The later part of the evening in the second best European club competition had much excitement – on and off the pitch.Even though there were no goals in Marseille – the passionate supporters of the home team and the ones of Turkish Galatasaray clashed outside Velodrome Stadium and in the stands also.Europa League. 30.09.2021Marseille – Galatasaray. pic.twitter.com/DzVURYMuZu— HooligansTV (@HooligansTV_eu) September 30, 2021 Hungarian outfit Ferencvaros failed to keep Real Betis at bay. A 2-1 victory brings the Spanish team to a two-out-of-two record in the competition.In Portugal, Braga hosted Midtjylland. Interesting facts – female referee Stephanie Frappart and three penalties (two converted and one missed). Braga captain Ricardo Horta missed that penalty but he redeemed himself by scoring the second goal for the home team to keep all the points at Braga Municipal Stadium.Scottish teams had a terrible evening. After Rangers lost in Prague earlier, Celtic were thrashed by Bayer Leverkusen 0-3 at Celtic Park.Champions of Croatia, Dinamo Zagreb, thumped Genk in Belgium with three goals scored and none conceded. Two penalties for the visitors and a red card for the hosts made it easy for the team which stunned Arsenal last year in the same competition.Maurizio Sarri and his Lazio had an easy job against Lokomotiva Moscow. Two first-half goals were enough for the Italian side to collect all three points and sit second in group E, at least for a while.Serbian champions Crvena Zvezda (Red Star) took all three points from Bulgaria where they faced Ludogorets. Gabon international Guelor Kanga scored a beautiful goal to take Zvezda to the top of group F.A reminder – Kenya’s own Richard Odada is a Red Star footballer, currently on loan in Metalac Gornji Milanovac. Hopes are high the talented midfielder will taste some European club football with the red-and-whites of Belgrade soon.EUROPA LEAGUE: Napoli lose to Spartak Moscow at home; Olympiacos, PSV and Lyon trash their opponentsLondon representatives in Europa League, West Ham, allowed no surprises against Austrian Rapid. After scoring in the previous round, Declan Rice scored again in the competition – Said Benrahma joined him on the scoresheet. The Hammers keep a perfect score in group H and are now focused on their Premier League clash against Brentford in two days.UEFA EUROPA LEAGUEGroup stage, matchday 2ThursdayOlympique Lyon – Brondby 3-0 (0-0)/Ekambi 64, 71, Aouar 86/Sparta Praha – Rangers 1-0 (1-0)/Hancko 29/Sociedad – Monaco 1-1 (0-1)/Merino 53 – Disasi 16/Sturm – PSV 1-4 (0-1)/Gorenc Stankovic 55 – Singare 31, Zahavi 51, Max 74, Vertessen 78/Legia – Leicester 1-0 (1-0)/Emreli 31/Napoli – Spartak Moscow 2-3 (1-0)/Elmas 1, Osimhen 90+4 – Promes 55, 90, Ignatov 80/Antwerp – Eintr.Frankfurt 0-1 (0-0)/Paciencia 90+1 pen/Fenerbahce – Olympiakos 0-3 (0-1)/Soares 6, Masouras 63, 68/Olympique Marseille – Galatasaray 0-0Braga – Midtjylland 3-1 (0-1)/Galeno 55 pen, 90+5, Horta 62, Evander 19 pen/Ludogorets – Crvena Zvezda 0-1 (0-0)/Kanga 64/Celtic – Leverkusen 0-4 (0-2)/Hincapie 25, Wirtz 35, Alario 58 pen, Adli 90+4/Ferencvaros – Betis 1-3 (1-1)/Uzuni 44 – Fekir 17, Wingo 76 og, Tello 90+5/Genk – Dinamo Zagreb 0-3 (0-2)/Ivanusec 10, Petkovic 45+3 pen, 67 pen/West Ham – Rapid 2-0 (1-0)/Rice 29, Benrahma 90+4/Lazio – Lok.Moscow 2-0 (2-0)/Basic 13, Patric 38/***odds are subject to change
