Nico Williams scores twice as Athletic Bilbao beat 10-man Roma to book their place in the Europa League quarter-finals.

Athletic Club Bilbao appear to be very confident ahead of tonight’s return leg of the Europa League Round of 16.The Basque side have been continuously motivating their home crowd in the lead-up to

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.

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.

New Europa League week with the return of the round of 16. The quarter-final pass is at stake with still very uncertain results. Roma will face Athletic Bilbao at San Mamés tonight and will have

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 after a dramatic 2-1 first-leg win at the Stadio Olimpico last week.