Monaco was beaten in Braga (2-0), Thursday March 10, in the round of 16 first leg of the Europa League, while at the same stage of the competition, in the Europa Conference League, Marseille dominated Basel (2-1) and Rennes lost to Leicester (2-0).
The Monegasques missed their start against the Portuguese club, conceding from the 3e minute a goal from Spanish international Abel Ruiz. Subsequently, two goals from Monegasques Gelson Martins and Wissam Ben Yedder were disallowed for offside, before Vitor “Vitinha” Oliveira drove the point home for Braga in the 89e minute.
Meanwhile, FC Barcelona, which aims to win the first Europa League in its history after being knocked out of the Champions League, conceded a draw to Galatasaray on the Camp Nou lawn (0-0). If he dominated the meeting, Barça failed to find the opening and exposed himself to a few counterattacks from the Turks, who even thought they had achieved the feat in the 78th.e with a goal from Bafétimbi Gomis finally disallowed for offside.
OM wins in the Europa Conference League
In other Europa League matches, Sevilla FC, current second in La Liga, won ahead of the English side West Ham (1-0).
The poster between Atalanta Bergamo and Bayer Leverkusen has kept all its promises, with a victory with twists and turns for the Italians (3-2).
In the Europa League Conference, which is experiencing its first edition this season, Olympique de Marseille won against Basel at the Stade-Vélodrome thanks to a double from Arkadiusz Milik.
The Polish striker opened the scoring from the penalty spot (19e) before doing it again in the second half, taking a shot pushed back by the opposing goalkeeper (68e) but Italian hopeful Sebastiano Esposito reduced the mark for the Swiss (79e).
Stade Rennes lost to England on Leicester’s lawn, the fault of goals from Marc Albrighton (30e) et Kelechi Iheanacho (90e +3).
