In Group C of the Europa League competition, Roma led the Italian club to a resounding 2-1 defeat against Bulgarian Ludogorets.
In the first half, the Roma players set their attacking pace in the meeting, as they pressed hard in an attempt to take possession of the leader’s goal, and they had many dangerous shots, but they missed the finishing touch before the goal, and Roma star Lorenzo Pellegrini missed several dangerous shots in front of the opponent’s goal, and in turn, the goalkeeper Sergio began to stop attempts, the Roma attackers, in turn, prevented the post from a dangerous shot by Gianluca Mancini, and in turn, the Ludgorets players did not have time to react, so this half ended in a draw between the two sides.
In the second half, the conflict between the players of the two teams intensified in the center of the field, where cautious play and anticipation of the match and the lack of real opportunities at the opponent’s goal with some random shots prevailed. match in the absence of attacking efficiency from both sides, but Ludogorets managed to snatch an unexpected goal in the 73rd minute of the Brazilian Cole, and in the last 15 minutes Roma managed to equalize the score in the 86th minute thanks to Shumorodov, before Ludogorets players succeeded Nonato”, whoever snatched the winning goal of the Bulgarian team in the 88th minute, the match ended with the victory of Ludogorets with a score of 2:1.
In the same group, Spanish club Real Betis scored a valuable 2-0 victory over Finnish team HJK, with star Willian José scoring two winning goals.
In the first group, the English club Arsenal scored an important victory over the Swiss Zurich with a score of 2: 1 and scored goals from the Gunners Marquinhos in the 16th minute, and Nikita Valley in the 62nd minute and, in turn, paid off. positive draw between PSV Eindhoven and Bodo, 1-1.
In the second group, the Turkish club Fenerbahce beat Dynamo Kiev 2:1, and the French Rennes won the Cypriot Larnaca 2:1.
In Group D, the Portuguese club Braga scored an important victory over the Swedish Malmö with a score of 2:0, while the Belgian club Royal Union beat their German rivals Union Berlin with a score of 1:0.
Source: El Iktisad