Like Bayern Leverkusen, author of a demonstration against Nice (6-2), most of the big teams in the Europa League responded on the occasion of the first day of the group stage.
Roma beat Young Boys at home in Bern (2-1), 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.
Benfica Lisbon, for its part, did not miss the target by winning in Poland, 4-2 against Poznan with a hat-trick from Nunez.
The goal of the season for Roofe with the Rangers
In the second part of the evening, Tottenham confirmed its ambitions in this competition.
With Gareth Bale holder, the Spurs made short work of the Austrians of LASK (3-0).
Lucas Moura, Andrade (against his side) and Son Heung-Min changed the score in favor of José Mourinho's team.
AC Milan removed the poster against Celtic Glasgow (3-1) with goals scored by Krunic (14th), Diaz (42nd) and Hauge (92nd).
In Scotland, the good news came from the Rangers, winners on the lawn of Standard Liège (2-0) with an exceptional second goal signed Roofe (90th + 3), author of a 50-meter lob.
Naples, the only big club to have bitten the dust
Of all the big European names competing this Thursday, only Naples did not answer the call.
4th in Serie A, the Italian club was surprised at home by the Dutch AZ Alkmaar (1-0), who won thanks to a goal from de Wit shortly before the hour mark.
The results of the first day:
Group A
Young Boys Berne -
AS Rome
1-2
CSKA Sofia -
Cluj
0-2
Group B
Rapid Vienna -
Arsenal
1-2
Dundalk -
Molde
1-2
Group C
Bayer Leverkusen
- Lille 6-2
Hapoel Beer-Sheva -
Slavia Prague 3-1
Group D
Lech Poznan -
Benfica Lisbon
2-4
Standard Liège -
Glasgow Rangers
0-2
Group E
PAOK Salonika - Omonia Nicosia 1-1
PSV - Eindhoven -
Granada
1-2
Group F
Napoli-
AZ Alkmaar
0-1
Rijeka -
Real Sociedad
0-1
Group G
Leicester
- Zorta Lougansk 3-0
Braga
- AEK Athens 3-0
Group H
Sparta Prague -
Lille
1-3
Celtic Glasgow -
AC Milan
1-3
Group I
Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Qarabag 1-0
Villarreal
- Sivasspor 5-3
Group J
Tottenham
- LASK 3-0
Lugdorets -
Antwerp
1-2
Group K
Dinamo Zagreb - Feyenord Rotterdam 0-0
Wolfsberger - CSKA Moscow 1-1
Group L
Liberec
- La Gantoise 1-0
Hoffenheim
- Red Star Belgrade 2-0
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Calendar and results Europa League
