Europa League roundup: Tottenham overcomes late start, early red card to post 3-0 win in revamped competition

Europa League roundup: Tottenham overcomes late start, early red card to post 3-0 win in revamped competition

AS Roma’s head coach Ivan Juric, left, passes on instructions to Gianluca Mancini.
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AS Roma’s head coach Ivan Juric, left, passes on instructions to Gianluca Mancini.
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Fabrizio Corradetti/AP

Aitor Paredes headed in the equalizer in the 85th minute to offset Artem Dovbyk’s first-half goal.

Roma beat Udinese 3-0 in Serie A on Sunday in the first game under new coach Ivan Jurić.

Bilbao winger Nico Williams came on as a substitute for last 30 minutes in his return from an ankle injury.

Ajax cleans up Besiktas

Mika Godts had two goals, Kian Fitz-Jim and Kenneth Taylor added one each for Ajax in a 4-0 rout of Besiktas.

Czech side Viktoria Plzeň scored two late goals from Prince Adu and Vaclav Jemelka to hold high-flying Eintracht Frankfurt to a 3-3 away draw.

Frankfurt, the 2022 Europa League winner led 3-1 on goals from Hugo Ekitike, substitute Junior Dina Ebimbe and defender Rasmus Kristensen.

Olympiacos, last year’s Conference League champion, started with a 2-0 loss to Lyon in France on second half goals by Rayan Cherki and Said Benrahma.

Braga rallied to beat nine-man Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-1. Romania’s FCSB beat Latvia’s RFS 4-1 in Bucharest.

Fenerbahce, Rangers score early wins

Fenerbahce opened the competition with a 2-1 home win over Belgian club Union Saint-Gilloise with both teams finishing the game with 10 men.

Defender Çağlar Söyüncü opened the scoring for Jose Mourinho’s team in the 26th with a half-volley from close range and Christian Burgess’ own goal in the 82nd made it 2-0 for Fenerbahce. Ross Sykes scored in stoppage time for the visitor.

Fenerbahce coach Jose Mourinho reacts during the game.
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Fenerbahce coach Jose Mourinho reacts during the game.
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Union defender Kevin Mac Allister received a red card in the 74th and Fenerbahce substitute Bright Osayi-Samuel was sent off in the final minute.

Last season, Fenerbahce eliminated Union in the round of 16 of the third-tier Conference League.

Europe’s second tier is a familiar turf for Mourinho, who led Manchester United to the 2017 title. He took the Fenerbahce job in the offseason. With Mourinho in charge, Roma lost the 2023 final to Sevilla after a penalty shootout.

In another early game, Rangers won 2-0 at Malmö.

The 2022 Europa League runner-up didn’t waste time. Nedim Bajrami scored in the opening minute. Ross McCausland scored in the second half.

As in the Champions League, the traditional group stage of the Europa League has been replaced with an expanded league phase with all 36 teams competing in a single standings.

Each Europa League team will play eight games against eight different opponents through January 30.

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