Paris (AFP)
Bayer Leverkusen largely dominated OGC Nice 6-2 on Thursday on the first day of the Europa League group stage marked by the victories of Arsenal and Roma and the loss of Naples at home to to the Dutch in Alkmaar.
In Leverkusen, the Germans opened the scoring in the 11th minute (Amiri) against the Niçois who were back in the competition after two seasons of absence.
Bayer did not let go of the reins of the match, Alario (16), Diaby (61), Bellarabi (79 and 83) and Wirtz (87) each taking their turn to pluck the Aiglons as the game progressed. .
The goals of Gouiri (31) and Claude-Maurice in the 90th minute could not change the face of this one-sided match.
For their part, Roma beat Young Boys at home in Bern, with two second-half goals from Bruno Peres (69) and Kumbulla (74) as the Swiss opened the scoring in the 14th minute thanks to Nsame .
Same introduction and same score for Arsenal against Rapid Vienna.
David Luiz and Aubameyang joined in the words of the coach in the 70th and 74th minute, for the victory of the English despite a first Viennese goal signed Foountas in the 51st.
For its part, Naples, 4th in Serie A, was surprised at home by the Dutch AZ Alkmaar (1-0), who won thanks to a goal from de Wit shortly before the time of Game.
Benfica Lisbon for its part did not miss the target by winning in Poland, 4-2 against Poznan.
Among the other matches to watch on this first day (9:00 p.m.) Tottenham's Spurs face the Austrians of Linz in Group J, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic's AC Milan face the Scots Celtic Glasgow in Group H (9:00 p.m.).
The other French representative, Lille, came to Sparta Prague.
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