Tonight the third round matches of the UEFA Europa League were already played. Initially, there were a little over half of the matches. In Group H, London's "Arsenal" expanded their victory in the last minutes, defeating Belgrade's "Crvena Zvezda" as visitors. The "Gunners" who did not play with the strongest lineup secured the victory after a wonderful combination led by Olivier Giroud, following the expulsion of Milanas Rodičius in the 80th minute for a second yellow card. This allowed the English team to score their ninth point.
The mentioned Serbian club was beaten by Borisov's BATE, convincing them to surrender against the "Koln" footballers. The match ended with the same result, and the author of the winning goal was Aleksejus Riosas. In one of the most anticipated clashes of the evening between "Nice" and Rome's "Lazio", the French took the lead with Mario Balotelli's goal after a pass from Wesley Sneijder in the fourth minute. However, their joy quickly ended. Felipe Caicedo equalized the result soon after, and after the break, he accurately assisted Sergejus Milinkovičius-Savičius who added a double and led the Italians to victory on the road. With nine points, "Lazio" now took the lead position in Group K. Another representative of "Ligue 1", "Marseille", after a fierce battle, defeated the team of "Vitoria de Guimaraes" with goals from Lucas Ocampos and Maxime Lopez. Meanwhile, the Spaniards followed very differently - Bilbao's "Athletic" only managed to expand the score against "Ostersunds", while San Sebastian's "Real Sociedad" smashed Skopje's "Vardar" with a score of 6-0. Willian Jose scored a poker here.WILSHEREBALL BACK IN FULL SWING pic.twitter.com/Wc7A2L4C2c
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In the second part of the evening, another 11 matches were played, including some interesting battles. At the top of Group E, Atalanta "Atalanta" remained in the lead, defeating Limassol's "Apollon" resistance at home. The Italian club was led to victory by goals from Josip Iličičius, Andrea Petagnos, and Remo Freuler, with the final result of 3-1. More attention was drawn to the match in Liverpool, where local "Everton" again did not show good play and lost to "Lyon". The French were ahead in the 11th minute with a penalty scored by Nabil Fekiras, and after equalizing the result in the middle of the second half, Ashley Williams, Bertrandas Traore quickly restored the visitors' lead. His strike pushed the "Toffees" to the last position in the group. Group D leader "Milan" played a draw for the first time - a point was taken from the Italians by AEK from Athens, who held a clean sheet at the "San Siro" stadium.Willian José
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A night to remember for the Real Sociedad forward! #UEL pic.twitter.com/1Y0ZyyU889
Results: Group A: "Astana" 4 - 0 "Maccabi "Villarreal" 2 - 2 "Slavia" Group B: Kiev "Dynamo" 2 - 2 "Young Boys" "Skenderbeu" 0 - 0 "Partizan" Group C: "Braga" 0 - 2 "Ludogorets" "Hoffenheim" 3 - 1 "Basaksehir" Group D: "Milan" 0 - 0 AEK Athens "Austria" 1 - 3 "Rijeka" Group E: "Atalanta" 3 - 1 "Apollon" "Everton" 1 - 2 "Lyon" Group F: "Sheriff" 1 - 1 "Lokomotiv" "Zlin" 1 - 1 "Kobenhavn" Group G: "Hapoel Beer Sheva" 1 - 2 "Steaua" "Lugano" 3 - 2 "Viktoria" Group H: BATE 1 - 0 "Koln" "Crvena Zvezda 0 - 1 "Arsenal" Group I: "Konyaspor" 0 - 2 "Salzburg" "Marseille" 2 - 1 "Vitoria de Guimaraes" Group J: "Ostersunds" 2 - 2 "Athletic" "Zorya" 2 - 1 "Hertha" Group K: "Nice" 1 - 3 "Lazio" "Zulte-Waregem" 1 - 1 "Vitesse" Group L: "Vardar" 0 - 6 "Real Sociedad" "Zenit" 3 - 1 "Rosenborg"#UEL teams with a 100% record
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