Arsenal's strong-willed victory, three deletions in Rennes and Yaremchuk's double for Gent: the main events of Europa League game day

Scottish passions "Roma" and "Lazio"

The reporting game day was extremely unsuccessful for the Italian teams. Both Roman teams completed it with a bad mood. To begin with, “Roma” in the 95th minute missed a crucial victory at home over the Mönchengladbach Borussia. Wards Paulo Fonseca came forward in the middle of the first half thanks to an accurate shot by Nicolo Zagnolo and calmly kept the minimum advantage in the long run.

But already in the added time, the Scottish judge William Callum came to the aid of the guests. He considered that the ball in the penalty area fell into Chris Smalling’s hand, and pointed to the “point”, although the repetition shows: the shell hit the player in the face. Lars Stindl took the opportunity to take advantage of this opportunity and deprived Roma of victory.

The Scottish misadventures of the Italian teams did not end there. Following the “Lazio” was defeated in Glasgow from the “Celtic”. Moreover, the Romans also went on a break, taking the lead, but in the second half they allowed the opponent to seize the initiative and as a result they missed the return ball. And in the 89th minute, defender Christopher Julien closed the pitch with a head from the corner flag and brought the hosts a strong-willed victory.

English luck

Unmatched by the best results showed clubs from England. Manchester United, Arsenal and Wolves have won victories together. At the same time, the English giants had to really work hard. In particular, the Mankunians held an extremely nondescript match with Partizan. For most of the meeting, the vice-champion of Serbia had the advantage, and venerable guests practically did not threaten the gates of others.

“Manchester United” for the entire game struck only one shot on target, and he, ironically, was victorious. Shortly before the break, Brandon Williams was shot down in the penalty area, and Anthony Martial made a penalty. By the way, the Frenchman recovering from an injury hit the foundation for the first time since August.

The Mankunians not only interrupted the losing streak, which was six matches in all tournaments, but also won their first away victory in 12 meetings.

Arsenal got even harder in their home game against Victoria Guimaraes. The hosts missed already in the eighth minute, but recouped by the efforts of Gabriela Martinelli. Moreover, the young Brazilian talent scored the third goal in the current draw of LE and the fifth in all tournaments.

However, Arsenal immediately missed again, giving the ball to an opponent in midfield. As a result, the meeting was turned upside down by Nicolas Pepe. A Londoner rookie came on as a substitute 15 minutes before the final whistle and managed to score two goals with incredible free kicks. Arsenal snatched victory in the 92nd minute. So the Gunners won the third match in the group stage and lead the quartet F.

Finally, another willed victory in the English football box brought Wolverhampton. The Nunu team in Bratislava missed from Slovan already in the 11th minute, but after the break, scored twice and scored the most important three points.

French failure

And failure this evening suffered not only the Italian team, but also the French. And while Roma and Lazio misfired in matches with fairly strong teams, Rennes and Saint-Etienne got hold of just one point in the confrontation with obviously inferior Clujus and Alexandria in the class. Moreover, both teams played at home.

To begin with, “Saint-Etienne” broke the world with the modest Ukrainian “Alexandria”. Gabriel Silva did not save the hosts even in the eighth minute. The defender connected to the attack and with a cool blow asked Yuri Pankiv. Unfortunately for local fans, the Brazilian soon sent the ball into his own net. More score on the scoreboard did not change. After three rounds, both teams have two points each.

And a little later, Rennes managed to give up Cluj. Moreover, the hosts were already in the fifth minute without the main goalkeeper after a foul of the last hope by Edward Mendy. Only 16-year-old Pepe Bonet was on the team’s bench, but the coaching staff had no choice, and the junior had to be urgently thrown into battle.

As a result, Bonet missed the first strike, but at the age of 16 years and 254 days he became the youngest goalkeeper in the history of the tournament. And at the beginning of the second half, “Rennes” completely remained eight. Another direct red received Eduardo Camavigne. True, in the end the judge already removed the footballer of the guests, but the wards of Julien Stefan did not have time to win back.

Peaceful outcomes of Dynamo and Karabakh

With a score of 1: 1, the match of another Ukrainian team ended. However, the Dynamo Kyiv home draw was unlikely to please, because the blue and white could not win the second meeting in a row, and a victory would bring them to first place in group B.

Already in the second minute, the Cypriot Pieros Sotiriou led the guests ahead and interrupted the seven-match series of Kyiv without goals conceded. The hosts managed to recoup right after the break: Artyom Shabanov with his head closed the pitch from the standard.

Azerbaijani “Karabakh”, which defeated “Dudelange” in the last round away, was content with a draw. After that, the wards of Gurban Gurbanov counted on a home victory over the direct competitor of APOEL, but were content with a draw.

The hosts did not help even a quick ball, scored already in the 13th minute. But before the break, the guests managed not only to recoup, but also to come forward. First, they were helped by the defender of Azerbaijan Maxim Medvedev, who cut the shell into his own goal, and then the forward of the Cypriot team Linus Hallenius scored in the last minute of the half. After the break, “Karabakh” quickly restored the status quo on the scoreboard, but it was not enough for more. Nevertheless, it was the Azerbaijani team after the third round that ranks second in Group A, one point ahead of Dudelange and two points ahead of APOEL.

But “Astana” of the playoffs of the Europa League this season does not seem to shine. The champion of Kazakhstan suffered a crushing defeat with a tennis score in Alkmaar - 0: 6. Moreover, the guests kept their gates untouched almost until the break, but missed twice, and finally crumbled. The third loss in a row actually put an end to the future prospects of the team.

Hero of the day

The reporting game day turned out to be special for Ukrainian football players and coaches. "Alexandria" took away an honorable draw from France. Ferencvaros Sergei Rebrov beat CSKA thanks to an assist from Alexander Zubkov.

But, perhaps, the striker of the Belgian “Gent” Roman Yaremchuk was the brightest. By the middle of the first half, his team was inferior to “Wolfsburg” - 0: 2 and, it seemed, resigned to defeat. However, the Ukrainian legionary was not going to give up. To begin with, he revived the intrigue with a magnificent blow from outside the penalty area.

And already in the fourth minute added to the second half, Yaremchuk personally saved Gent from defeat. After a pass from the flank, the forward transferred the ball to the near corner. In general, the current season turns out to be truly outstanding for Roman, because he chalked up already 14 goals in all tournaments and gave four assists.