The Europa League that we have had the opportunity to follow in recent years no longer exists. UEFA decided to make serious changes. From this season, as many as 36 teams are participating in the competition. Each of them will play as many as eight matches in the first stage of the competition. What's more, each match is against a different rival. So how will the teams that will play in the 1/8 be selected? final? Thanks to the summary table. The eight teams that score the most points will advance directly to the knockout phase, and the teams ranked 9th to 24th will fight for the remaining eight places. The first round of the league phase ended on Thursday. So we got to know the first leader, as well as the teams that took a big step towards promotion and those that moved away from this promotion.
The first round of the Europa League is behind us. There were plenty of surprises. Giants far away
The matches were played over two days. There were several sensations there. The biggest draw seems to be Manchester United's draw with FC Twente (1-1), which happened on the first day of the competition, i.e. on Wednesday. The teams shared the points, although Erik ten Haga's players were clear favorites. However, they failed again.
Lazio Roma, however, did not disappoint. The Italian team won probably against Dynamo Kiev, 3-0 team became the first leader. Teams that played on Thursday evening had a chance to dethrone it. And they took advantage of this opportunity.
The speech includes: about Ajax Amsterdamwhich defeated the Besiktas players. He won as much as 4:0. Therefore, this club will lead the pack in the next few days. Lazio also overtook FCSB. The Romanian team did not give much chance to the Latvian RFS, beating it 4:1.
However, another team from Rome also played on Thursday evening. We are talking about AS Roma, which faced Athletic Bilbao. This clash was described as one of the biggest hits of this round. Ultimately, it was a 1-1 draw. However, Nicola Zalewski did not appear on the pitch. The Pole still cannot count on playing after he refused transfer to Galatasaray. He didn't even sit on the bench
Fenerbahce Istanbul, played by Sebastian Szymański, also did well. They won 2-1 against Union Saint-Gilloise, thanks to which they are placed in the middle of the table. The clash between Tottenham and Karabakh Agdam started with considerable controversy. It was delayed by over half an hour because the guests had trouble getting to the stadium. The table after the first round is closed by Besiktas, Karabakh and Dinamo Kyiv.
Europa League table after round 1:
- Ajax Amsterdam – 3 points, goal balance: 4:0
- FCSB – 3 points, 4:1
- Lazio Roma – 3 points, 3:0
- Tottenham – 3 points, 3:0
- Galatasaray – 3 points, 3:1
- Rangers FC – 3 points, 2-0
- Slavia Prague – 3 points, 2:0
- Olympique Lyon – 3 points, 2:0
- AZ Alkmaar – 3 points, 3:2
- Bodo/Glimt – 3 points, 3:2
- Anderlecht – 3 points, 2:1
- Fenerbahce Istanbul – 3 points, 2:1
- Braga FC – 3 points, 2:1
- Victoria Pilzno – 1 point, 3:3
- Eintracht Frankfurt – 1 point, 3:3
- Athletic Bilbao – 1 point, 1:1
- Hoffenheim – 1 point, 1:1
- Real Sociedad – 1 point, 1:1
- Twente FC – 1 point, 1:1
- Manchester United – 1 point, 1:1
- FC Midtjylland – 1 point, 1:1
- OGC Nice – 1 point, 1:1
- AS Roma – 1 point, 1:1
- Elfsborg – 0 points, 2:3
- FC Porto – 0 points, 1:2
- Ferencvaros – 0 points, 1:2
- Maccabi Tel Aviv – 0 points, 1:2
- Union Saint-Gilloise – 0 points, 1:2
- PAOK – 0 points, 1:3
- Ludogorets Razgrad – 0 points, 0:2
- Malmo – 0 points, 0:2
- Olympiakos SFP – 0 points, 0:2
- RFS – 0 points, 1:4
- Dynamo Kyiv – 0 points, 0:3
- Karabakh Agdam – 0 points, 0:3
- Besiktas – 0 points, 0:4.
Matches of the 2nd round are scheduled for October 3. There will then be several interesting clashes. The speech includes: about the rivalry between Lazio Rome and OGC Nice, in which Marcin Bułka plays, or FC Porto against Manchester United.