Europa League Wrap: Five-Star Juventus Begin with a Win
Nico Gonzalez, Kerim Alajbegovic and Nick Woltemade put Juventus 3-0 up before halftime in a match that extended the club’s 30-year continental trophy drought chase.
- On Thursday, Juventus opened their Europa League campaign with a dominant 5-0 victory over NEC Nijmegen at the Allianz Stadium. The Italian giants seek to end a 30-year wait for a continental trophy.
- Nico Gonzalez, Kerim Alajbegovic, and Nick Woltemade scored before half-time as the Italian giants proved far too strong for their Dutch visitors in Turin. Woltemade netted his first goal since joining on loan from Newcastle.
- Zeki Celik and Randal Kolo Muani rounded off the scoring in the closing 15 minutes to complete an impressive display. Juventus made a better start than rivals AC Milan, who lost 2-0 to Benfica on Wednesday.
- Crystal Palace proved far too strong for Lech Poznan, securing a 4-0 victory at Selhurst Park with goals from Yeremy Pino, Chris Richards, Strand Larsen, and Eddie Nketiah. The English side completed a clean sweep of eight victories for English clubs.
- Celtic suffered another European embarrassment, falling 3-1 at home to Ferencvaros. Manager Martin O'Neill said, "It's a huge frustration, obviously, but it's also psychologically quite damning as well.
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newsbiella.itTURIN (ITALPRESS) - It begins with an authentic show and the open-stage applause of the Stadium, Juventus's Europa League. In fact, the Bianconeri have the better of NEC Nijmegen, despite a massive turnover, in a match dominated and won 5-0. Spalletti launches Woltemade and changes the system, returning to the three-way defense with Kalulu and Lucumì on the side of Gatti. McKennie thus widens in the left lane, in a hybrid role that sees him cons…
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Juventus, Palace cruise to Europa League wins, Bournemouth beat Sociedad
Crystal Palace were 4-0 winners over Lech Poznan, but Celtic suffered another European embarassment as the Scottish champions were beaten 3-1 at home by Ferencvaros. Juventus expect to be competing among Europe's elite in the Champions League, but the failure to qualify last season has at least allowed them the chance to end a 30-year wait for a continental trophy. The Italian giants were far too strong for their Dutch visitors in Turin as Nico …
Juventus overwhelming the first of the Europa League. (ANSA)
Juventus players defeated Dutch side NEC 5-0 at home in the first round of the Europa League.
In the first round of the Europa League, Juventus defeated NEC Nijmegen 5-0 at home, with Darko Nejašmić playing the entire match for the visitors. The scorers were Gonzalez (9), Alajbegović (24), Woltemade (35-11m), Celik (75) and Kolo Muani (82). NEC is one of Dinamo's opponents in the league phase of the Europa League this season. […] The post Future Dinamo opponent suffers debacle against Juventus first appeared on Jabuka.tv.
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