Eintracht, Leipzig register wins in Europa League semis

Eintracht Frankfurt beat West Ham United 2-1 in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final on Thursday, with both teams seeking their first European final in over 40 years.

The visitors stunned David Moyes' men 49 seconds into the first half when Rafael Borre set up winger Ansgar Knauff with a cross from the corner of the box and the 20-year-old headed home, silencing the sold-out 60,000 crowd at the London Stadium.

The Premier League side equalised 20 minutes later, after Kurt Zouma connected with the free kick and nodded on to forward Michail Antonio who made it 1-1 from close range.

But Eintracht regained the lead in the 54th, as West Ham keeper Alphonse Areola stopped a shot by midfielder Djibril Sow but did not manage to save the follow-up strike by Daichi Kamada, who scored his fifth Europa League goal this season.

Elsewhere, RB Leipzig's Angelino volleyed in an 85th minute winner to hand his team a 1-0 victory over visiting Rangers in the other semi-final first leg on Thursday.

Leipzig had missed a string of chances in a strong second half but struggled to score, with Rangers keeper Allan McGregor coming to the rescue on several occasions.

The keeper was beaten, however, in the 85th when the Spanish midfielder thundered in a volley from 18 metres after Rangers, playing their seventh European semi-final, had cleared a corner.

There was very little goalmouth action in a lacklustre first half, which did not feature a single shot on target for either team.

Despite Leipzig missing several defenders through suspension, Rangers struggled to break into the German box and had to wait until three minutes after the restart for their first chance through Ryan Kent's low shot that flew wide.

Leipzig quickly upped the tempo and responded with Christopher Nkunku's thundering shot that was blocked by McGregor.

The Frenchman spurned a golden chance in the 70th when he rounded the keeper but lost his balance to send his shot high.

He then headed over the bar from close range minutes later before McGregor pulled off another good save to tip an Adams effort over the bar.

The visitors could do nothing when Angelino connected perfectly with the ball from just outside to fire in the winner and give his team the advantage going into next week's second leg in Glasgow.