Manchester United suffered a crushing 1-0 defeat at home to Real Sociedad on Thursday in the first leg of their Europa League campaign. Bris Mendez scored the only goal of the match, converting a penalty in the 59th minute. In the same fifth group, Moldavian Sheriff Tiraspol beat Omonia Nicosia from Cyprus with three clean goals and topped the standings.

The fall of Rome and the victory of the Arsenal..

Arsenal kicked off their Europa League campaign with a 2-1 win over Zurich in the first round of the group stage. And “Roma” lost to the Bulgarian Ludogorides 2:1.

In the third group of the European Conference League competition, the Spanish club Villarreal achieved an exciting victory over their rivals Lech Poznań with a score of 4:3, 4:0, and the positive score ended with a score of 1:1. , in which the Italian “Fiorentina” and its rival Rigas from Latvia met.

The possibility of transferring the English Premier League ..

The press report says about the intention to postpone the matches of the seventh round of the English Premier League. Queen Elizabeth II passed away at the age of 96 today, Thursday, after having been Queen of the United Kingdom for over seven decades. According to the Daily Mail newspaper, Premier League officials held talks with the government tonight to discuss whether the tour will take place on time or not. She added that English Premier League clubs expect to reschedule matches this week, explaining that the announcement of the postponement of the tour could be on Friday morning.

Anas Jaber for the final..

Tunisian player Anas Jabeur managed to reach the final of the US Open at the dawn of Friday at the expense of Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia. Anas Jaber defeated Caroline Garcia in two sets without answer, 6-1, 6-3, within an hour and 5 minutes.

International and local miscellaneous:

– Zuhair Abdullah, captain of the Lebanese League team Shabab Al Sahel, was involved in a horrific car accident on the road at the airport on Thursday.

The Egyptian Arab Contractors Club announced the departure of 5 players from the team before the start of the new season and after the end of their contracts with Wolves. Arab Contractors narrowly avoided relegation last season, managing to finish tenth in the standings with 38 points.

– The French magazine France Football has announced that as part of its annual awards ceremony it will present a new award, which will bear the name of the legend of Germany and Bayern Munich club Gerd Müller. The award will be given to the striker who scores the most goals for his club and country in official matches each season.