Europa Conference League, round of 16 first leg, LOSC easy in Austria | UEFA Europa Conference League

Jonathan David’s brace and Edon Zhegrova’s stunning goal gave Lille a 3-0 victory in the UEFA Europa Conference League round of 16 first leg.

Sturm Graz 0-3 LOSC Lille

The current fourth in Ligue 1 confirmed its resurgence by dominating an Austrian team which was unable to respond to the precision of the Mastiffs. Paulo Fonseca’s players reached the break with a one-goal lead, scored by David, at the conclusion of a great collective move.

Jonathan David his double in Graz

The Canadian was on the lookout, six minutes following the restart, to push a shot off the bar from Hakon Arnar Haraldsson into the goal. One of the goals of the evening came from Zhegrova 20 minutes from time. An eccentric lob on the right which deceived the excellent Czech goalkeeper of Graz Vitezszlav Jaroš.

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The other matches

Ajax 0-0 Aston Villa

Neither team managed to break the deadlock, although both were reduced to ten men in the final moments. Ajax had the best chances, with Kenneth Taylor forcing Emiliano Martínez to make a save in a quiet evening for both goalkeepers.

Olympiacos 1-4 Maccabi Tel Aviv

Ayoub El Kaabi strong head

Eren Zahavi scored twice to put Maccabi Tel Aviv in control of the first leg once morest Olympiacos. The 36-year-old former PSV Eindhoven player and teammate Ido Shahar both scored from close range to put the visitors 2-0 up inside the first ten minutes in Piraeus. Ayoub El Kaabi quickly reduced the gap for the hosts, but Zahavi scored once more before the break and Dor Peretz, in the 74th minute, gave the Yellows one foot in the quarter-finals.

Molde 2-1 Club de Bruges

Molde woke up at the end of each half of this very tight first leg in Norway. Coming into play in the 16th minute in place of the injured Eirik Haugan, Halldor Stenevik precisely concluded a good collective action on a deep pass from Markus Kaasa. In the 83rd minute, a handball from captain Martin Linnes allowed Club Brugge to equalize, and Maxim De Cuyper took the opportunity to send Oliver Petersen the other way from the penalty spot. But in added time, Fredrik Gulbrandsen scored a powerful strike following a classy action to give Molde a significant lead before the return to Belgium.

And what’s next…

The return matches will take place on Thursday March 14, with extra time then possibly penalties in the event of a tie across all matches following 90 minutes (the away goal rule has been removed). The eight winners will be qualified for the draw for the remainder of the competition on Friday March 15.

Union SG 0-3 Fenerbahçe

Fenerbahçe defended well and scored two late goals to secure a considerable lead in the first leg. The opening goal came from the visitors’ first attack, in the 20th minute, when Michy Batshuayi, playing his first club match in his native country for ten years, scored from close range following Çağlar Söyüncü had deflected a free header. With six minutes remaining, Jayden Oosterwolde ran almost the length of the pitch to score Fenerbahçe’s second goal, while Dusan Tadić converted an injury-time penalty following a handball to allow his team to move closer to a place in the quarter-finals.

Maccabi Haifa 3-4 Fiorentina

Antonín Barák scored in injury time, with the Viola taking advantage of Manuel Cafumana’s late sending-off. In the lead for two minutes thanks to a header from M’Bala Nzola, last season’s finalists were trailing at the break, Abdoulaye Seck and Gadi Kinda having scored in the rain in Budapest. Lucas Beltrán made it 2-2, then Rolando Mandragora responded for Fiorentina following 19-year-old Anan Khalaili restored Maccabi’s lead with an angled strike, setting the stage for late drama. match.

Dinamo Zagreb 2-0 PAOK

The Croatians took the lead ahead of the second leg in Greece through striker Bruno Petković, who took his tally in this season’s competition to seven in six matches, including one in each half.

Servette 0-0 Viktoria Pilsen

In two minutes, Servette 0-0 Viktoria Plzeň

Tough match and few clear chances in Geneva. Both goalkeepers were untroubled in a defensively dominated first half, but substitute Miroslav Stevanović made an immediate impact on the hosts following coming on at half-time, going close of a goal on a superb strike from distance in a flood of attempts from the winger at the start of the second half. His Servette teammate, Gaël Ondoua, saw his long-range shot go over the bar in added time, but neither team managed to open the scoring.

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