Manchester United overcame its Cypriot host Omonia Nicosia 3-2 on Thursday during the third round of games in Group E in the group stage of the European Football Championship, escaping its trap. Real Sociedad also won their matchup with Sheriff Tiraspol of Moldova.
Manchester United improved their tally to 6 points, but they were still in second place, 3 points behind Real Sociedad, who kept the lead and had accrued all 12 points after winning all three of their group matches.
Ammonia Nicosia stayed at the bottom of the standings without any points, while Sherif Tiraspol’s balance in third position stuck at 3 points.
Karim Ansari of Amunia Nicosia scored in the 34th minute, but Manchester United rallied to score three straight goals in the second half.
The first and second goals for the English team were scored by Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial in the 53rd and 63rd minutes, respectively. In the 84th minute, Rashford scored again, adding the third goal for the visitors and his second personal goal.
By using its player Nicholas Panayiotou to cut the deficit, the Cypriot squad re-ignited the game in the closing minutes, forcing the hosts to make a futile attempt to snag at least an equalising point.
After the French Monaco’s 3-1 triumph over the Turkish Trabzonspor and the Serbian Red Star’s 4-1 victory over its Hungarian guest Frinkvaros, things really got hot in Group H.
Despite the defeat, Frenkvaros maintained his lead in the rankings with 6 points, ahead of Monaco, who are tied for second position with him. Trabzon came in third with 3 points, also ahead of Red Star, who is at the bottom of the standings and shares the same Balance.
The Netherlands’ Eindhoven team defeated their Swiss opponent Zurich 5-1 to claim the group’s first victory of the competition.
After increasing its point total to 4, PSV Eindhoven is now in first place in the group. It still has a postponed match against Arsenal, who is now in third place with three points and will play home to Bodo Glimt of Norway later today in the same round.
Zurich, who had lost its first three games, was still at the bottom of the standings with no points.
In the third group, the Finnish Helsinki team’s matchup with Bulgarian visitor Ludogorets Razagrad ended in a favourable 1-1 tie.
While Ludogorets’ score increased to 4 points to move into second place before today’s match between third-placed Roma of Italy and its guest Real Betis (the leaders with six points), Helsinki earned his first point in the group but remained at the bottom of the standings. identical round.
The situation is still stalemate in Group F, after Austria’s Sturm Graz drew with its Italian guest, Lazio.
Lazio raised its score to 4 points in the lead, outperforming the second-placed Sturm Graz, who has the same balance, before meeting the Danish Maitland, who is in last place with three points, with its guest, Feyenoord Rotterdam, who is equal with him. in the same balance. .
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