On Thursday evening, the first matches of the final qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League took place at the stadiums of the Old Continent, after which it became clear which teams have a better chance of reaching the group stage of the tournament.
The "Villarreal" club won a convincing victory with a score of 3 - 0, defeating the footballers of "Astana" from Kazakhstan. Cani, Giovanni Dos Santos, and Mario Gaspar scored the goals.
The Warsaw "Legia" narrowly defeated the Kazakh team "Aktobe."
The footballers of "Tottenham" had a slow start to the match. After conceding a goal away against the Cypriot team "AEL," Roberto Soldado and Harry Kane secured a victory for the "Spurs" players at the end of the match.
Another English team, "Hull City," lost to the Belgian club "Lokeren."
The Dutch club "PSV" took a step towards the group stage, securing a victory against the footballers of "Shakhtyor" from Soligorsk with Adam Maher's goal, while "Twente" played a draw with "Qarabağ" from Azerbaijan.
The French teams had a bad evening. The "Saint-Etienne" team unexpectedly lost away to the club "Karabükspor," and the footballers of "Lyon" had to admit defeat at home with a score of 1 - 2 to the Romanian club "Astra."
The "Real Sociedad" team, without Antoine Griezmann, won with a minimal advantage after Xabi Prieto's goal against the Russian team "Krasnodar," while "Borussia Mönchengladbach" defeated the Bosnian club "Sarajevo" with a score of 3 - 2 away.
