Confederations Cup winner Timo Werner fired RB Leipzig towards the next round of the Europa League with two goals in their 3-1 first-leg victory away to Napoli. He levelled the scores in the 61st minute after Adam Ounas (52) put the Italian side ahead against the run of play. Then Bruma put Leipzig one goal to the good (74), before Werner rounded of the victory with his second, in injury time (90+3). Leipzig have put themselves in a commanding position ahead of the second leg and will fully expect to advance to the last 16.
The second-leg will take place in Leipzig on Thursday 22nd February at 19:00 CET.
Schürrle opens the scoring in Dortmund home win, while Özil also gets on the scoresheet
André Schürrle’s goal sent Dortmund on their way to securing a 3-2 win against Atalanta Bergamo. The World Cup winner broke the deadlock in the 30th minute. Josip Ilicic then scored two in quick succession for the visitors (51, 55), before Michy Batshuayi came on as a substitute and scored two to give Dortmund the victory (65, 90+1).
Schürrle’s Die Mannschaft partner and fellow World Cup winner Mesut Özil also showed his quality in Europe, scoring in Arsenal’s comfortable 3-0 victory over Östersunds FK. The 29-year-old played alongside Per Mertesacker and Shkodran Mustafi in a convincing performance against the Europa Cup debutantes. The Arsenal man winner scored their third in the 59th minute after Nacho Monreal (13) and Sotirios Papagiannopoulos (24) had put Arsenal in the lead in the first half.
Confederations Cup winner Timo Werner fired RB Leipzig towards the next round of the Europa League with two goals in their 3-1 first-leg victory away to Napoli. He levelled the scores in the 61st minute after Adam Ounas (52) put the Italian side ahead against the run of play. Then Bruma put Leipzig one goal to the good (74), before Werner rounded of the victory with his second, in injury time (90+3). Leipzig have put themselves in a commanding position ahead of the second leg and will fully expect to advance to the last 16.
The second-leg will take place in Leipzig on Thursday 22nd February at 19:00 CET.
Schürrle opens the scoring in Dortmund home win, while Özil also gets on the scoresheet
André Schürrle’s goal sent Dortmund on their way to securing a 3-2 win against Atalanta Bergamo. The World Cup winner broke the deadlock in the 30th minute. Josip Ilicic then scored two in quick succession for the visitors (51, 55), before Michy Batshuayi came on as a substitute and scored two to give Dortmund the victory (65, 90+1).
Schürrle’s Die Mannschaft partner and fellow World Cup winner Mesut Özil also showed his quality in Europe, scoring in Arsenal’s comfortable 3-0 victory over Östersunds FK. The 29-year-old played alongside Per Mertesacker and Shkodran Mustafi in a convincing performance against the Europa Cup debutantes. The Arsenal man winner scored their third in the 59th minute after Nacho Monreal (13) and Sotirios Papagiannopoulos (24) had put Arsenal in the lead in the first half.
