Nice slapped by Glasgow Rangers and almost eliminated, Manchester United and Frankfurt snatch their victory

Continuation of the 5th day of the Europa League this Thursday evening with OGC Nice who absolutely had to take the three points at home to hope to continue in the competition. Franck Haise's team, in the last places in the standings, was therefore expected to dominate a Glasgow Rangers team which remained on 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in the competition. It was not an easy thing and this was quickly confirmed after a simply chaotic first period on the part of the Niçois. After 45 minutes, Rangers simply led 3-0.

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General classification UEFA Europa League

Nice fixed and almost eliminated

At the start of the match, Nice seemed too shy and suffered from the Scottish waves. The Côte d'Azur club went on the counterattack and wanted to punish in transition. But behind, the team showed too much wait-and-see attitude. Shortly after half an hour of play, the Moroccan Hamza Igamane, found in the area, had plenty of time to put it past Cerny who saw his shot, deflected, end up in Bulka's goal (1-0, 35th). Three minutes later, attacking midfielder Diomandé took advantage of poor management of the depth of Nice to make the break (2-0, 38th).

As if that were not enough, the Niçois were then weighed down by a gross error in Abdelmonem's restart. The Egyptian international played behind Bulka but the ball was intercepted by Igamane who just had to dribble past the Nice goalkeeper and finish in the empty goal (3-0, 45th). The Moroccan scored twice after returning from the locker room, once again taking advantage of a bad pass from the Nice defense. This time, it was Rosario who missed his pass. Igamane recovered the leather, played the defender and finished quietly (4-0, 54th). Bouanani reduced the gap with a free kick late in the match. But that's all. With this new slap in the face, Nice is penultimate in the C3 ranking and can almost say goodbye to qualification.

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Manchester United snatches victory, Frankfurt on the podium

In the other matches, Manchester United struggled against Bodo/Glimt but managed to come out of it. Everything started very well since Garnacho opened the scoring after just a minute of play. But the Norwegian club scored two goals to take the advantage. It took a double from Rasmus Hojlund to give victory to Ruben Amorim's men (3-2). In the clash between Tottenham and Roma, the two teams ended in a draw (2-2). Heung-Min Son found the net in this match as did Evan Ndicka on the Roma side and especially Hummels in stoppage time to equalize.

At the top of the ranking, Frankfurt regained its third place after its victory, not without difficulty, against Midtjylland. The in-form Marmoush gave his team the victory thanks to a penalty. Traveling to Real Sociedad, Ajax Amsterdam also had the opportunity to get on the podium. But the formation of former Nice coach Francesco Farioli fell against the Basques (0-2) and is now in 6th place in the ranking. Also note the victory of José Mourinho's Fenerbahçe against Slavia Prague (2-1) thanks to Youssef En-Nesyri and the victory of Braga against Hoffenheim (2-0).

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The results from 9 p.m.

• Braga 3-0 Hoffenheim (Bruma, Fernandes, Carvalho)
• FCSB 0-0 Olympiacos
• Ferencvaros 4-1 Malmo (Varga x2, Borges, Cissé / Botheim)
• Manchester United 3-2 Bodo/Glimt (Garnacho, Hojlund x2 / Evjen, Zinckernagel)
• Central Jutland 1-2 Frankfurt (Collins CSC / Larsson, Marmoush)
• Nice 1-4 Rangers (Bouanani / Cerny, Diomandé, Igamane x2)
• Royal Society 2-0 Ajax (Barrenetxea, Cuba)
• Slavia Prague 1-2 Fenerbahce (Chory / Dzeko, En-Nesyri)
• Tottenham Roma 2-2 (Son, Johnson/ Ndicka, Hummels)
• Twente 0-1 Union SG (Fuseini)