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Europa League, round of 32, first leg

Mixed results for the two surviving Spanish sides in tonight's Europa League ties. Levante kicked off the evening with a 3-0 victory over Michel's Olympiacos, with Pedro Ríos opening the scoring for the Valencia based side early on. Martins fired a penalty kick wide a few minutes later after Abdoun was sent off for a second bookable offence, but Barkero converted a second penalty before the break, and Martins made up for his mistake with the third goal after the restart. If Levante win through to the last sixteen, their opponents could be Atlético Madrid. However that now looks less likely after Simeone's side were beaten 0-2 by Rubin Kazan later in the evening, their first defeat at home all season. Karadeniz put the Russian side ahead after Asenjo could only push out a shot from Rondón, and although the visitors played all the second half with ten men after Sharanov was sent off, Orbaiz made it two on a quick breakaway in the fifth minute of injury time. (14.02.13)