught by four Sevilla defenders and the Spanish side launch an attack back. Latest scores elsewhere: Dnipro 0-0 Club Brugge.

At Zenit v Sevilla, Smolnikov attempts an overhead pass to Rondon in the area. The attacker can’t get hold of the ball but earns a corner. Nothing from it though.

Garcia connects to a back post cross, getting the ball back to his Zenit team-mates. A ragged Sevilla head nods it behind. Hulk takes the corner again, taking the chance to whip the crowd up as he goes. Zenit stay on the front foot, Sevilla clinging on by their fingernails.

Hulk is on fire. He arrows a ball at the top corner and Beto, at full stretch, turns it around the post. Hulk grabs the ball and hammers the corner in too. He’s got the fever. Next, Shatov blasts at the goal - a shot which is saved. Sevilla are punch drunk here, they’re all over the place.

What a goal glut! Latest at Dnipro … Dnipro 0-0 Club Brugge. Hot.

Hulk counters for Zenit now, racing up the right then raking a pass from the halfway line behind the Sevilla defence for an attacker to collect. Beto sweeps up from outside his area. But not for long: Smolnikov comes whizzing into the Sevilla box - but there’s no one to cross to. He shoots instead and gets a corner. Nothing comes from it though.

A cross comes skidding across the Dynamo box, evading defenders and attackers alike until it finds Joaquim who hoofs over.

Zenit v Sevilla is now just all out attack from both sides - both really want this. Zenit are probably on top at this point, but Sevilla re looking to counter as quickly and as often as possible.

It’s end to end stuff as first Sevilla attack up the left, then Zenit do the same. Zenit’s second half goal has picked this one up, and the crowd have stopped whistling and booing and starting singing and chanting. Which is nice.

A short delay in Florence as various players lie flat on their backs on the pitch clutching parts of themselves lest they fall off. It was a nasty clash of heads in the box that caused it and Alonso and Kytv are both flapping at the fluttering birds they have just found circling their heads.

Sevilla have been rattled by the Zenit goal. Where once they were happy to sit back and absorb pressure, now they feel they have to attack to maintain their two-goal cushion. Bacca gets a good chance to widen the lead, but his shot is saved and goes behind for a corner. From it, the Zenit keeper Lodygin is forced into another good save. This game is probably the best of the bunch now.

Mbia and Witsel have been having a rare old ding dong at the heart of the Zenit v Sevilla game, elbows and arms all over the place. Wouldn’t entirely bet against one of them getting sent off tonight.

Danny charges up the left wing for Zenit. He cuts inside, swerving into the area at great pace and absolutely whangs a shot … which deflects off the man two feet in front of him and back up the pitch to safety.

Salah battles his way through the Dynamo defence, twisting and turning. He finds Valero, who blooters over.

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The ball sits up nicely for Hulk and he takes the chance to leather it over the crossbar. Perhaps should have found a team-mate. Meanwhile in Dnipro: Dnipro 0-0 Club Brugge!!!!!!!!

Smolinov goes close for Zenit, whanging a shot just wide of the post. They need one more goal to take their tie to extra time.

Stick a fork in Wolfsburg etc. While that was happening, Salah slammed a shot into the Dynamo post. Some suspicion of hand ball from a Dynamo defender in knocking it onto the post, incidentally.

The Sevilla keeper Beto is called into action immediately - but only to claim an ambitious long-range cross from a mile out. Napoli come out of the blocks strongly as well, Mertens crossing to the back post - but no luck.

On the stroke of half time, Dynamo take off their only striker and bring on a replacement. Bit weird.

The ball is flung into the Sevilla box and a host of Zenit players throw heads and feet at the ball. It falls for Rondon, but it’s behind him. He can’t get his feet right and Sevilla clear. Zenit are on top at the moment, peppering the Sevilla goal with efforts - the last of which clips the post.

In Zenit, Witsel - who has just been carded for clobbering someone with his elbow - has just been clobbered by an elbow.

RED CARD! Lens is sent off for Dynamo but it’s a contentious one. Already on a yellow, he went down in the Fiorentina area and it’s very hard to see whether there was contact or not. The referee is certain that he can see it, though, and he shows Lens his second yellow - this one for simulation. Lens marches off the pitch and may well have cause to be aggrieved by that.

It’s got a little tasty in Zenit. Witsel has been shown a yellow for jumping in with his arm. Some handbags ensue.

THE LATEST FROM DNIPRO! Dnipro 0-0 Club Brugge.

Savic has a shot at the Dynamo goal. It’s a poor one that Shovkovskiy saves with ease. Should have found a team-mate.

Sevilla are being whistled quite forcefully by the Zenit crowd, the fans understandably a bit miffed that the visitors are sitting back. Sevilla could not give a flying one, leading as they are 3-1.

Banega fires one from distance for Sevilla against Zenit. The ball swerves wildly wide of the goal. In Florence, Joaquim - who has been on form tonight - has gone down after taking an elbow to the chops.

Wolfsburg attack again but are forced wide. Half an hour in, you feel they need to score one if they are to stay in this. And Bendtner nearly gets it! He gets up above Albiol and heads a cross down and across goal. Just wide of the keeper’s right hand post.

Sevilla go close but a good save from Lodygin denies them. Corner, which is wasted.

Wolfsburg are still on the attack at Napoli. Perisic whipped in a good cross to the far side of the box. The shot, though, was cleared from five yards out.

And here comes that breakaway goal for Dynamo … oh, the cross was blasted well over the crossbar from the right wing. Scratch that then...

Corner for Zenit, headed over. It remains Dnipro 0-0 Club Brugge, incidentally. Then again, we all know that one is headed for penalties so there won’t be a goal there for hours.

Gomez gets in behind the Dynamo defence, and blasts a shot at Shovkovskiy, who gets a hand to the ball and turns it behind for a corner. From it, Fiorentina diddle about for a bit, before a cross is hoisted in for Gomez. He sends it wide. That’s about the 10th chance the home side have had and the tenth they’ve missed. This has got Dynamo goal on the break written all over it.

“I was about to ask why ex-Gunner (among other things) Juan Antonio Reyes wasn’t on for Sevilla - he’s been having a good season,” emails Charles Antaki. “But it they don’t seem to need him. And certainly not if they carry on getting inoffensive penalties like that.” They look like they’re set up to defend at this point, certainly, so Reyes is not really the ideal man for that.

Again Zenit attack, passing the ball around the Sevilla half as they look for an opening. Sevilla are very deep, inviting on the pressure and seem content to sit on their lead. The attack breaks down when Rondon gets himself offside but it feels like Sevilla are playing a dangerous game.

Hulk turns, finds Danny and he fires at his former team-mate Beto in the Sevilla goal. Nothing doing but Zenit are playing well and do not look out of the tie, despite being 3-1 down on aggregate.

Joaquim causes more chaos in the Dynamo box, twisting and turning and finding Alonso. His shot blooters over the bar - but it feels like a goal is imminent there.

Bad news for Sevilla - Pareja went up for a 50/50 ball and landed awkwardly on his knee. The golf buggy containing the medics has whizzed onto the pitch, the said medics have deposited Pareja onto a stretcher and clipped it to the buggy, and all of them have whizzed off together. Doesn’t look like he’s coming back on, but Sevilla are yet to make a substitution.

Fiorentina are all over Dynamo and could well have had a hatful of goals already. Alonso has hit a crossbar, Gomez has put the ball an inch wide and Salah has had a good shot saved. Joaquim is the man oulling the strings and he finds Rodriguez on the edge of the box, who skews a shot a inch wide again (may have deflected off Gomez).

Zenit are not taking that penalty lying down and are closing in on the Sevilla area. Sevilla have almost their entire team behind the ball which prompts Hulk to line one up from distance. He sends a long skidder from distance - but it goes just wide.

Wolfsburg are giving it a good old go at Napoli and are finding a lot of joy down the right hand side. They’ve whipped in three crosses from that side already and are only slightly hampered by the fact the target man is Bendtner.

Sevilla have a penalty. Neto dives in wildly, flooring a Sevilla attacker. Bacca lines it up...

Joaquim whips a cross/shot at the far post for Fiorentina. Mario Gomez dives in, feet first, and is an inch away from sticking it home. Having said that, not ideal this, for Fiorentina:

The players are all trotting out onto their various pitches, the sound of clippity-clopping echoing all over the concrete corridors of Europe. Kick off is at 8.05pm, as is the Europa League way.

Here’s a heartening story from Zenit. “Brian Idowu, who is of Russian and Nigerian heritage and is a former Zenit St Petersburg youth player, has claimed the Russian club froze him out because he is black. He said he was told his “path to the main team was unfeasible” because of the colour of his skin.”

Full story is here.

“Maybe the referee’s ‘history of sending off players connected to Chelsea’ has more to do with the staggering volume of players in blue than with any personal bias,” emails Peter Oh. “Chelsea seem to buy boatloads of players and then loan most of them out as if they were library books.” Certainly, there do seem to be quite a lot of former Chelsea players now farmed out - see also former Chelsea managers in this competition.

In the event of Dnipro, Dynamo and Zenit going through, Zenit will be kept apart from the other two in the semi-final draw. The Europa League are concerned that should Dnipro or Dynamo from Ukraine face Zenit from Russia, there would be a significant chance of fans not entirely behaving themselves in light of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Should they meet in the final, though, anything goes.

Nice to see Nicklas Bendtner has been forgiven for his recent training faux pas - but there is no sign of Schurrle (shoulder injury) or De Bruyne (foot injury) in the Wolfsburg lineup. May not be a bad thing, given the referee Cuneyt Cakir has something of a history of sending off players connected with Chelsea.