Roma’s Europa League marketing campaign acquired off to a poor begin in Bulgaria when José Mourinho’s aspect had been crushed 2-1 by Ludogorets.
The Brazilian midfielder Cauly opened the scoring with 18 minutes left to play in Bulgaria. Eldor Shomurdorov equalised for the Serie A aspect 4 minutes from time just for Nonato, one other Brazilian, to attain the winner for the hosts two minutes later.
The end result rounds off a worrying few days for Mourinho’s aspect, who gained the Europa Conference League final season, after they had been defeated 4-0 away by Udinese of their home league final Sunday.
Their metropolis rivals Lazio, nevertheless, acquired off to a successful begin, beating Feyenoord 4-2 within the Italian capital, Matias Vecino scoring twice for the hosts.
In Group C’s different match, Actual Betis claimed a 2-0 win at HJK Helsinki because of a double by the Brazilian Willian José.
In Group A – which additionally options Arsenal – PSV had been held to a 1-1 draw at dwelling by Norwegian aspect Bodø/Glimt
Within the Europa Convention League, West Ham got here from behind to beat the Romanian crew FCSB 3-1. Andrei Cordea gave the guests the lead on 34 minutes earlier than Jarrod Bowen equalised with a penalty on 69 minutes. Emerson Palmieri put West Ham forward with quarter-hour left earlier than Michail Antonio made the factors protected. Within the different Group B match, Anderlecht started with a 1-0 win in opposition to the Danish aspect Silkeborg.
The Europa Convention League sport between Good and Cologne was delayed after crowd hassle erupted within the stands on the Allianz Riviera.
Uefa mentioned the match was “delayed resulting from crowd disturbance” after TV footage confirmed followers of the German crew making their manner in the direction of dwelling followers and throwing flares.
Police intervened however the gamers had not began warming up shortly earlier than the scheduled 6.45pm native time kick-off.
The Cologne captain, Jonas Hector, addressed the gang, saying: “We actually wish to play the sport with you. We additionally need that sport to happen. However we now have to say that we don’t wish to see this.
“We labored rattling laborious final 12 months and within the playoff. And we might very very like to do that with you and we ask you to maintain calm and assist us as a lot as doable.”
The Group D match ended 1-1 after Steffen Tigges gave Cologne the lead within the nineteenth minute earlier than Andy Delort levelled from the penalty spot on 62 minutes.
Hearts acquired off to the worst doable begin once they had been soundly crushed 4-0 at dwelling by Istanbul Basaksehir, with the Turkish aspect scoring 3 times within the second half.
Villarreal, shock Champions League semi-finalists final season, got here out on prime at dwelling in a seven-goal thriller in opposition to Lech Poznan. The Polish aspect took the lead after two minutes however Francis Coquelin made it 4-3 to the Spanish aspect within the 89th minute.
