The Italians fell 2-0 with grenade, while the English drew 1-1 with Benfica and the Scots defeated Antwerp 4-3.
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Villarreal and Granada, with victories by 2 to 0 in Salzburg and against Naples, achieved good results this Thursday in the first leg of the round of 32 of the Europa League, where Real Sociedad was almost eliminated after falling 4 to 0 against Manchester United.
Granada, debutants this season in European competitions and who started in this Europa League from the previous rounds, achieved a prestigious triumph against the historic Naples, which they beat 2-0. The goals of Venezuelan Yangel Herrera (19) and Brazilian Kenedy (22) offer a good advantage to the Andalusian team for their visit to Diego Maradona Stadium in a week.
In the case of Villarreal, their 2-0 victory was on the road, in Salzburg, so their tie is even clearer for the second leg. Paco Alcácer (41), who had previously missed a penalty in 28, and Fer Niño (71) signed the goals for the ‘Yellow Submarine’ in Austria.
Leicester and Arsenal could not complete the full English triumphs by not going beyond the draw, 0-0 in Prague for the ‘Foxes’ and 1-1 for the ‘Gunners’ against Benfica.
In the rest of the games, the defeat of Bayer Leverkusen stood out, who fell 4-3 in their visit to the Swiss Young Boys. The German team eventually trailed 3-0 at half-time, but then managed to rebalance 3-3 and saw the Bern team take the victory with a goal in 89.
For their part, Lille, leaders of the French league, came winning in the last minutes but ended up losing 2-1 at home to Dutch Ajax, who got his goals through Dusan Tadic (87 penalty) and Brian Brobby (89).
Finally, Alfredo Morelos’s Rangers beat Antwerp 4-3. The Colombian striker played the entire match. The second leg matches of these round of 32 will be played next week.
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