<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Salzburg forced Lazio into a second-half capitulation as the Italians crashed out in the Europa League quarterfinals after losing 4-1 but Olympique de Marseille staged a thrilling fightback to see off visitors Leipzig 5-2 on Thursday.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Arsenal also reached the semifinals after recovering from a wobble to draw 2-2 at CSKA Moscow and progress 6-3 on aggregate, while favourites Atletico Madrid reached the last four after losing 1-0 at Sporting to go through 2-1 over the two legs.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Lazio, who are third in Serie A, led 4-2 from the first leg in Rome and increased their advantage when Ciro Immobile scored his eighth goal in this season's competition in the 55th minute but Salzburg equalised a minute later through Munas Dabbur.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">With 19 minutes remaining Lazio still led 5-3 on aggregate but Salzburg scored three times in five crazy minutes through Amadou Haidara, Hee Chan-hwang and Stefan Lainer to claim a remarkable 6-5 aggregate victory.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">They are the first Austrian side to reach a European semifinal since 1996 and are now unbeaten in 25 home games in all competitions this season.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"These are indescribable feelings of happiness," midfielder Xaver Schlager said. "We always believed in it, and that makes a lot of difference. These are wonderful moments for a player."</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Former European champions Marseille found themselves 2-0 down on aggregate inside two minutes at the Stade Velodrome in the south of France when Leipzig's Bruma silenced the home crowd but they recovered to secure a 5-3 aggregate win.</p>.<p align="justify">Marseille, who are fourth in Ligue 1, have reached their first European semifinal in 14 years.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Arsenal took a commanding 4-1 lead to Moscow but trailed to goals from CSKA's Fedor Chalov and Kirill Nababkin and looked in danger of throwing away their advantage.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">CSKA's fans, hundreds of whom watched shirtless from behind the goal, roared on their team but Danny Welbeck's well-taken goal calmed Arsenal's nerves. Aaron Ramsey scored in stoppage time to complete the comeback for the Gunners.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Sporting made Diego Simeone's Atletico side suffer in the Portuguese capital where Fredy Montero's 28th minute goal halved the Spanish club's first-leg lead.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">However, Atletico held on to progress on aggregate after their striker Antoine Griezmann missed a hatful of chances and will take their place in Friday's semifinal draw.</p>
<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Salzburg forced Lazio into a second-half capitulation as the Italians crashed out in the Europa League quarterfinals after losing 4-1 but Olympique de Marseille staged a thrilling fightback to see off visitors Leipzig 5-2 on Thursday.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Arsenal also reached the semifinals after recovering from a wobble to draw 2-2 at CSKA Moscow and progress 6-3 on aggregate, while favourites Atletico Madrid reached the last four after losing 1-0 at Sporting to go through 2-1 over the two legs.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Lazio, who are third in Serie A, led 4-2 from the first leg in Rome and increased their advantage when Ciro Immobile scored his eighth goal in this season's competition in the 55th minute but Salzburg equalised a minute later through Munas Dabbur.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">With 19 minutes remaining Lazio still led 5-3 on aggregate but Salzburg scored three times in five crazy minutes through Amadou Haidara, Hee Chan-hwang and Stefan Lainer to claim a remarkable 6-5 aggregate victory.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">They are the first Austrian side to reach a European semifinal since 1996 and are now unbeaten in 25 home games in all competitions this season.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"These are indescribable feelings of happiness," midfielder Xaver Schlager said. "We always believed in it, and that makes a lot of difference. These are wonderful moments for a player."</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Former European champions Marseille found themselves 2-0 down on aggregate inside two minutes at the Stade Velodrome in the south of France when Leipzig's Bruma silenced the home crowd but they recovered to secure a 5-3 aggregate win.</p>.<p align="justify">Marseille, who are fourth in Ligue 1, have reached their first European semifinal in 14 years.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Arsenal took a commanding 4-1 lead to Moscow but trailed to goals from CSKA's Fedor Chalov and Kirill Nababkin and looked in danger of throwing away their advantage.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">CSKA's fans, hundreds of whom watched shirtless from behind the goal, roared on their team but Danny Welbeck's well-taken goal calmed Arsenal's nerves. Aaron Ramsey scored in stoppage time to complete the comeback for the Gunners.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Sporting made Diego Simeone's Atletico side suffer in the Portuguese capital where Fredy Montero's 28th minute goal halved the Spanish club's first-leg lead.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">However, Atletico held on to progress on aggregate after their striker Antoine Griezmann missed a hatful of chances and will take their place in Friday's semifinal draw.</p>