UEFA Europa League: "Fenerbahçe" suffers a heavy defeat to "Nottingham Forest"

The UEFA Europa League play-off stage has begun.

Idman.Biz reports that Istanbul's "Fenerbahçe" club hosted England's "Nottingham Forest" team. The match ended with a score of 3:0 in favor of the guests.

Murillo opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Igor Jesus increased the difference in the 43rd minute. Morgan Gibbs-White set the final score in the 50th minute.

In another play-off match, "Dinamo Zagreb" (Croatia) faced "Genk" (Belgium). The match ended with a score of 3:1 in favor of the Belgians. Dion Beljo (44) scored for the home team, while Bryan Heynen (15) and Zakaria El Ouahdi (21, 90) scored for the guests.

Norway's "Brann" club hosted Italy's "Bologna" club. The Italians won 1:0 with a goal scored by Santiago Castro in the 9th minute.

Greece's PAOK team faced Spain's "Celta". The game ended with a score of 2:1 in favor of the visitors.

"Celta Vigo" striker Iago Aspas scored the first goal of the match in the 34th minute. Midfielder Williot Swedberg doubled the visitors' lead in the 43rd minute. PAOK striker Aleksandar Jeremejev made the score 1:2 in the 78th minute.

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The UEFA Europa League play-off stage starts today.

Idman.Biz reports that the first eight matches of the play-off stage will take place.

We present the list of today's matches.

UEFA Europa League
Play-off stage
February 19
21:45. "Dinamo Zagreb" (Croatia) - "Genk" (Belgium)
21:45. PAOK (Greece) - "Celta" (Spain)
21:45. "Brann" (Norway) - "Bologna" (Italy)
21:45. "Fenerbahçe" (Turkey) - "Nottingham Forest" (England)
23:59. "Ludogorets" (Bulgaria) - "Ferencváros" (Hungary)
23:59. "Viktoria" (Czech Republic) - "Panathinaikos" (Greece)
23:59. "Lille" (France) - "Crvena Zvezda" (Serbia)
23:59. "Celtic" (Scotland) - "Stuttgart" (Germany)