In the other challenges on Thursday evening in the 5th round of the Europa League, the contenders won without problems, with Porto, Stuttgart, Nottingham and Betis having no difficulty securing the next 3 points.
In O'Porto, the "dragons" of Porto, led by Italian Farioli, defeated the French team of Nice 3-0. Veiga's double and Samu's converted penalty sealed the victory for the white and blue team, who thanks to this victory have climbed to 10 points in 8th place.
The English team Nottingham Forest also won 3-0, defeating the Swedish team Malmo without any problems. For the home team, Yates, Kalimuendo and Milenkovic scored. With these 3 points, Nottingham climbs to 16th place with 8 points.
Success with away goals for Stuttgart, who won against Go Aherad Egles. The Germans solved everything in the first half thanks to a double from Leweling. El Khanous and Bounani completed the success of the guests during the second half, with Stuttgart touching the play-off zone by ranking in 12th place with 9 points.
A narrow but important success for Betis, who defeated the Dutch team Utrecht 2-1 in Seville. Cucho Hernandez and Ezzalzouli were the goalscorers for the home team, while Rodriguez's goal only reduced the goal difference, but was unable to prevent the home team from losing.
The strongest match of the evening was undoubtedly the one held in Rotherdam, where Feyenoord was defeated at home 1-3 by Celtic Glasgow. A negative period for the team led by Van Persie, which between the championship and Europe counts 4 consecutive losses. The locals took the lead first with Uedan, but the reversal for the Scots came within the first fraction with Yang Jun and Hatate, while Nygren closed the accounts 8 minutes from the end by scoring the 3rd goal.
