CORK CITY’S CONQUERORS Genk progressed to the Europa League quarter-finals tonight.

They drew 1-1 on the night and won 6-3 on aggregate, dumping out fellow Belgian side Gent, who earned a surprise win over Tottenham in the last round.

Their progress further highlights a creditable display from the League of Ireland side, who matched Genk for large portions of their two-legged qualification tie last August, with the 3-1 aggregate score flattering the Belgians amid a closely fought affair.

Timothy Castagne all but ensured Genk’s progress into the last eight when he scored on 20 minutes, before Louis Verstraete hit an 84th-minute consolation for the visitors.

Elsewhere tonight, a 2-1 win on the night for Roma was not enough, as Lyon beat them 5-4 on aggregate.

Collated Europa League last 16, 2nd leg results on Thursday:

Anderlecht (BEL) 1 (Acheampong 65) APOEL (CYP) 0

Anderlecht win 2-0 on aggregate

Borussia Moenchengladbach (GER) 2 (Christensen 26, Dahoud 45+2) Schalke (GER) 2 (Goretzka 54, Bentaleb 68-pen)

Schalke win on away goals 3-3

Roma (ITA) 2 (Strootman 17, Tousart 60-o.g.) Lyon 1 (Diakhaby 16)

Lyon win 5-4 on aggregate

Manchester United (ENG) 1 (Mata 70) Rostov (RUS) 0

Manchester United win 2-1 on aggregate

Ajax (NED) 2 (B. Traoré 23, Dolberg 45+3-pen) Copenhagen (DEN) 0

Ajax win 3-2 on aggregate

Krasnodar (RUS) 0 Celta Vigo (ESP) 2 (Mallo 52, Aspas 80)

Celta Vigo win 4-1 on aggregate

Besiktas (TUR) 4 (Aboubakar 10, Babel 22, 75, Tosun 84) Olympiakos (GRE) 1 (Elyounoussi 31)

Beskitas win 5-2 on aggregate

Genk (BEL) 1 (Castagne 20) Gent (BEL) 1 (Verstraete 84)

Genk win 6-3 on aggregate

Additional reporting by AFP

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