Europa League: Lille wins easily against Prague, Nice humiliated by Bayer Leverkusen

Lille started their Europa League campaign with a bang, winning 4-1 at Sparta Prague, reduced to 10 in the 23rd minute, Thursday on the first day of the group stage.

After the exclusion of Ladislav Krejci, Lille scored by Turkish Yusuf Yazici just before the break (45 + 1), Sparta equalized by Borek Dockal (47th) then Christophe Galtier's men, who will host Celtic Glasgow on Thursday next, made the difference and strengthened the addition by Yazici (60th, 75th), author of a hat-trick, and Jonathan Ikoné (66th).

Nice upgraded

For its part, Nice was outclassed and humiliated 6 goals to 2 on the field of Bayer Leverkusen.

The Germans quickly led 2-0 on goals from Nadiem Amiri (11th) and Lucas Alario (16th), Nice reducing the score by Amine Gouiri (31).

Then the domination of Bayer turned to demonstration with four new goals from Moussa Diaby (61st), Karim Bellarabi (79th, 83rd) and Florian Wirtz (87th), Alexis Claude-Maurice reducing the score at the end of the match for the Aiglons ( 90th).

On the second day, next Thursday, Nice will host the Israelis from Hapoel Beer Sheva.