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Nico Williams scored his third and fourth Europa League goals of the season to send Athletic Bilbao through Nico Williams scored twice as Athletic Bilbao beat 10-man Roma to book their place in the Europa League quarter-finals. The Italian side led 2-1 from the first leg but had Mats Hummels sent off for a professional foul in the 11th minute - and the hosts made the extra man count. Williams levelled the tie with a close-range effort on the stroke of half-time and left-back Yuri Berchiche's glancing header from a corner put them in front on aggregate midway through the second half. A dinked finish at the end of a jinking run from Williams with eight minutes left all but confirmed Athletic's place in the last eight. However, there were still some late nerves when Leandro Paredes thumped in a late penalty for Roma. But Claudio Ranieri's were unable to score again to force extra time, as Athletic held on to win 3-1 on the night and progress 4-3 on aggregate. Athletic will face either Rangers or Fenerbahce in the last eight as they continue the journey they hope will end back at their home ground, San Mames, where this year's final will be held. Last Updated 13th March 2025 at 22: 56 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Ernesto Valverde Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Claudio Ranieri Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 Manager: Ernesto Valverde Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Claudio Ranieri Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 UEFA Europa League All competitions All competitions All competitions In all European competitions, Athletic Club have won eight of their 10 home games against Italian clubs (D1 L1), their one defeat coming against Torino in February 2015 in the UEFA Europa League. Since consecutive away wins in Spain in the 2002-03 UEFA Champions League against Real Madrid and Valencia, Roma have won just two of their last 12 away games in Spain (D2 L8). Athletic Club have won their all four of their home UEFA Europa League matches this season. They last had a longer winning run on home soil in major European competition between 1985 and 1997 (11), while they last won five at home in one season in 2011-12 under Marcelo Bielsa in the UEFA Europa League. Roma have progressed from each of their last nine major European knockout ties when winning the first leg, last being eliminated in this manner in the last 16 of the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League against FC Porto (2-1 first leg, 1-3 second leg). Iñaki Williams has netted five UEFA Europa League goals for Athletic Club this season – it’s the joint most goals a Ghanaian has scored in a major European season, level with Tony Yeboah in 1992-93, Michael Essien in 2004-05, Patrick Twumasi in 2017-18 and Mohammed Kudus in both 2022-23 and 2023-24. Gianluca Mancini (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Substitution, Athletic Club. Gorka Guruzeta replaces Maroan Sannadi. Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Devyne Rensch. Iñaki Williams (Athletic Club) is shown the yellow card. Leandro Paredes (Roma) is shown the yellow card. Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Evan Ndicka. Substitution, Athletic Club. Íñigo Lekue replaces Aitor Paredes. Goal! Athletic Club 2, Roma 0. Yuri Berchiche (Athletic Club) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Unai Núñez with a headed pass following a corner. Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Bryan Cristante. Attempt blocked. Mikel Jauregizar (Athletic Club) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Berenguer. Corner, Athletic Club. Conceded by Leandro Paredes. Attempt blocked. Mikel Jauregizar (Athletic Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Íñigo Ruíz de Galarreta. Attempt saved. Alex Berenguer (Athletic Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Maroan Sannadi. Corner, Roma. Conceded by Julen Agirrezabala. Attempt saved. Eldor Shomurodov (Roma) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Niccolò Pisilli. Substitution, Roma. Eldor Shomurodov replaces Paulo Dybala. Substitution, Roma. Niccolò Pisilli replaces Tommaso Baldanzi. Devyne Rensch (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Nico Williams (Athletic Club) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Devyne Rensch (Roma). Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.