Manchester United, Rome i Tottenham, Three of the great aspirants to succeed the Seville as champion of the Europa League, They took a big step towards the round of 16, as did Villarreal i Granada, Which saved the honor of Spanish football.
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the Units, Second-placed in the Premier League, left his tie almost doomed after a 4-0 thrashing in the Royal Society in a match that was not played in San Sebastian but in Turin due to restrictions on entry into Spanish territory from the United Kingdom due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
the Portuguese Bruno Fernandes he was the star of the match with two goals (27 and 57) and they also scored Marcus Rashford (65) i Daniel James (90).
After the defeats of Barcelona (4-1 against PSG) i Seville (3-2 against Dortmund) in the Champions League and the thrashing conceded by the Royal Society, Villarreal i Granada they saved the honor of Spanish football with two prestigious victories.
the Granada, Debuting in European competitions, made a very serious match to win 2-0, with goals from the Venezuelan Yangel Herrera and the brazier Kenedy, To Naples used to playing in the Champions League.
the Villarreal, On the other hand, also prevailed by 2-0 a Salzburg, With goals from Paco Alcácer (41), who had missed 1 penalty in the 28th, and Fer Niño (71).
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With so many from the South Korean Son Heung-min (13), from Welsh Gareth Bale (28) and the Brazilians Lucas Moura (34) i Vinicius Morais (88), el Tottenham he was placed with a foot and a half in the next round by beating the modest 4-1 Wolfsberger Austrian.
Leicester i Arsenal they could not complete the English plenary session when not happening of the tie, 0-0 a Prague for the ‘Foxes’ and 1-1 for the ‘Gunners’ against the Benfica.
Of the other Italian representatives, the Rome also put course to eighth with a clear triumph (2-0) in Braga, With goals from the Bosnian Edin Dzeko (5) and Spanish Borja Mayoral (86).
the MilanFor his part, he escaped alive in the ‘ Red star since it was advanced twice in the marker (Radovan Pankov against the 42 and the French Theo Hernandez from the penalty spot to 61), but the Serbs drew twice, the second of them when they were already playing with 10 (Damn of penalty in 52 i Milan Pankov at 90 + 3).
Of the other matches of the first round, the softened defeat of the Bayer Leverkusen, Which fell 4-3 in Bern after the Young boys advanced 3-0.
the Ajax prevailed 2-1 a Small and the Olympiacos defeated 4-2 at home to ‘ PSV Eindhoven.