Stade Rennais snatch a precious success in Larnaca, Arsenal win and Roma beaten in Ludogorets

The turn of the Europe League to regain its rights. Honor to Stade Rennais, the first of the three French clubs (Monaco and Nantes) involved in this competition to compete with a trip to Cyprus to face Larnaca. Bruno Genesio’s men were obviously the favorites in this encounter. The technician even allowed himself to bring new blood from this team by leaving Bourigeaud and Terrier on the bench at kick-off. Instead, Truffert, Sulemana and Abline occupied the attacking positions.

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This youth took the game from the right end, like this good cross from Majer for Truffert (3rd), then it was Sulemana who forced Piric to relax (14th). On this corner from Majer this time, Theate saw his attempt finished on the post (15th) but his shot from the left hit home a quarter of an hour later (0-1, 29th). A well-deserved opener, which also marked the end of Rennes’ highlight. In the process, Larnaca equalized thanks to a point-blank header from Oier on this good cross from Rosales (1-1, 33rd).

Thank you, Assignon

It must be believed that this goal has completely extinguished the Bretons. Never again did they manage to put on enough pace to beat their opponent of the day. Piric did have to make a stop in front of Sulemana (50th) but the collective mechanics stopped working. Faraj could have given the advantage to the Cypriots (70th). There was far too little energy in the intentions and chronic awkwardness. The entries of Bourigeaud and Terrier did not change anything but that of Assignon proved to be decisive because it was he who snatched the winning goal in added time (1-2, 90th + 4). A success that will allow his team to approach the sequel with more relief.

In the other Group B game, Fenerbahçe relied on Batshuayi to beat Dynamo Kyiv by the same scoreline 2-1. In the other meetings of this early evening, Arsenal went for the victory on the lawn of Zurich 2-1. Led, PSV got a 1-1 draw at home against Bodo / Glimt. The surprise of the evening came from Roma, beaten on the lawn of Ludogorets 2-1. Betis won in Helsinki 2-0. Finally in Group D, Braga went to win at Malmö 2-0 and Union Saint-Gilloise at Union Berlin 1-0.

The results of the matches at 6:45 p.m.:

Group A:

Zürich 1 – 2 Arsenal : Kryeziu (sp 44th); Marquinhos (16th), Nketiah (62nd)

PSV Eindhoven 1 – 1 Bodo/Glimt: Gakpo (63rd); Gronbaek (44th)

Group B:

Larnaca 1 – 2 Rennais Stadium : Sanjurjo (33rd); Theate (29th), Assignon (90th+4)

Fenerbahce 2 – 1 Dynamo kyiv: Gustavo Henrique (35th), Batshuayi (90th +2); Tsygankov (64th)

Group C:

Ludogorets 2 – 1 Roma: Cauly (72nd), Santana (88th); Shomurodov (86th)

HJK Helsinki 0 – 2 Betis : Willian José (sp 45th + 3, 64th)

Group D:

Malmo 0 – 2 Braga : Rodrigues (30th), Horta (sp 70th)

Union Berlin 0 – 1 Union Saint-Gilloise : Lynen (39th)

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