Ajax Amsterdam crushes Besiktas, Frankfurt caught on the wire, AS Roma hung by Bilbao

As part of the first day of the C3 League phase, seven matches took place this Thursday evening, from 9 p.m. If Olympique Lyonnais defeated Olympiakos (2-0) and the match between Tottenham and Karabagh FC was postponed for 30 minutes due to difficult traffic hindering the arrival of the Azerbaijani team At the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Ajax Amsterdam hosted Besiktas. Despite a complicated start to the season, Francesco Farioli’s men started this shock ideally thanks to Fitz-Jim (1-0, 31st).

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Dominant, the Ajacides made the break after returning from the locker room thanks to Belgian winger Mika Godts (2-0, 51st). A match which definitely turned to the advantage of the Dutch when Kenneth Taylor appeared to worsen the score (3-0, 55th). Far from being satisfied, the Batavians took off a little more thanks to Godts, author of a double (4-0, 73rd). A convincing success allowing Ajax to reassure itself and ideally launch this new European campaign. At the Stadio Olimpico, Ivan Juric’s flock challenged Athletic Bilbao.

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After a committed first act where the locals dominated but had a few scares defensively, Dovbyk broke the deadlock (1-0, 32nd). After the break, the Romans controlled the operations but were finally joined in a goal by Paredes (1-1, 86th). In the other matches of the evening, Eintracht Frankfurt conceded a draw against Viktoria Plzen (3-3). If Hugo Ekitike, sparkling since the start of the season, opened the scoring (1-0, 38th), Sulc equalized straight away (1-1, 41st).

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Returning from the locker room, it was another former Parisian who revived the Germans, in the person of Junior Dina Ebimbe (2-1, 62nd). A few moments later, Kristensen made the break for the locals (3-1, 67th) but Prince Kwabena Adu (3-2, 87th) and Vaclav Jemelka (3-3, 90+3rd) finally allowed the visitors to snatch the lead. draw (3-3). For its part, Maccabi Tel-Aviv was knocked down to the wire by Braga (1-2) despite an early goal from Davida (30th) from the penalty spot, while the Romanians from FCSB got the better of Rigas FS (4- 1) with a double from Olaru (58th, 69th).

All results from 9 p.m.

OL 2-0 Olympiakos: Cherki (65th) and Benrahma (71st)

Ajax Amsterdam 4-0 Besiktas: Fitz-Jim (31st), Godts (51st, 73rd) and Taylor (55th)

AS Roma 1-1 Athletic Bilbao: Dovbyk (32nd) / Paredes (86th)

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Eintracht Frankfurt 3-3 Viktoria Plzen: Ekitike (38th), Dina Ebimbe (62nd) and Kristensen (67th) / Sulc (41st), Prince Kwabena Adu (87th) and Jemelka (90+3)

FCSB 4-1 Rigas FS: Birligea (8th), Stefanescu (32nd) and Olaru (58th, 69th) / Lipuscek (23rd)

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Braga 2-1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv: Bruma (88th, 90+5th) / Davida (30th, sp)