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Despite a major mistake by their German goalkeeper Bernd Leno, Arsenal FC celebrated an inaugural victory in the Europa League.
The Londoners prevailed after a 0-1 disadvantage with 2-1 (0-0) in Rapid Vienna. The Austrians benefited on the opening goal (51) from a poor pass from Lenos, who hit Ercan Kara’s foot in his own six-yard space, while Taxiarchis Fountas sank the rebound into the net (serve: boards of the Europa League).
David Luiz (70th) headed from a free-kick and substitute Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (74th) at the end of a successful play on Mohamed Elneny and substitute Héctor Bellerín turned the game over in favor of the Gunners.
Mesut Özil, who was last resolved by coach Mikel Arteta, kept his fingers crossed at home and commented on the event via social media.
With Leicester City (3-0 against Zorya Lugansk) and Tottenham Hotspur (3-0 against Linz ASK), two other Premier League clubs celebrated their first triumphs.
Weigl and Waldschmidt win with Benfica
Former Bundesliga professionals Julian Weigl and Luca Waldschmidt also celebrated a successful start to the European Cup season with Benfica Lisbon (Service: Europa League Results / Schedule).
In Lech Posen, the top Portuguese club won 4: 2 (2: 1), the leading man was the Uruguayan Darwin Núnez, who made a triple. Waldschmidt took the penalty for an early lead in the opening phase and was replaced after a good hour, at the same time as Weigl’s replacement.
While Bayer Leverkusen celebrated a spectacular 6: 2 against OGC Nice, Israeli cup winner Hapoel Beer Sheva beat Slavia Prague 3: 1 (1: 0) in Group G’s second game.
Götze hits and loses
Mario Götze scored in his second competitive match for PSV Eindhoven, but the Dutch lost after the 2014 world champions’ first goal 1: 2 (1: 0) against FC Granada.
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AS Roma also displayed comeback qualities, turning a deficit into a 2-1 (0-1) win at Young Boys Bern.
Alkmaar challenges Corona
Nice from a Serie A perspective: AC Milan (3-1 to Celtic Glasgow) also won.
AZ Alkmaar provided a small exclamation point: the Dutch, who were hit by the failure of 13 players infected with the coronavirus, beat SSC Napoli 1-0 (0-0). It was also the only defeat for an Italian team on matchday one.
Former BVB player becomes match winner
The most spectacular match of the night was played by Villareal FC and Sivasspor. In the 5-3 win for the Spanish, a former Borussia Dortmund player became the winner of the match.
Paco Alcácer, hired by BVB from 2018 to 2020, decided the match with a score of 3: 3 with a double (74th and 78th) for the “yellow submarine”.
