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TSG Hoffenheim celebrated their first European Cup away win in their club history in the eighth attempt.
The Bundesliga team won 4-1 (1-0) at Belgian ex-champions KAA Gent and after their second win in the second game they are already close to making it into the second round of the Europa League.
Ishak Belfodil (36th by hand penalty), Florian Grillitsch (52nd) and Mijat Gacinovic (73rd) scored for TSG, which won against Red Star Belgrade at the start of the group stage last week (2-0).
Previously, Hoffenheim's goalkeeper Oliver Baumann held a penalty kick (14th).
Tim Kleindienst (90th + 3) shortened before Munas Dabbur made the final score (90th + 4).
With the second three in Group L, the first knockout round of a European Cup competition is already within reach for Hoffenheim.
After the league game against Union Berlin on Monday, the Czechs from Slovan Liberec will come to Kraichgau on Thursday.
AC Milan win, Tottenham lose
Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrated the second win in the second group game with the traditional Italian club AC Milan.
Portugal's legendary coach Jose Mourinho, on the other hand, suffered an unexpected setback with Tottenham Hotspur.
The English lost 0: 1 (0: 1) to the Belgian outsider Royal Antwerp.
Milan prevailed 3-0 (1-0) against Sparta Prague, although Ibrahimovic missed a penalty.
The 39-year-old initially did the preparatory work for the Milan opening goal by Brahim Diaz (24th).
Then the Swede took a penalty kick, but shot the ball to the top of the bar (37th).
Rafael Leao (57th), who was substituted on for Ibrahimovic in the second half, made the decision.
Diogo also met Dalot (66th).
Mourinho saw a momentous loss of the ball by Ben Davies in his own half, which led to the deficit by Lior Rafaelov (29th).
The Spurs, who started with a 3-0 win against ASK from Linz, couldn't find a recipe against the Belgians who were defending compactly.
LASK with the Bremen loan from Johannes Eggestein won 4: 3 (3: 1) against the Bulgarian champion Ludogorez Rasgrad.
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