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Europa League, round of 32, first leg

Mixed results for Spanish teams in this Thursday’s Europa League. Getafe produced one of the surprises of the night, beating last season’s Champions League semi-finalists Ajax 2-0 in the early kick-off. Deyverson put them ahead shortly before the break after Olivera played in a long ball from Arambarri, and with the game already in injury time Kenedy made it two with a shot which went in off Dest. Sevilla had some problems before finally drawing 1-1 at Cluj, Deac giving the locals the lead from the penalty spot after Koundé handled in the area on the hour mark, but De Jong setting up En-Nesyri to level the scores late on. It was the first goal that the Romanian side had let-in at home in ten matches. Espanyol though are all but mathematically out of the competition after they lost 4-0 at Wolverhampton Wanderers later in the evening, Diego Jota helping himself to a hat-trick and Ruben Neves firing one past Andrés Prieto in between. The second legs will take place next week. (20.02.20)