The opening round of the current Conference League season wrapped up with 53 goals scored over 18 matches held on Thursday evening. Universitatea Craiova, representing Romania, managed a 1-1 draw against Getafe.
Neither of the following two opponents for Craiova secured a win in the inaugural round. Inter d’Escaldes fell to Mjallby with a score of 0-2, while Egnatia played to a 1-1 draw against Midtjylland.
Two Romanian players participated in the Thursday matches. Vlad Dragomir played the full game for Pafos in their 1-3 loss to Atalanta, while Cătălin Itu was substituted in the 73rd minute during CSKA Sofia’s match against Monaco, which ended with a 2-1 victory for the latter.
FINAL. Universitatea Craiova – Getafe 1-1
Goals: Assad Al Hamlawi (’59) / Nemanja Gudelj (’81)
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FINAL. CSKA Sofia – AS Monaco 1-2
Goals: Joel Zwarts (’76) / Paris Brunner (‘3), Ansu Fati (’43)
Cătălin Itu’s statistics: 15 touches, one in the opponent’s box, 8 out of 10 accurate passes, one shot blocked, 2 out of 2 duels won.
FINAL. Hajduk Split – Ajax 2-1
Goals: Abdoulie Sanyang (’37), Marin Soticek (’56) / Davy Klassen (’53)
FINAL. Lugano – Red Star Belgrade 3-2
Goals: Albian Ajeti (’25), Dereck Moncada (’84), Anto Grgic (’90 – penalty) / Timi Elsnik (’32), Rade Krunic (’67)
FINAL. Panathinaikos – Borac Banja Luka 2-1
Goals: Cyriel Dessers (’11 – penalty), Kings Kangwa (’70) / Milos Jojic (’80)
FINAL. KuPS – Trabzonspor 2-4
Goals: Petteri Pennanen (’54), Gustav Engvall (’90+6) / Paul Onuachu (‘3), Mohamed Salah (’44), Fraculino (’47, ’90+1)
FINAL. Riga FC – Kairat Almaty 1-1
Goals: Salah Oulad (’12) / Marc Gual (‘5 – penalty)
FINAL. Egnatia – Midtjylland 1-1
Goals: Ildi Gruda (’26) / Cho Gue-Sung (’33)
FINAL. Gent – Aarhus 1-0
Goal: Hyllarion Goore (’87)
FINAL. Mjallby – Inter d’Escaldes 2-0
Goals: Jacob Bergstrom (’54), Axel Neron (’65)
FINAL. Atalanta – Pafos 3-1
Goals: Eljif Elmas (‘1), Giacomo Raspadori (’18), Gianluca Scammaca (’44) / Biel (’88)
Vlad Dragomir’s statistics: 32 out of 42 successful passes, one shot on target, 57 touches, 0 out of 1 successful dribbles, 1 out of 3 accurate long passes, 2 out of 3 duels won.
FINAL. Brighton – Kauno Zalgiris 4-0
Goals: Georginio Rutter (’41, ’53), Jack Hinshelwood (’45+2), Matt O’Riley (’67)
FINAL. Hearts – Nordsjaelland 1-1
Goals: Oisin McEntee (’33) / Nicklas Rojkjaer (’87)
FINAL. Copenhagen – Braga 3-0
Goals: Mohamed Elyounoussi (’50), Andreas Cornelius (’79, ’86)
FINAL. Freiburg – Jablonec 3-1
Goals: Vincenzo Grifo (’15), Dusan Pavlovic (’53 – own goal), Maximilian Eggestein (’65) / Antonin Rusek (’28)
FINAL. St. Truiden – Iberia 1999 2-0
Goals: Robert-Jan Vanwesemael (’11), Ilias Sebaoui (’89)
FINAL. Brann – Lincoln 2-1
Goals: Niklas Castro (’64, ’81) / Kike Gomez (’59)
FINAL. Twente – Thun 1-0
Goal: Ramiz Zerrouki (’65)
Standings in the unique Conference League group:
