UEFA Europa League is Underway With 24 Games

Mason Greenwood of Manchester United in September. Photo by Matt West/BPI/Shutterstock (10417168cg)

With the recent 24 games, the new 2019-2020 Europa League season is underway, as 48 teams will battle for the title that leads to the Champions’ League group stage next year. Chelsea are the current winners after their 4-1 victory over fellow London rivals Arsenal, after which they’ve earned a spot in this year’s Champions League.

The first fixture brought some interesting results such as Wolfsberger’s huge away win at Borussia Park against Borussia M, with a final result of 0-4. Manchester United earned a hard-fought win against Kazakhstan’s recorders FC Astana with 1-0, a goal scored by Mason Greenwood in the second half. 

UEL runners-up Arsenal grabbed an easy 0-3 win away in Frankfurt, AS Roma had an easy night against Turkish Basaksehir (4-0), Espanyol and Wolves had their debuts in the Europa League, as Espanyol had a draw against Ferencvaros and Wolves suffered a 0-1 defeat to Braga.  

Basel and Ludogorets had the biggest wins of the night. Ludogorets defeated CSKA Moscow with 5-1, scoring all 5 goals in the second half, with Claudiu Keseru scoring a hat-trick. Basel had no mercy over another Russian team, Krasnodar, trashing them with 5-0. 

Rangers won the game against Feyenoord with 1-0, a goal scored by Sheji Ojo in the 24th minute, who dedicated the goal to the recently passed away Rangers legend Fernando Ricksen. 

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