AC Milan started their UEFA Europa League campaign on a high with a hard-fought 3-1 win against Celtic while Roma came from a goal down to win against Young Boys. PSV Eindhoven suffered a defeat to Granada. However, the biggest story was AZ Alkmaar who came into the match against Napoli with just 13 players due to the coronavirus pandemic and they managed to beat them 0-1.
AC Milan earned a 3-1 away win at Celtic, while Roma came from a goal down to win 2-1 at Young Boys as did Granada to upset PSV Eindhoven away in the UEFA Europa League encounters. Rangers' Kemar Roofe scored the goal of the night in a 2-0 victory at Standard Liege, dribbling his way through three opponents inside his own half and then launching a shot from the halfway line that caught the goalkeeper off guard and looped into the net. Dutch team AZ Alkmaar overcame a slew of coronavirus cases to upset Napoli 1-0.
Milan didn't need Zlatan Ibrahimovic to score this time, as Rade Krunic and Brahim Diaz netted in the first half at Celtic. Substitute Jens Petter Hauge added the third for Milan in injury time after Celtic pulled one back through Mohamed Elyounoussi. Lille won 4-1 at Sparta Prague
In the other Group B game, Molde also came from behind to win 2-1 at Dundalk. AZ Alkmaar flew into Naples with 13 players sidelined with coronavirus infections. Napoli, meanwhile, was coming off a 4-1 win over high-scoring Atalanta 4-1 this past weekend. But the Dutch staved off the hosts' pressure before Dani de Wit scored the winner in the 57th. Real Sociedad won 1-0 at Rijeka the other Group F game.
Big wins in other groups
With Roma resting striker Edin Dzeko, Bruno Peres and Marash Kumbulla led the rally with the second-half goals for the Italian side. Jean-Pierre Nsame had given Young Boys the lead by converting a penalty kick in the 14th. It was the first home loss for Young Boys to an Italian opponent in European competitions after beating Udinese, Napoli and Juventus. Also in Group A, Romania's Cluj won 2-0 at Bulgaria's CSKA Sofia. In Group C, Bayer Leverkusen produced the biggest win of the early games by beating Nice 6-2. Nadiem Amiri and Lucas Alario scored early first-half goals five minutes apart for Leverkusen, while substitute Karim Bellarabi netted two and 17-year-old forward Florian Wirtz came off the bench to complete the rout.
In a game between teams from two countries whose domestic leagues have been interrupted due to high levels of coronavirus infections, Israel's Hapoel Beer-Sheva beat Czech Republic's Slavia Prague 3-1. James Tavernier gave Rangers the lead from the penalty spot in the 19th before Roofe added his spectacular second goal in injury time. Benfica won 4-2 at Lech Poznan in the other Group D game. In Group E, German forward Mario Goetze put PSV ahead in first-half injury time before Jorge Molina and Darwin Machis scored for Granada in the second half. Omonoia drew with PAOK 1-1.
James Maddison and Harvey Barnes scored first half-goals for Leicester and Kelechi Iheanacho added one more in the second in Group G as Brendan Rodgers' team bounced back from two straight losses in the Premier League. Female referee Stephanie Frappart oversaw the game. Braga also earned a 3-0 win over AEK Athens.
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