ANDThis Thursday is synonymous with another European round of the Europa League, with two Portuguese teams taking the field. Torreense and Benfica want to win again after their victories in the first round, and this time both will play at home.
But let’s go in parts. At 5:45 pm (Mainland Portugal time) is the time when the first matches begin to be played, with the Torres Vedras team traveling to Leiria to host the historic English side Sunderland.
At the same time, the Portuguese coaches end up having their duels, with Paulo Fonseca’s Lyon hosting Crystal Palace, while Ruben Amorim goes to Austria to face Salzburg with ‘his’ AC Milan.
There are also the following games at this time: AZ-Hapoel Beer-Sheva, Celje-Omonia, Lech Poznan-Leverkusen, Union Saint-Gilloise-Real Sociedad and Sparta Prague-Lillestrom.
Shortly after the final whistles in these matches, there is a Benfica-Celtic to liven up the Estádio da Luz, although it is not the only one with Portuguese, as Bournemouth, under António Silva, hosts Sturm Graz, Juventus, under Francisco Conceição, goes to Spain to face Celta de Vigo, VÃtor Bruno goes to Croatia for a Dinamo Zagreb-Anderlecht team, Ararat-Armenia, trained by Manuel Tulipa, travels to Poland for a duel with Jagiellonia and Olympiacos, with a full Portuguese armada, visits Marseille for the clash that promises to be fierce.
At 8pm, these matches will still take place: Ferencváros-Plzen, Hoffenheim-Besiktas, NEC-Levski Sofia and Rennes-OFI Crete.
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