Serie A leaders Juventus will take a two-goal cushion
into the second leg of their UEFA Europa League last-32 tie with Trabzonspor.
Pablo Daniel Osvaldo's first goal for the club put hosts
Juve in front on 16 minutes before a controversial moment 20 minutes from time.
Trabzonspor substitute Henrique had a shot saved by
Gianluigi Buffon and Olcan Adin scooped home Yusuf Erdogan's cut-back, but was
denied as the officials decided the ball had gone out for a corner.
Paul Pogba's goal in stoppage time then added insult to
injury for the Turkish side.
Fiorentina will also be heavy favourites to progress
along with Juve into the last 16 after a 3-1 win over Esbjerg in Denmark, while
Napoli drew 0-0 with Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium.
Alessandro Matri opened the scoring for Fiorentina, only
for Martin Pusic to equalise immediately, before the Italians took control
through Josip Ilicic and an Alberto Aquilani penalty.
Dutch giants Ajax were swept aside 3-0 at home by
Salzburg, who have now scored in 63 consecutive matches, a run that stretches
back to December 2012. Sadio Mane and Jonathan Soriano's brace did the damage
in Amsterdam.
A one-minute silence was observed at all games involving
Ukrainian sides out of respect to those who have lost their lives during the
recent political unrest in the country, with some Shakhtar Donetsk players in
tears ahead of their 1-1 draw with Viktoria Plzen.
Back in Ukraine, Yevhen Konoplyanka's late penalty gave
Dnipro a 1-0 win over Tottenham, strikes from Eduardo Vargas and Antonio
Barragan saw Valencia defeat Dynamo Kiev 2-0 and the game between Chornomorets
and Lyon finished goalless.
Last season's runners-up Benfica have the advantage
heading into their second leg with PAOK, returning from Greece with a 1-0
victory thanks to a second-half goal from Rodrigo Lima.
Bulgarian outfit Ludogorets shocked Lazio 1-0, Roman
Bezjak's strike securing a famous victory in Rome before Luis Pedro Cavanda and
Svetoslav Dyakov were dismissed in the second half as both sides finished with
10 men.
Sevilla drew 2-2 in Slovenia against Maribor, while
Porto's match with Eintracht Frankfurt finished in the same result after the
German outfit came from two goals down to give themselves a healthy chance of
progressing.
Nick Viergever's strike a minute from time earned AZ a
1-0 win at Slovan Liberec, while Anzhi and Genk played out a 0-0 draw in
Russia.
Elsewhere, Real Betis drew 1-1 at home with Rubin Kazan
and Maccabi Tel Aviv's game with Basel ended goalless.
Culled from Soccerway
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