Yesterday the match between Warsaw's "Legia" and Kharkiv's "Metalist" kicked off the third round of the UEFA Europa League. Today, all remaining clubs of this tournament entered the battle.
In Group J, the teams with Lithuanian players Giedrius Arlauskis and Lukas Spalvis defended their honor at home by defeating their opponents. "Aalborg" crushed Kiev's "Dynamo" with a score of 3-0, while Bucharest's "Steaua" defeated "Rio Ave" 2-1.
In other matches, some unexpected results were recorded in Croatia and Switzerland. Representing the Netherlands, Rotterdam's "Feyenoord" lost 1-3 to the "Rijeka" club, with Andrej Kramaric scoring a hat-trick for the winning team. Meanwhile, Bern's "Young Boys" defeated Italy's Serie A bronze medalist "Napoli" with a score of 2-0.
Later, the matches of Groups A-F started. No major upsets were recorded here, but it is worth mentioning the draw between Milan's "Inter" and "Saint-Etienne". Additionally, two more hat-tricks were seen by the fans, with Harry Kane of London's "Tottenham" and Alan of Salzburg's "Red Bull" being the scorers.
Results:
Group G: "Rijeka" 3 - 1 "Feyenoord" "Standard" 0 - 0 "Sevilla" 1. "Sevilla" 5 points 2. "Standard" 4 points 3. "Rijeka" 4 points 4. "Feyenoord" 3 points
Group H: "Krasnodar" 2 - 4 "Wolfsburg" "Lille" 0 - 0 "Everton" 1. "Everton" 5 points 2. "Wolfsburg" 4 points 3. "Lille" 3 points 4. "Krasnodar" 2 points
Group I: "Slovan" 0 - 3 "Sparta" "Young Boys" 2 - 0 "Napoli" 1. "Young Boys" 6 points 2. "Sparta" 6 points 3. "Napoli" 6 points 4. "Slovan" 0 points
And so on...
