Written in Football on 09/21/2023 · 3:04 p.m.
It is not the most important tournament on the continent, but it counts as a European competition and there are several Mexicans in it. Edson Álvarez could not play for West Ham but his team ‘did the job’; same story of Pineda and Pizarro’s AEK Atenas; Only Guardado’s Betis failed on the first Thursday of the Europa League.
Although an injury on the part of ‘Machín’ was ruled out, in reality it is not his physique that left him out. The former American player was sent off in his last Europa League match with Ajax, when they lost 3-1 with Unión Berlin, so his sanction was pending.
West Ham is sixth in the Premier League with 10 points and 5 behind Manchester City, which is the leader and made good on its condition to win in its debut. They faced TSC from the Serbian league, who surprised with the first goal of the match thanks to Peta Stanic in the 47th minute. The tie took a while, but came with an own goal by Nemanja Petrovic in the 66th minute; The second appeared at 70′ thanks to Mohammed Kudus and the third fell thanks to Tomáš Souček at 82. For its part, AEK Atenas of Rodolfo Pizarro and Orbelín Pineda had a duel with fair goals against Brighton of England. Those led by Matías Almeyda scored in the 11th minute thanks to Djibri Sidibé, Mijat Gacinovic in the 40th minute and the winner fell to the 84th minute by Ezequiel Ponce; For the Premier League team, he scored his goals through penalties and with a double from Joao Pedro. Orbelín Pineda started as a starter, while Rodolfo Pizarro did not have any minutes. Finally, Betis faced Rangers and lost by the minimum difference with a goal from Abdallah Sima at 67′. ‘The Little Prince’ did not start as a starter either and did not see action in the duel. Sparta Praha 3-2 aris Limassollympiacos 2-3 Friburoajax 3-3 Marseilleatalanta 2-0 Raków Częstochowasaturn 1-2 Sporting Lisbon 2-1 SheriffServette 0-2 Slavia Pragapanathinaikos 2-0 Villarrealunion Saint-Gilloise 1-1 1-0 Fkleverkusen mold 4-0 HäckenLASK 1-3 LiverpoolRennes 3-0 Maccabi Haifa
Unlike the landslide defeat that Chucky Lozano suffered in his debut in the Champions League with PSV, there is good news for the Mexicans in the Europa League with the victories of AEK Atenas of Pizarro and Pineda, and of course, that of West Ham of Edson Alvarez.
2023-09-22 09:08:37
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