Manchester led after Eriksen’s strike, Twente responded after the break thanks to Lammers. Coach ten Haga’s men, who will present themselves in Pilsen in December, have not won the fourth of the last six competitive duels.
Midtjylland led over Hoffenheim from the 42nd minute. The Danish team was looking for a win, but in the 90th minute, after the action of two alternating players, the guests reached at least a point, when Kadeřábek made a pass in front of the goal to the finishing Moerstedt. Kuchta started for the home team from the 63rd minute, Hložek played the entire duel in the Bundesliga team’s jersey. His teammate Robin Hranáč was not even on the bench.
In Brussels, the spectators saw the goals only after the change of sides. Anderlecht decided to win over Ferencváros Budapest between the 60th and 66th minutes when Verschaeren and Dolberg scored from the penalty spot. The home side then weakened in the 81st minute by sending off Angulo, which Traoré used to reduce, but Ferencváros was unable to equalize. Anderlecht will play both duels with Pilsen and Slavia away, first in Eden and then in Štruncový sady.
On the other hand, PAOK will challenge Slavia and Plzeň at its stadium. Also in the fight between the Greek team and Galatasaray, goals were scored in the second half. Rahman put the Turkish team in the lead with an own goal, Konstantelias equalized for the guests. The match between two teams that failed to qualify for the Champions League was decided by Akgün in the 76th minute, Icardi added the insurance in the setup.
In the game Nice – San Sebastian, both goals were scored in the opening act. The guests scored first, Barrenetxee’s shot was answered by Rosario’s set-up. Plzeň will face the Spanish team at home, while Dynamo Kyiv awaits them away. Due to Russia’s military aggression, the Ukrainian team will play all home games of the Europa League in Hamburg. There they lost to Lazio, who scored all the goals in the first half. Both teams finished in ten.
In the new format of the competition, Plzeň will still face Frankfurt, in whose stadium the league phase will begin on Thursday, Ludogorets Razgrad, who lost to Slavia 0:2 at home, and Bilbao, who will also face Prague. The Czech teams have five opponents in common, unlike Viktoria, the team from Vršov faces Ajax Amsterdam, Fenerbahce Istanbul and Malmö, which lost twice to Sparta Prague in the final preliminary round of the Champions League.
Bodö/Glimt beat Porto 3:2, Alkmaar beat Elfsborg by the same score at home. The second half of the opening matches of the league stage of the competition will take place on Thursday. A week later, the second round is scheduled.
After changing the cup format in the main stage, all 36 teams will form one common table. All teams of the Europa League have eight matches against different opponents, the first eight teams advance directly to the round of 16, the clubs in ninth to 24th place face the opening round of the elimination phase.
