Athletic Club star Nico Williams spoke to L’Équipe, touching on several topics, including his team’s ambitions in the Europa League. Down 2-1 on aggregate, the Basque side will face-off against

In Italy, Roma picked up a huge win over Athletic Bilbao and will take a 2-1 lead to Spain. Inaki Williams put the visitors ahead early in the second half, but it only took six minutes before Angelino grabbed an equaliser. Yeray Alvarez was sent off for Bilbao with five minutes to go, leaving the home side able to push for a winner.

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).