Mario Götze clinched his first victory in the Europa League with PSV Eindhoven and took the lead in the standings. The Dutch top club won with the 2014 world champions in Rio in the starting eleven at Sturm Graz with a clear 4-1 (1-0) and overtook AS Monaco with coach Niko Kovac in Group B.
Ibrahim Sangare (32nd), Eran Zahavi (51st), the ex-Augsburgers Philipp Max (74th) and Yorbe Vertessen (78th) scored for Eindhoven, Jon Stankovic (55th) only made it to Graz.
Kovac loses with Monaco
Group rivals Monaco made a mistake at Real Sociedad San Sebastian and did not get more than 1: 1 (1: 0). It was the first goal for goalkeeper Alexander Nübel from AS Monaco this season of the Europa League, at the beginning the former Munich and Schalke had kept the clean slate in the 1-0 against Graz. Kevin Volland was only brought on in the 65th minute, Ismail Jakobs sat on the bench for 90 minutes.
Fenerbahce loses in Piraeus
Eintracht Frankfurt’s group opponent Fenerbahce Istanbul suffered a severe setback on Thursday. Without the former world champion Mesut Özil, the Turks lost 3-0 (0-1) to Olympiacos Piraeus and are third in Group D with one point behind Frankfurt (4). Jerome Boateng (knee) also missed Olympique Lyon’s 3-0 (0-0) against Brondby IF. Lyon continue to lead the Group A table with six points.
Olympique Lyon wins again
Without the injured Jérôme Boateng, Olympique Lyon won the second game in the Europa League. The eleven of the former Bundesliga coach Peter Bosz prevailed 3-0 (0-0) against Brondby IF on Thursday evening and consolidated the table lead in Group A.
.
