Conference League, results: five-peat for Dinamo Zagreb, Aston Villa falls in Poland

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Results of the first day of the Conference League group stage

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Already started with Wednesday’s advance (Lille’s 2-0 win over Ljubljana’s Olimpija), the Conference League saw another 30 teams take the field on Thursday. Between expected results, such as Feberbahce&#39s success over Nordsjaelland, major goleades such as Dinamo Zagreb&#39s five-peat against FC Astana and Ludogorets&#39s poker against Spartak Trnava, there was no shortage of surprises, such as Aston Villa&#39s knockout at home to Legia Warsaw. Here, below, are all the results of the first day:

Group A

Lille-Olimpija Ljublijana 2-0 – rig. David, Yazici;
Slovan Bratislava-KI Klaksvik 2-1 – Pavlovic (K), Weiss jr, Cavric.

Group B

Maccabi Tel Aviv-Breidablik 3-2 – Macon, Zahavi, Biton, Olsen (B), Olsen (B);
Zorya-Gent 1-1 – Cuypers, Guerrero (Z).

Group C

Dinamo Zagreb-FC Astana 5-1 – rig. Petkovic, rig. Petkovic, Bulat, Hovhannisiyan (A), Marin, Halilovic;
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Viktoria Plzen-FC Ballkani 1-0 – Kalvach.

Group D

Club Brugge-Besiktas 1-1 – Vanaken, Tosun (B);
Lugano-Bodo/Glimt 0-0.

Group E

Zrinjski-AZ Alkmaar 4-3 – Van Brederode (AZ), Mijnans (AZ), De Wit (AZ), Kozulj, Corluka, Hrvanovic, Kozulj;
Legia Warsaw-Aston Villa 3-2 – Wszolek, Duran (AV), Muci, Digne (AV), Muci.

Group F

Ferencvaros-Cukaricki 3-1 – Ivanovic (C), Varga, Owusu, Pesic;
Genk-Fiorentina 2-2 – Ranieri, Zeqiri (G), Ranieri, McKenzie (G).

Group G

HJK Helsinki-PAOK Thessaloniki 2-3 – Bande (H), Koulierakis, Despodov, Thomas, rig. Radulovic (H);
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Eintracht Frankfurt-Aberdeen 2-1 – rig. Marmoush, Polvara (A), Koch.

Group H

Ludogorets-Spartak Trnava 4-0 – Yordanov, Piotrowski, Rwan Seco;
Fenerbahce-Nordsjaelland 3-1 – Crespo, Batshuayi, Aziz, Villadsen (N).

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