Braga brush aside Ferencvaros 4-0 to reach Europa League quarters
Sc Braga's Ricardo Horta celebrates scoring his side's fourth goal during the UEFA Europa League round of 16 second leg soccer match between SC Braga and Ferencvaros TC at Estadio Municipal de Braga. Luis Eiras/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa Former finalists Braga stormed into the Europa League quarter-finals with a 4-0 victory over Ferencvaros on Wednesday as they comfortably overcame a two-goal deficit from the first leg in Hungary. Braga needed just 15 minutes at home in Portugal to cancel out last week's 2-0 defeat as Ricardo Horta tapped home at the far post and Florian Grillitsch was on target from the edge of the area.
Gabri Martinez' low effort made it 3-0 in the 37th and Horta made the tie safe for a 4-2 aggregate win eight minutes after the restart with his second goal, a curling effort in off the post. In the quarter-finals on April 9 and 16, Braga will play either Real Betis of Spain or Athens club Panathinaikos. They play their second leg last 16 match along with the six other ties on Thursday.
The Braga v Ferencvaros match was moved forward a day for safety reasons because Porto and Braga are only 50 kilometres apart and they shouldn't play at the same time. Porto play VfB Stuttgart on Thursday. Sc Braga players celebrate their side's goal during the UEFA Europa League round of 16 second leg soccer match between SC Braga and Ferencvaros TC at Estadio Municipal de Braga.
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