Highlights: Milan, Nice and Zenit measure freely, Atalanta shine
AC Milan, Nice and Zenit served notice of their UEFA Europa League guarantee by all scoring 5 divided from home on a thespian opening night of a 2017/18 organisation stage.
Matchday one results: click on a matches to watch highlights
Group A: Villarreal 3-1 Astana, Slavia Praha 1-0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Group B: Dynamo Kyiv 3-1 Skënderbeu, Young Boys 1-1 Partizan
Group C: Hoffenheim 1-2 Braga, Ä°stanbul BaÅŸakÅŸehir 0-0 Ludogorets
Group D: Austria Wien 1-5 AC Milan, Rijeka 1-2 AEK Athens
Group E: Atalanta 3-0 Everton, Apollon Limassol 1-1 Lyon
Group F: København 0-0 Lokomotiv Moskva, ZlÃn 0-0 Sheriff
Group G: FCSB 3-0 Plzeň, Hapoel Beer-Sheva 2-1 Lugano
Group H: Arsenal 3-1 Köln, Crvena zvezda 1-1 BATE Borisov
Group I: Marseille 1-0 Konyaspor, Vitória SC 1-1 Salzburg
Group J: Hertha Berlin 0-0 Athletic, Zorya Luhansk 0-2 Östersund
Group K: Vitesse 2-3 Lazio, Zulte Waregem 1-5 Nice
Group L: Vardar 0-5 Zenit, Real Sociedad 4-0 Rosenborg
Looking to win a solitary vital UEFA prize that still eludes them, Milan eased to a 5-1 feat during Austria Wien. André Silva, a summer signing from Porto, finished a Serie A club’s initial European hat-trick given Nov 2006 11 mins into a second half.
Nice matched Milan’s result, former Rossoneri brazen Mario Balotelli rounding off a scoring in an fatiguing delight during Zulte Waregem. Zenit, however, went one better, condemning Vardar, a initial Macedonian side in a vital organisation stage, to a 5-0 home defeat.
Atalanta’s lapse to continental foe after a 26-year deficiency was a noted one as they available an eye-catching 3-0 home win opposite Everton. Lyon, who will horde a final on 16 May, were denied all 3 points divided to Apollon Limassol by Adrián Sardinero’s added-time equaliser.
European debutants Östersund, meanwhile, penned another section in their fairy-tale story with a 2-0 success during Zorya Luhansk. Arsenal came from behind to kick Köln 3-1 during home, Alexis Sánchez putting a Gunners forward with a smashing curling shot from outward a area.
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