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With England’s Arsenal and Leicester City, they qualified for the 32nd round of the European League (Europa League) with the first victory over their Norwegian host Molda 3-0, and the second tied with the Portuguese Braga 3-3, and Hoffenheim joined them in beating Slovan Liberec of the Czech Republic 2-0 in the fourth round of the competition on Thursday.
In the first game, Arsenal’s Ivory Coast scored by Nicolas Pepe (50), Rice Nelson (55) and Volaren Balogun (83).
Arsenal increased their score to 12 points at the top of the second group after four wins over their second born by six points, ahead of the Austrian Rapid Vienna, winner of the last Irish host, Dandulk, without points 3-1.
Spaniard Mikel Arteta, coach of the English team, came into the game with a formation, mostly reserved, and the English capital team waited until the second half to prepare for their opponent by scoring three goals.
Veteran Leicester City scorer Jimmy Vardy snatched his side’s first qualifying card for Group G as he tied a 3-3 tie against De Braga in the fifth minute of the stoppage time. His teammates Harvey Barnes and Luke Thomas scored the first two goals (9 and 79). As for Braga’s goals, they were scored by Libyan Ali Al-Misrati (4), Brazilian Paulinho (24) and Franzergio (90).
This group saw the first victory of the Ukrainian Zorya Luhansk, 3-0, over Greece AEK Athens.
Leicester increased their score to ten, compared to seven for Braga and three each for AEK Athens and Zorya Luhansk.
Hoffenheim qualify and Villarreal misses
Hoffenheim confirmed their qualification for the 32nd round in the 12th group, with a brace from Austria’s Christoph Baumgartner (77) and Andrej Kramaric (89 from the penalty spot).
In contrast, Villarreal of Spain failed to secure their pass in the 32nd round after a 1-1 draw with Maccabi Tel Aviv in the ninth group.
Milan drew 1-1 with host Lille in Group H, which saw Sparta Prague’s big win over Celtic Scots 4-1.
Lille reinforce their lead in the group with eight points, one point behind Milan, and two points behind Sparta, who entered strongly into the competition for one of the two qualifying rounds.
Napoli remembers Maradona
Napoli broke their association with Real Sociedad and Dutchman Alkmaar, who drew a draw, beating Croatia’s Rijeka 2-0.
Napoli led the Group Six standings with nine points, two points behind the leaders of the Spanish League and the Dutch team, and the Croatian remained without points.
The Napoli players wore the number 10 jersey shortly before kick-off, on behalf of former Argentina star Diego Maradona, who died of a heart attack on Wednesday.
“Maradona means a lot, not just to me but to all Napoleons. He has always stood up for us, he has always held us in his heart and we should do the same,” said team star Lawrence Insigne.
Hundreds of people gathered in front of the San Paolo stadium, which is to be renamed Diego Maradona Stadium, according to the mayor of the Italian city, Luigi De Magistres.
Italian Armando Anastacio (41 lines from his own goal) and substitute Herving Lourenço (75) scored both goals.
Big win for Tottenham
England Spurs beat Bulgaria’s Ludogorets 4-0 in a match in which his Portuguese coach Harry Kane and South Korea’s Hyung Min Son rested in Group X competitions.
Brazilian Vinicius scored a brace in the 16th and 34th minutes, while the third goal went through Harry Winks (63) and Lucas Moura’s fourth goal (73).
Tottenham are tied on points with the Belgian Antwerp with nine points, with a 2-0 advantage for the second winner over Austria’s LASK, with a difference in head-to-head matches.
All matches began with a minute of silence to mourn the death of legend Maradona.
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