Europa League: Fenerbahce and Mourinho start with victory

Star coach Jose Mourinho is with his new club Fenerbahçe Istanbul started successfully in the Europa League. Against the Belgian representative Union Saint Gilloise The traditional Turkish club won 2-1 (1-0) on Thursday evening and collected the first three points in the new league format.

Caglar Söyüncü (26th minute) and Christian Burgess (82nd, own goal) scored for Istanbul, Ross Sykes (90th + 3) reduced the deficit late on. The Turks started the game poorly and were lucky when Franjo Ivanovic hit the post (17th). After taking the lead, Fenerbahce appeared more confident and had little trouble.

Mac Allister looks red

The red card for Union defender Kevin Mac Allister (73.), the older brother of Argentina’s world champion Alexis Mac Allister, gave Fenerbahce additional security. In a wild final phase, Bright Osayi-Samuel conceded a penalty and was shown a yellow-red card (90′). Dominik Livakovic parried and was beaten shortly afterwards.

Besiktas comes under the wheels

Fenerbahce’s city rivals Besiktas Istanbul was defeated by Ajax Amsterdam. The traditional Dutch club defeated the Turks 4-0. Also Tottenham Hotspur landed a convincing opening win against Qarabag FK with a score of 3-0.

Hummels still without action

New signing Mats Hummels is still waiting for his first appearance at AS Roma. The 2014 soccer world champion sat on the bench again in the 1-1 (1-0) draw against Athletic Bilbao and saw Aitor Paredes concede a late goal (85th).

The Ukrainian Artem Dowbyk took the lead (32nd) in his first international game for Roma. AS coach Ivan Juric made five changes during the game, but Hummels was again not taken into account.

Also defeated Olympique Lyon the Greek namesake Olympiakos Piraeus 2-0.