On Thursday, the new season of the UEFA Europa League kicked off. London's "Arsenal" team ensured a victory in the group stage, defeating Frankfurt's "Eintracht" footballers with a score of 3:0. The "Gunners" surged forward in the 38th minute, when Joseph Willock's shot ricocheted off an "Eintracht" defender into the goal. The hosts' situation became unenviable in the 79th minute, when Dominik Kohr was sent off, and just a few minutes later, Bukayo Saka scored a second goal for the "Arsenal" team. In the 88th minute, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored in these matches.
In another match, the "Manchester United" team celebrated a tough victory at home, narrowly defeating "Astana" 1:0. The "Red Devils" dominated the field from the start of the match, but struggled to score a goal, wasting great opportunities with Marcus Rashford. "Man Utd" was saved from disgrace by 17-year-old Mason Greenwood, who deceived the visiting defenders in the 73rd minute in the penalty area and sent the ball into the goal. At the end of the match, Jesse Lingard had a great chance to increase his team's advantage, but his shot hit the goalpost.
A somewhat unexpected result was recorded in Romania, where the Cluj CFR team, represented by Giedrius Arlauskis, defeated Rome's "Lazio" 2:1. The Italian team started the match better and took the lead in the 25th minute after a goal by Bastos, but Ciprian Deac equalized in the 41st minute with a penalty kick. CFR's victory was sealed in the 75th minute by Billel Omrani's goal. The goalkeeper from Lithuania played the full match and was shown a yellow card in the 85th minute.
OTHER RESULTS: APOEL 3:4 "Dudelange" "Basel" 5:0 "Krasnodar" "Dynamo" 1:0 "Malmo" "Copenhagen" 1:0 "Lugano" "Getafe" 1:0 "Trabzonspor" LASK 1:0 "Rosenborg" PSV 3:2 "Sporting" "Qarabag" 0:3 "Sevilla" "Rennes" 1:1 "Celtic" "Standard" 2:0 "Guimaraes" "Roma" 4:0 "Basaksehir" "Monchengladbach" 0:4 "Wolfsberger" "Espanyol" 1:1 "Ferencvaros" "Porto" 2:1 "Young Boys" "Gent" 3:2 "St. Etienne" "Ludogorets" 5:1 CSKA "Partizan" 2:2 "AZ Alkmaar" "Rangers" 1:0 "Feyenoord" "Slovan" 4:2 "Besiktas" "Wolfsburg" 3:1 "Oleksandriya" "Wolves" 0:1 "Braga"
