Europa League: Italian clubs celebrated different victories

2026-10-16 00:06 © scanpix

UEFA Europa League - dramatic victory for Torino "Juventus" team.

On Thursday, Luciano Spalletti's team won 2:1 (0:1) against Vigo "Celta" after a tough battle away.

The hosts started the match stronger. In the 18th minute, "Celta" took the lead with a beautiful team attack, led by Hugo Alvaro.

However, after the break, "Juventus" managed to change the course of the match.

In the 59th minute, "Celta" defender Marcos Alonso made a defensive mistake, which Nick Woltemade capitalized on to equalize the score - 1:1.

At the end of the second half, both teams sought a winning goal, but the decisive blow was struck by the Italian team.

Already in referee's added time, "Juventus" forward Randaly Kolo Muani scored, sealing the victory for the visitors with a score of 2:1.

This was Torino's second victory in two Europa League group stage matches. Meanwhile, "Celta" suffered its second defeat and remained without points.

In another match, the "Milan" team won 4:0 against "Salzburg" on the road.

All results:

"AZ Alkmaar" – "Hapoel Beer Sheva" 2:1

"Salzburg" – "Milan" 0:4

Poznań "Lech" – Leverkusen "Bayer" 0:4

"Lyon" – "Crystal Palace" 3:2

"Celje" – Nicosia "Omonia" 0:3

Prague "Sparta" – "Lillestroem" 1:1

"Torreense" – "Sunderland" 1:2

"Union Saint-Gilloise" – "Real Sociedad" 1:1

"Bournemouth" – Graz "Sturm" 3:0

"Benfica" – "Celtic" 4:1

Vigo "Celta" – Torino "Juventus" 1:2

Zagreb "Dinamo" – "Anderlecht" 1:0

"Ferencvaros" – Plzeň "Viktoria" 2:1

"Hoffenheim" – "Beşiktaş" 2:3

Balstogės "Jagiellonia" – "Ararat-Armenia" 3:1

Marseille "Olympique" – Piraeus "Olympiacos" 0:1

Nijmegen NEC – Sofia "Levski" 1:1

"Rennes" – Crete OFI 2:1