“Europa League”: Liverpool is regaining its balance… and Marseille is bleeding
Liverpool clinched its second victory in the Europa League football competition after defeating Saint-Geloise of Belgium 2-0, in the second round of the European Football League (Europa League), on Thursday, which witnessed a conceded victory from Marseille of France to draw with Brighton of England 2- 2.
At Anfield, the Reds strengthened their lead in the group after achieving their second continental victory after defeating Austria’s LASK Linz 3-1 in the first round, so that German coach Jurgen Klopp’s team regained its balance after losing to Tottenham 1-2 at the top of the English Premier League last Saturday. Despite its loss, Liverpool remained only two points behind Manchester City, the defending champion and top of the Premier League standings, and one point behind Tottenham and Arsenal, who occupy second and third places, respectively.
Liverpool’s two goals were scored by Dutchman Ryan Gravenberch (44), which is the first goal of the 21-year-old player in a Liverpool shirt, which he joined in the summer, and Portuguese Diogo Jota (90 + 2), putting the Reds at the top of Group E, two points ahead of French club Toulouse, which won over LASK 1. -zero.
French Marseille, led by its new Italian coach, Gennaro Gattuso, suffered a new setback after losing a two-goal lead to draw against its English guest, Brighton, 2-2, in the second round of Group Two.
At the Velodrome Stadium, the French team took the lead with two goals within a minute through Chancel Mbemba from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (19th) and Jordan Veretout (20th), but the visitors equalized the score in the second half through German Pascal Gross (54th) and Brazilian Joao Pedro (88th from a penalty kick). ).
The result allowed the Greek AEK Athens to take the lead despite its 1-1 draw against the Dutch Ajax Amsterdam, as the former benefited from its victory in the first round over Brighton to occupy first place with four points in a remarkable surprise after two rounds. While Marseille and Ajax are tied in second and third places, respectively, with two points, ahead of Brighton, fourth with one point.
The homeowners thought they were on their way to an easy win after taking the lead with two goals. The first came through Mbemba after a group game initiated by Jonathan Close and Argentine Joaquin Correa with an exchange of balls before the ball reached the Congolese Mbemba, who shot it with his right into the goal (19), before the second came in the attack. Following directly via Verito (20).
But the visitors, who have the best offensive record in the English Premier League after 7 times, responded strongly in the second half with a goal by German Gross (54), who brought his team back into the match atmosphere, before Pedro scored a fatal goal from a penalty kick two minutes before the end of normal time after a foul. From Klos to Ghanaian Tariq Lamptey.
Marseille is not going through its best condition this season in the French League either, as it occupies 12th place with nine points from 7 matches, which led to the resignation of its former Spanish coach Marcelino and the appointment of Gattuso as his successor last Wednesday.
Roma achieved a major victory over Swiss Servette, 4-0, at the Olympic Stadium.
The goals for the capital team were scored by Belgian Romelu Lukaku (22), Andrea Belotti (46 and 59), and Lorenzo Pellegrini (52).
This is Roma’s second victory, placing it in second place with six points, equal to Slavia Prague, who defeated Sherif of Moldova 5-0.
Also, German Bayer Leverkusen continued its fiery performances this season and beat Norwegian Molde 2-1.
The German team owes its victory to Dutchman Jeremy Frimpong (14) and Englishman Nathan Tella (18), while his only goal was scored by Emil Breivik (87).
Within the first group, English West Ham maintained its clean record by defeating its German host, Freiburg, 2-1, to lead the group with six points.
In the third group, Real Betis of Spain defeated Sparta Prague of Czech Republic 2-1, while Limassol of Cyprus defeated Rangers of Scotland 2-1 in a group in which the four teams have 3 points.
Italian Atalanta also strengthened its position at the top of Group D by defeating its host Sporting of Portugal 2-1.
Spain’s Villarreal snatched its first victory in the competition after defeating France’s Rennes 1-0.
Panathinaikos of Greece occupies the lead in the group with four points after drawing with Maccabi Haifa of Israel without goals, with 4 points, ahead of Villarreal II and Betis III with 3 points.
In the Conference League competition, French Lille tied with Klaksvik from the Faroe Islands 1-1 in the first group. Turkey’s Besiktas also lost to Switzerland’s Lugano 2-3 in Group Four, while Italian Fiorentina tied against Hungarian Ferencvaros 2-2 in Group Six.
2023-10-06 11:25:41
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