{"id":29909,"date":"2026-01-23T03:32:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T03:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2026\/01\/23\/villa-and-lyon-reach-the-last-16-of-the-europa-league-while-forest-stumble-in-defeat-to-braga\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T03:32:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T03:32:54","slug":"villa-and-lyon-reach-the-last-16-of-the-europa-league-while-forest-stumble-in-defeat-to-braga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2026\/01\/23\/villa-and-lyon-reach-the-last-16-of-the-europa-league-while-forest-stumble-in-defeat-to-braga\/","title":{"rendered":"Villa and Lyon reach the last 16 of the Europa League while Forest stumble in defeat to Braga"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Europa League Update<\/h1>\n<h2>Last 16 Qualification<\/h2>\n<p>Aston Villa secured their place in the last 16 of the Europa League with a crucial 1-0 win at Fenerbahce on Thursday. This victory marks a significant milestone for the team as they advance further in the tournament.<\/p>\n<h2>Nottingham Forest&#8217;s Setback<\/h2>\n<p>Nottingham Forest, on the other hand, suffered a costly defeat at Braga. This loss could potentially hinder their progress in the competition, making their path to qualification more challenging.<\/p>\n<h2>Celtic&#8217;s Uncertain Future<\/h2>\n<p>Celtic drew 2-2 with Bologna, leaving their qualification in doubt. The outcome of this match has introduced an element of uncertainty regarding their future in the tournament.<\/p>\n<h2>Rangers&#8217; Early Exit<\/h2>\n<p>Rangers were eliminated from the competition despite achieving their first win. This early exit is a disappointment, especially considering the team&#8217;s potential and the efforts they put into the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europa League Update Last 16 Qualification Aston Villa secured their place in the last 16 of the Europa League with a crucial 1-0 win at Fenerbahce on Thursday. This victory marks a significant milestone for the team as they advance further in the tournament. Nottingham Forest&#8217;s Setback Nottingham Forest, on the other hand, suffered a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[17947,22723,22722,7494,4471,22721,251,22724,22720,230],"class_list":{"0":"post-29909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-aston-villa-f-c","9":"tag-bologna","10":"tag-celtic-f-c","11":"tag-fenerbahce-s-k-football","12":"tag-lyon","13":"tag-nottingham-forest-f-c","14":"tag-olympique-lyonnais","15":"tag-rangers-f-c","16":"tag-s-c-braga","17":"tag-uefa-europa-league"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29909"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29911,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29909\/revisions\/29911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}