Great evening for Noussair Mazraoui, Hamza Igamane and Youssef En-Nesyri in the Europa League. The Moroccan internationals shone this Thursday, November 28, with their respective clubs, Manchester United, Galsgow Rangers and Fenerbahçe, with goals and assists.
Noussair Mazraoui opened the ball with Manchester United against Bodo/Glimt (3-2) in the 45th minute. The English fans’ favorite defender served up a precise cross into the penalty area, with teammate Rasmus Hojlund putting it into the back of the net. This is the first victory for Erik Ten Hag’s successor, Ruben Amorim.
For his part, Hamza Igamane scored a double and an assist with Glasgow Rangers, largely contributing to his team’s victory against OGC Nice (4-1).
Starting for the first time in his career in the European Cup at the Allianz Riviera in Nice, Hamza Igamane showed off his talent. The former AS FAR player scored his first goal before the break, after putting the ball in the back of the net, scoring his team’s third.
The Atlas Lion did not stop there, with a second in the 54th minute. with a small bridge, before crossing his shot perfectly, for his first double in the Europa League.
Last but not least, Youssef En-Nesyri who comes full circle for Fenerbahçe against Prague (2-1) with a goal in the last quarter of an hour of the match (85′). The Moroccan striker brings his total to 5 goals and an assist in his last 7 matches.
Here is an update on the 5th day of the Europa League after the matches played on Thursday
Thursday November 28
Qarabag (AZE) – Lyon (FRA) 1 – 4
FK RFS (LAT) – PAOK Salonika (GRE) 0 – 2
Lazio Rome (ITA) – Ludogorets (BUL) 0 – 0
Anderlecht (BEL) – Porto (POR) 2 – 2
Athletic Bilbao (ESP) – IF Elfsborg (SWE) 3 – 0
AZ Alkmaar (NED) – Galatasaray (TUR) 1 – 1
Besiktas (TUR) – Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR) 1 –
Dynamo Kiev (UKR) – Viktoria Plzen (CZE) 1 – 2
Nice (FRA) – Glasgow Rangers (SCO) 4-1
Steaua Bucharest (ROM) – Olympiakos Piraeus (GRE) 0-0
FC Twente (NED) – Union St-Gilloise (BEL) 0-1
Real Sociedad (ESP) – Ajax Amsterdam (NED) 2-1
Ferencvaros (HUN) – Malmö (SWE) 4-1
Slavia Prague (CZE) – Fenerbahçe (TUR) 1-2
Midtjylland (DEN) – Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) 1-2
Tottenham (ENGLISH) – AS Roma (ITA) 2-2
Manchester United (ENG) – Bodoe/Glimt (NOR) 3-2
Sporting Braga (POR) – Hoffenheim (ALLEMAGNE) 3-0
As a reminder, each club plays against eight different opponents (four home matches and four away matches). The top eight qualify for the knockout stage. The clubs ranked from 9th to 24th place play play-offs to advance to the round of 16. Teams ranked after 24th place are eliminated.
