European League | United survives Omonia’s trap and Arsenal leads with three
Strong matches in the European League
Manchester United beat Omonia Nicosia of Cyprus 3-1.
The meeting was held in Nicosia, Cyprus, as part of the third round of the European League, where United seeks to qualify for the next round.
The hosts scored the first goal in the 34th minute, after a superb start from Bruno, who passed the ball to Karim Ansari Fard, who shot it past goalkeeper De Gea.
United equalized in the second half in the 53rd minute through a wonderful long pass from Bruno Fernandes to Marcus Rashford, who received the ball and put it in the net brilliantly.
Substitute Anthony Martial added the second goal in the 63rd minute with a superb shot to the right of the goalkeeper.
The knockout came in the 84th minute after Ronaldo sent a cross to Rashford, who easily put the ball into the goal.
Omonia tried to reduce the difference, scoring the second goal in the 85th minute through Nicholas Panayotou.
In the same group, Real Sociedad beat Cherif Tiraspol 2-0.
With these results, Sociedad’s balance rises to the ninth point in first place, while United continues to chase the Spanish team with 6 points in second place, and Sherif is in third place with 3 points, while Omonia is in the last place without points.
The rest of the confrontations
Arsenal defeated Bodo Glimt 3-0, with Eduard Nikita scoring the first goal, Rob Holding added the second goal, and Fabio Vieira’s knockout kick.
In the same group, PSV Eindhoven defeated Zurich 5-1.
The Gunners lead in that order with 6 points out of only two matches, while PSV Eindhoven is in second place with 4 points from the same number of matches, but Bodo Glimt is third with 4 points from 3 matches, and Zurich is in the last place without points with 3 confrontations.
The surprise came at the “Olympico” stadium, where the Italian team Roma lost at home to Real Betis, Spain, 2-1.
The French team Monaco managed to achieve its second victory in the group stage after defeating the Turkish Trabzonspor 3-1, while Lazio drew with Sturm Graz without goals.