This is theOGC Nice which will open the festivities from 6:45 p.m., at the Olympic stadium in Rome against a Lazio team who started this Europa League perfectly by winning 3-0 in kyiv against Dynamo.
The team of French internationals Mattéo Guendouzi and Senegalese Boulaye Dia, scorers against Torino on Sunday for a narrow 3-2 victory, are in 7th place in Serie A and welcome a Nice team in similar form, that is to say -to say mixed, at the start of the season. For the 9th in Ligue 1, however, the European debut was less successful than those of the Romans, with a draw at home against Real Sociedad (1-1).
In this first phase of the 36-team league, every match counts and OL, with a view to direct qualification for the round of 16, On the contrary, Nice started perfectly by winning 2-0 against Olympiakos.
It is in Scotland that the second episode takes place on Thursday at 9:00 p.m. for Rayan Cherki and his teammatesfacing Rangers well in their boots: after a complicated start to the season, the club coached by the Belgian Philippe Clement has just won four victories in a row, including one in Malmö 2-0 on the first day.
The Scots will have the advantage of playing in their cauldron of Ibrox Stadium, where they have lost only one of their last 17 European matches. But the Lyonnais will have one too, more: they are the ones who inflicted this last defeat on Rangers, in September 2021, with a score of 2 to 0, and already in the Europa League.
First for now on goal difference after 4-0 thrashing against Besiktas Istanbul, Ajax Amsterdam will go to Slavia Prague to continue. As for the big teams, Tottenham, 3-0 winner of Qarabag in the opening, will be in Ferencváros to also try to stay among the leaders.
Finally, Porto will host Manchester United in a duel that once smacked of the Champions League. Both the Portuguese and the English will look for their first victory on Thursday after a false start: the former were surprised by the Norwegians from Bodoe/Glimt (3-2) when the latter conceded a 1-1 draw against the Dutch from Twente at home.
Program for this Thursday:
18:45
Qarabag (AZE) – Malmö (SWE)
FK RFS (LAT) – Galatasaray (TUR)
Olympiacos (GRE) – Sporting Braga (POR)
Hoffenheim (GER) – Dynamo Kiev (UKR)
Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) – Midtjylland (DEN)
Real Sociedad (ESP) – Anderlecht (BEL)
Lazio Rome (ITA) – Nice (FRA)
Slavia Prague (CZE) – Ajax Amsterdam (NED)
Ferencváros (HUN) – Tottenham (ENG)
21:00
Besiktas (TUR) – Eintracht Francfort (GER)
PAOK Salonika (GRE) – Steaua Bucharest (ROM)
Athletic Bilbao (ESP) – AZ Alkmaar (NED)
Union St-Gilloise (BEL) – Bodoe/Glimt (NOR)
FC Twente (NED) – Fenerbahçe (TUR)
Viktoria Plzen (CZE) – Ludogorets (BUL)
IF Elfsborg (SWE) – AS Rome (ITA)
Glasgow Rangers (SCO) – Lyon (FRA)
Porto (POR) – Manchester United (ENG)
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