Real Sociedad beat Manchester United in the away match of the Europa League group stage

Real Sociedad achieved a close win over Manchester United in the first leg of the 2022/23 Europa League group stage.

The meeting of group E, held on Thursday in Manchester, ended with the victory of the guests with a score of 1:0. The ball from the penalty spot in the 59th minute was scored by Brais Mendez.

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The full match was played by Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo. Prior to that, the Portuguese entered the field in the game of the tournament at this level in the 2002/03 season, when the Europa League was called the UEFA Cup.

In group F, Lazio beat Feyenoord 4-2 at home, while Sturm beat Midtjylland 1-0 at home.

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Matches of the quartet G also ended with home victories with the same score. Freiburg – Qarabag and Nantes – Olympiacos. Both matches are 2:1.

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In Group H, Stanislav Cherchesov’s Ferencvaros beat Trabzonspor at home – 3:2, and Monaco won away over Red Star – 1:0. Russian Alexander Golovin came out in the starting lineup of the Monegasques and was replaced in the 83rd minute.

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Europa League. Main Tournament. Tour 01

Manchester United (Manchester) – Real Sociedad (San Sebastian) – 0:1 (0:0)

Goal: Mendez, 59 (from the penalty spot) (VIDEO).

“Crvena Zvezda” (Belgrade) – “Monaco” (Monaco) – 0:1 (0:0)

Goal: Embolo, 74 (from the penalty spot) (VIDEO).

Freiburg (Freiburg) – Karabakh (Agdam) – 2: 1 (2:1)

Goals: Grifo, 7 (from the penalty spot). Doan, 15. – Veshovich, 39.

Ferencvaros (Budapest) – Trabzonspor (Trabzon) – 3: 2 (3:1)

Goals: Nguyen, 5 (VIDEO), 44 (penalty) (VIDEO). Traore, 29 (VIDEO). — Gomez, 39VIDEO). Umut, 72 (VIDEO).

Removal: Civic, 16. Knuster, 90.

Lazio (Rome) – Feyenoord (Rotterdam) – 4: 2 (3:0)

Goals: Alberto, 4 (VIDEO). Anderson, 15 (VIDEO). Vesino, 28 (VIDEO), 63 (VIDEO). – Jimenez, 69 (from the penalty spot) (VIDEO), 88 (VIDEO).

Sturm (Graz) – Midtjylland (Herning) – 1: 0 (1:0)

Goal: Emega, 8.

Missed penalty: Croatian, 42.

Removal: Hierlender, 74.

Nantes (Nantes) – Olympiacos (Piraeus) – 2: 1 (1:0)

Goals: Mohamed, 32. Hessan, 90. – Mutoussami, 51.