2023-09-21 21:43:10
Football
Xhaka delights, Liverpool in the tough and crazy goals in the Europa League
In addition to the Geneva disappointment, the European evening was marked by a success for Xhaka’s Bayer Leverkusen, a crazy Ajax-OM duel, spectacular goals and a small victory for Liverpool.
Updated September 21, 2023, 11:43 p.m.
Granit Xhaka continues good performances under the orders of Xabi Alonso.
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Bayer Leverkusen impresses at the start of the season. Xabi Alonso’s men largely won once morest the Swedes of BK Häcken (4-0), this Thursday evening in the Europa League. Granit Xhaka once once more stood out with an excellent performance, as often since his arrival.
The Nati captain offered a magnificent assist to Amine Adli, who finished with a nice volley. German prodigy Florian Writz had scored the first goal a few minutes earlier. Victor Boniface, revelation at the start of the season, and Jonas Hofmann scored the 3rd and 4th goals.
The evening was more complicated for Liverpool, who almost got surprised in Austria once morest LASK (1-3). Jürgen Klopp’s squad, which had a reshuffled eleven, conceded the opener in the 14th minute and only equalized in the 56th minute on a penalty converted by Darwin Nunez. Luis Diaz relieved his team seven minutes later, before Mohamed Salah came on and scored the break goal (88th).
OM snatch a draw once morest Ajax
Olympique de Marseille, in full turmoil while coach Marcelino left the ship a few days ago, clashed with Ajax in a crazy match without a winner (3-3). The Dutch started the match strongly, with two successes in twenty minutes.
The Marseillais responded with a powerful shot from Jonathan Clauss (23rd), then thanks to Aubameyang (38th). Taylor gave his team the advantage once more (52nd) before another equalizer from Aubameyang (78th). Ajax, also in a complicated period, lost Silvano Vos in the 90th minute, receiving a red card.
Rennes and Roma win
Stade Rennais, which hosted Maccabi Haifa, offered a spectacle to its supporters. From the first minute, a missile from Ludovic Blas shook the nets. Adrien Truffert doubled the lead half an hour later with a superb volley, hitting the post. The Bretons won 3-0, with Fabian Rieder in the 73rd minute.
AS Roma, future opponent of Servette FC, won once morest FC Sheriff (1-2). The Italians opened the scoring just before half-time, on an opposing autogoal. The Moldovans equalized in the 57th, before Romelu Lukaku scored the winning goal following a great collective action (65th).
Toulouse, with Vincent Sierro captain at the kick-off, settled for a draw once morest the Union Saint-Gilloise of Cameron Puertas (out in the 84th), author of a decisive pass on the only Belgian achievement (1-1). The French finished the match with ten men, Logan Costa having been sent off in the 90+4th minute.
For its part, Brighton lacked ideas at home once morest AEK Athens (2-3), despite a double penalty from João Pedro. Steven Zuber came on in the 68th for the Greeks.
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