Trabzonspor was eliminated from the Europa League on Thursday after losing at home to Spanish side Getafe.The only goal of the game was scored earl
Trabzonspor was eliminated from the Europa League on Thursday after losing at home to Spanish side Getafe.
The only goal of the game was scored early in the second half after Getafe striker Jaime Mata met Kennedy’s cross inside Trabzon’s penalty area.
The result means that the Turkish team which has only one point after five games lost chances to advance to the round of 32. In Group C’s other match Russian club Krasnodar beat Swiss side Basel. Basel leads the group with 10 points while Krasnodar and Getafe trail behind with nine points each.
Meanwhile, Kazakh champions Astana fought back to surprise a youthful Manchester United 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday.
Captain Jesse Lingard opened the scoring for the visitors, who had already reached the last 32, before Dmitri Shomko equalized for the home side. Di’Shon Bernard, 19, then put through his own goal to hand Astana victory over a United side whose average age was just 22.
United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made 11 changes from Sunday’s draw with Sheffield United by handing senior debuts to teenagers Ethan Laird, Dylan Levitt and Bernard as well as naming cancer survivor Max Taylor on the bench.
United opened the scoring after 10 minutes as Lingard’s low show from outside the box beat Nenad Eric to his right. Shomko responded after 55 minutes as his effort from inside the box glanced past Lee Grant in the United goal.
The three points, Astana’s first of the European campaign, were secured when Bernard deflected an Antonio Rukavina cross past 36-year-old Grant seven minutes later. Astana were already out of contention for the knockout stages ahead of the round five fixture in Group L.