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Rangers 1-0 Ludogorets
Mikey Moore goes into the book, his challenge one of frustration after he made a mess of a decent chance. It’s not exactly packed out at Ibrox.
Braga 1-0 Nottingham Forest
Sean Dyche can be heard, his trademark bellow filling the sky, and that inspires Ola Aina to blast a shot off the crossbar. On comes Joao Moutinho for Braga, the Porto and Wolves legend, such a tidy player, and now 39, he positions himself deep in front of the defence.
Goal! Nice 3-0 Go Ahead Eagles (Tiago Gouveia 59)
Goal! Ferencvaros 1-0 Panathinaikos (Bamidele Yusuf Pen 62)
Braga 1-0 Nottingham Forest
Forest have improved, at least looking interested. McAtee’s run sets up Gibbs-White but his shot is again not good enough.
David Howell gets in touch on that Braga stadium: “It was built into a former quarry, and apparently 1.5m cubic metres of granite had to be cleared (some of which was crushed and reused for the stands), so this broadcast on TNT Sports is from a venue that needed lots of TNT to be prepared for sports.
“The architect, Eduardo Souto de Moura (who went on to win the Pritzker Prize, apparently the Nobel of architecture, in part because of this stadium), was once asked why there were only two stands. His response? “According to me, football is watched (moves hand from side to side) like this!””
Great stuff, David
Goal! Red Bull Salzburg 3-1 Basel (Jeremy Agbonifo 56)
ShareGoal! Braga 1-0 Nottingham Forest (Yates, 54)
Braga go immediately on the attack, Horta breezes past Milenkovic and Yates slides in, trying to rescue matters, and can’t stop the ball going behind the line. Hornicek is seen leading the celebrations. Sean Dyche is not at all happy.
ShareGibbs-White has a penalty saved!
Real lengthy delay on this kick. Loads of games being played here, and Gibbs-White hits it low and too slow, and Hornicek is equal to the task.
SharePenalty to Nottingham Forest!
James McAtee, set up by Aina and Gibbs-White, is knocked over by Martinez. It looks soft but it seems unlikely to be overturned. Or does it? Braga’s protestations comes to nothing.
Braga’s Gabriel Martinez fouls Nottingham Forest’s James McAtee and gives away a penalty. Photograph: Zed Jameson/PAShare
Updated at 16.25 EST
Braga 0-0 Nottingham Forest
Seems like Braga have picked on Savona as a weakness, and that leads to a chance for Ricardo Horta, who can’t quite get over the ball.
Rangers 1-0 Ludogorets
The early action sees Diomande, the scorer, take a knock, and limping around. Nico Raskin tells his teammate to crack on, and from the free-kick, Thelo Aasgaard goes close. Not long after that, Raskin tries an effort from distance.
So, aside from in Utrecht, we are set to get back underway in the second halves across Europe;
Some news from Nice, via our friends at Get French Football News: “The game has been overshadowed by events in the stands as the home fans charged at the away section. The Nice fans have since retreated with riot police now located within the away end.”
Kari Tulinius with a vital update: “Stuttgart have been dominant without being particularly dangerous, and now Roma have scored. Matias Soule slid a ball into the run of Niccolo Pisilli, who was allowed to run into the 18-yard box. Nubel got a hand to the shot, but he could only divert it into the crossbar. The German side looked rattled after that, but they held on until the ref whistled for half time.”
Here’s our roundup from the earlier kick-offs in the Europa League.
Utrecht v Genk wasn’t in that list because it has only just kicked off. Police have moved in to clear out the Genk fans from the away end, and there’s been clashes.
ShareHalf-time scores in the 8pm kick-offs
Celta Vigo 1-0 Lille
Dinamo Zagreb 2-1 Steau
Ferencvaros 0-0 Panathinaikos
Nice 2-0 Go Ahead Eagles
Rangers 1-0 Ludogorets
Red Bull Salzburg 3-0 Basel
Roma 1-0 Stuttgart
Braga 0-0 Nottingham Forest
ShareHalf-time: Braga 0-0 Nottingham Forest
The large Forest contingent boos their team for a lack of adventure. Dyche-ball in action, you might say. The best chance of a half that will be remembered for rain rather than football fell to Braga’s Martinez.
ShareHalf-time: Rangers 1-0 Ludogorets
Nice run by Mikey Moore down the flanks, and the danger is only just closed off. Rangers look a different team, and are good for their lead after that Diomande goal. It s took a fine Jack Butland save to keep the scores level before that.
Goal! Dinamo Zagreb 2-1 FCSB (Daniel Birligea 42)
Goal! Nice 2-0 Go Ahead Eagles (Tiago Gouveia 41)
Goal! Roma 1-0 Stuttgart (Niccolo Pisilli 40)
Roma’s Niccolo Pisilli steers the ball home to open the scoring. Photograph: Remo Casilli/ReutersShare
Updated at 15.57 EST
Braga 0-0 Nottingham Forest
Close! Gabri Martinez nods wide for Braga, the best chance of the game, after Savona switched off.
Via TNT reporter Danny Jamieson: “Fairly sparse crowd here in Braga. Expecting around 12,500 in the stadium. Officially 2,100 #NFFC fans but there’s plenty who have bought Braga memberships to buy tickets in the home end too! #UEL.”
Goal! Red Bull Salzburg 3-0 Basel (Frans Kratzig 35)
ShareGoal! Rangers 1-0 Ludogorets (Diomande, 33)
A pinball session follows a Rangers corner and the ball drops to Diomande who hits it early and true, after nice work in keeping the ball alive from Chermiti.
Rangers’ Mohammed Diomande lashes the ball home to open the scoring against Ludogorets. Photograph: Russell Cheyne/ReutersDiomande celebrates. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PAShare
Updated at 15.48 EST
Red card! Hugo Sotelo of Celta Vigo has been sent off for serious foul play against Lille.
Braga 0-0 Nottingham Forest
In rainy Portugal, the big news is that Matz Sels has been rebuked by officials for overuse of his towel. Yes, not much else happening.
Rangers 0-0 Ludogorets
Per-Mathias Høgmo, the visiting manager, is not happy with his team. With the point they are on at the moment, his team will edge Celtic into 25th place. Is there a pact in place? Possibly not, as vital coefficient points are required for Scotland.
Tim Smith gets in touch: “I hope the Forest fans are enjoying the view, if not the weather. Amazing architecture for a venue with only two viewing sides. I saw the Netherlands (when they were good) vs. Latvia (who were, well, Latvia) in Euro 2004 in the stadium. Good times, although it was also June.”
They drew with Germany at that Euros. The legend Māris Verpakovskis. Marian Pahars wasn’t fit, from what I recall.
Braga 0-0 Nottingham Forest
Forest are suffering for a lack of a centre forward, with Igor Jesus not in the starting team. Braga haven’t been very ambitious.
Goal! Dinamo Zagreb 2-0 FCSB (Dion Beljo 11)
Braga 0-0 Nottingham Forest
Ryan Yates has an effort, the follow up after Ndoye is laid up by James McAtee, who has been very quiet until that moment.
Peter Oh gets in touch: “I sure hope the club from the French Riviera can get results from their last group stage matches because you never want to see the Nice guys finishing last.”
Rangers 0-0 Ludogorets
Rangers have been much the better team in Glasgow, looking so much more confident than under Russell Martin. And coherent, too. Chermiti has been lively.
Goal! Red Bull Salzburg 2-0 Basel (Kerim Alajbegovic 12)