Roma Misses Penalty 3 Times and Loses 1-0 to Lille in Europa League
Roma missed three penalties late in the match as Lille secured a 1-0 win at Stadio Olimpico, marking their second consecutive victory in the Europa League.
- On Thursday, Lille OSC defeated AS Roma 1-0 at Stadio Olimpico after Håkon Arnar Haraldsson's sixth-minute goal, securing Lille's second Europa League win in two games.
- In a bizarre sequence, AS Roma was awarded three late spot-kick attempts after encroachment led the referee to order retakes, with Artem Dovbyk’s two initial efforts saved by Lille goalkeeper Berke Özer.
- In other early games, Braga and Real Betis recorded wins as Ricardo Horta and Gabri Martínez secured a 2-0 victory at Celtic in Glasgow, while Real Betis won 2-0 at Ludogorets.
- Nottingham Forest, under Ange Postecoglou, played its first European home match since 1996 but remains without a win in five games, facing Midtjylland after a 2-2 draw at Real Betis.
- Tournament structure-wise, the Conference League mirrors the Champions and Europa Leagues with 36 teams, but teams play six opponents; Crystal Palace won its European debut 2-0 over Dynamo Kyiv.
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No one could believe it. Not even the same protagonist of the unusual play that took place on the second day of the Europa League. It is that taking the same penalty three times in a row!, is something that does not happen every day. And the feat was achieved by Berke Ozer. It ran the 84th minute of the duel between his team - the Lille- and Rome and the locals managed a golden chance to match the match: after reviewing a supposed hand of the de…
Lille goalkeeper Berke Özer saved three consecutive penalties against AS Roma in the Europa League on Thursday. Two of those penalties had to be retaken. The French club won 1-0 at the Olympic Stadium in the Italian capital.
This Thursday night, on the occasion of the second day of the Europa League, Lille hit a big blow by going to win on the lawn of the AS Roma (0-1). All this, thanks to a huge goaltender, decisive at the end of the game.
Dovbik and Sule are still banging their heads against the wall after starring in an unprecedented scene in Roma
French immediately ahead of the Olimpico accomplice a mistake of Tsimikas exploited by Haraldsson, in the shooting Dovbyk (twice) and Soulé fail the same penalty repeated by the referee
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