Anderlecht won 2:1 in San Sebastian. The Brussels team will present themselves both at Slavia and in Pilsen, Real Sociedad will play at home against Viktoria. Slavia Malmö’s next opponent won 2:1 on the field of Karabakh. PAOK Thessaloniki and Bilbao will also face both Czech teams. Despite more than half an hour’s overtime, the Greek team lost at home to Romanian FCSB 0:1, the Basque team defeated Alkmaar 2:0 in front of their own spectators.
A week after a 3:3 draw with Pilsen, Frankfurt won 3:1 in Istanbul over Besiktas, Eintracht will also challenge Slavia. Fenerbahce Istanbul, another opponent of the Vrsovic team, drew 1:1 at Twente Enschede. Pilsen’s rival Manchester United did not maintain a two-goal lead and played 3:3 in Porto. He scored the equalizing goal in the set time in a weakened position.
The 22-year-old Hložek made his mark for Hoffenheim in Sunday’s Bundesliga duel with Bremen for the first time since arriving from the championship side Leverkusen in August. Compared to the match against Werder, in which his team did not keep a 3-0 lead and lost 3-4 in a long slump, his goals led to the triumph.
Against Dynamo in the 22nd minute, he took advantage of Gendrey’s pass with a ground shot from the penalty area. After an hour of the game, the Spartans protege increased the score after meeting Kramaric and firing just wide of the post from outside the penalty area. Hložek last scored two goals in one competitive match last December against Molde, also in the Europa League.
From the 56th minute, Pavel Kadeřábek also started for the German team. Another Czech, David Jurásek, appeared at least on the bench for the first time since he broke his hand in training in July. Hoffenheim got four points from the opening two games, the Ukrainian team has not one.
Kuchta played 60 minutes for Midtjylland. The Danish team beat Maccabi thanks to Franculin, Chilufya added the insurance in the end. Midtjylland has already scored four points. The Israeli team, which plays home matches in the Serbian capital due to the war in the Gaza Strip, lost in the Europa League for the second time.
Fofana and Lacazette set up Lyon’s triumph at Ibrox against Rangers with two goals each. Černý played 69 minutes. The “Riders” did not follow up on the opening victory in Malmö, on the contrary, the French team did not hesitate even a second time.
Anderlecht also keeps a 100% record in total with their first win over Ferencváros (also 2:1). In San Sebastian, they were losing from the eighth minute after a Marino strike, but in the first half, the Belgian team turned the score around when Vázquez and Leoni made their mark. The Spanish team has only one point.
Malmö, who fell short of Sparta Prague in the final preliminary round of the Champions League, won in Baku over Karabakh thanks to two goals from Botheim. The reigning Swedish league champions cheered themselves up after their opening home loss to Rangers. At the end of January in Eden, Slavia will be the last opponent in the league phase of the competition. The team from Azerbaijan is without a point.
PAOK fell to FCSB Champions League qualifier rivals Sparta after a Birligey strike in a long first-half set-up. The guests kept their lead, even though they played without the suspended captain Olaru from the 56th minute. The Romanian team is 100 percent, PAOK lost for the second time.
Bilbao won against Alkmaar only between the 72nd and 85th minute. The difference was scored by Iňaki Williams after an assist from Nic’s younger brother. The Spanish team has four points.
Frankfurt decided on three points at Besiktas already in the first half, when they scored twice. Home team Immobile could have corrected the unfavorable situation in the opening act, but did not convert the penalty. Besiktas only conceded a goal in the closing stages, which only eased their second defeat in the competition.
In the duel with Twente, Fenerbahce secured a point in the 71st minute with an equalizing goal by Tadič. Coach Mourinho’s men scored the fourth point, the Dutch team tied for the second time.
Everything was going great for Manchester in Porto, with Rashford and Höjlund taking the lead after 20 minutes. But then Pepé brought down and even in the first half, Omorodion equalized, who completed the conversion five minutes after the change of sides. In addition, Fernandes weakened the guests in the 81st minute, the Portuguese captain of United also saw a red card in Sunday’s league match with Tottenham. The “Red Devils” still equalized in the set-up thanks to substitute Maguire. Even so, they did not win the fourth competitive match in a row and drew for the second time in the Europa League.
RFS Riga unexpectedly drew 2:2 at home with Galatasaray and has the first bodi. The Czech defender Petr Mareš spent the entire match among the substitutes of the Latvian team.
Saint-Gilloise, which was not enough against Slavia in the 3rd preliminary round of the Champions League, drew at home with Norwegian Bödo/Glimt without goals.
Tottenham won 2:1 at Ferencváros and is 100%, and they still haven’t conceded. The Budapest team is waiting for the first point.
Lazio Roma beat Nice 4-1 thanks to two strikes from Castellanos and have full points. AS Roma surprisingly lost 0:1 at the stadium of Elfsborg in Sweden and only got a point so far. Olympiakos beat Braga 3-0, Kaabi scored twice.
Results of the 2nd round of the European League
Ferencváros Budapest – Tottenham 1:2 (0:1)
Goals: 90. B. Varga – 23. Sarr, 86. Johnson
Hoffenheim – Dynamo Kyiv 2:0 (1:0)
Goals: 22. and 60. Hložek
Karabach – Malmö 1:2 (1:1)
Goals: 5. Juninho – 19. to 47. Botheim
Lazio Rome – Nice 4:1 (2:1)
Goals: 35. a 53. Castellanos, 20. Pedro, 65. Zaccagni z pen. – 41. Boga
Maccabi Tel Aviv – Midtjylland 0:2 (0:1)
Goals: 39. Franculino, 89. Chilufya
Olympiakos Piraeus – Braga 3:0 (1:0)
Goals: 45th and 59th Kaabi, 53rd Hezza
San Sebastian – Anderlecht 1:2 (1:2)
Goals: 5. Marín – 29. Vázquez, 40. Leoni
RFS Riga – Galatasaray Istanbul 2:2 (1:2)
Goals: 40. Ikaunieks, 55. Odišaria – 12. Mertens, 38. Akgün
Bilbao – Alkmaar 2:0 (0:0)
Goals: 72. I. Williams, 85. Sancet
Besiktas Istanbul – Eintracht Frankfurt 1:3 (0:2)
Goals: 90.+3 Masuaku – 19. Marmúš z pen., 22. Ebimbe, 82. Knauff
Elfsborg – AS Roma 1:0 (1:0)
Branka: 44. Baidoo z pen.
FC Porto – Manchester United 3:3 (2:2)
Goals: 34. a 50. Omorodion, 27. Pepé – 7. Rashford, 20. Höjlund, 90.+1 Maguire
ČK: 81. Fernandes (Manchester)
PAOK Soluň – FCSB 0:1 (0:0)
Branka: 45.+8 Birligea
ČK: 56. Olaru (FCSB)
Glasgow Rangers – Lyon 1:4 (1:2)
Goals: 14. Lawrence – 10. a 55. Fofana, 19. a 45.+1 Lacazette
Saint-Gilloise – Bödo/Glimt 0:0
Twente Enschede – Fenerbahce Istanbul 1:1 (1:0)
Goals: 29. Vlap – 71. Tadic.
