Unai Emery’s men won ‘in extremis’ thanks to a goal from McGinn in the last minute
Fiorentina avoided defeat thanks to Ikoné in added time, Lille did not go beyond 0-0 and Eintracht fell in Greece against PAOK
The second day of the group stage of the Conference League ended with the punctures of the Fiorentinahe Eintracht and the Lillewho couldn’t handle him Ferencvaroshe PAOK (2-1) and the Klaskvik (0-0)respectively, to get stuck in a competition in which Aston Villa signed their first victory after beating the Zrinjski on the horn (1-0).
The Fiorentina, after drawing in their debut against Genk, stumbled again. He needed to win to avoid falling behind the rest of his rivals in group F and failed. Ferencvaros, with goals from Barnabas Varga and Ibrahim Cisse in the first half, put fear into the body of a team that reacted after the restart with goals from Antonio Barak and Nanitamo Ikoné, who in added time It turned off the alarms that were already going off in Italy.
Ferencvaros is the leader with four points, tied with Genk, who also won their match (2-0 against Cukaricki) to move into second position. Fiorentina, with the point they got after tying on their visit to the Genkis second to last only ahead of the weak Cukaricki.
In group A, the Lille punctured at home against Klaskvik. The French team did not go beyond a goalless draw in a tight duel in which the clearest chance was for Alan Virginius, who hit the crossbar with a powerful shot from inside the area in the 57th minute. Lille is second in its group with 4 points behind the Slovan Bratislava, who beat Ljubljana 0-1.
He also took a good upset Eintracht Frankfurt, who lost on the horn against PAOK. With 1-1 on the scoreboard, Konstantinos Koulierakis He broke the tie in the 92nd minute and left the German team with three points in group G and in second position. The leader, with full victories, is precisely PAOK.
At the very end Aston Villa also scored to take the three points in their duel against Zrinjski, who endured a siege until the 95th minute. At that moment, he appeared John McGinn to give victory to the English team with an accurate header. With his goal, Aston Villa enters the fight for a group, E, in which all the teams (AZ Alkmaar, Zrinjski, Legia and Aston Villa) have three points.
And the victory of the day went to Ludogoretswhich took a tremendous hit before the Nordsjaelland. Lost 7-1 with a double from Benjamin Nygren and with goals from Marcos Ingvarstsen, Jeppe Tverskov, Rasmussen and Son in an own goal.