Conference League, results: five-peat for Dinamo Zagreb, Aston Villa falls in Poland
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's success over Nordsjaelland, major goleades such as Dinamo Zagreb's five-peat against FC Astana and Ludogorets's poker against Spartak Trnava, there was no shortage of surprises, such as Aston Villa's 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).