Galatasaray, Bodø/Glimt victorious in Europa League

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Galatasaray, Bodø/Glimt victorious in Europa League

Galatasaray scored three first-half goals en route to a 4-3 victory over Swedish club Elfsborg while Norway’s Bodø/Glimt netted a late winner to beat 10-man Braga 2-1 in the Europa League.

Mauro Icardi opened the scoring for the Turkish league leaders in the 28th minute before Abdülkerim Bardakcı’s header 11 minutes later hit Elfsborg goalkeeper Isak Pettersson and deflected into the net.

Barış Alper Yılmaz made it 3-0 a minute before half-time.

The visitors scored early in the second half through Niklas Hult on a counter-******* before Michael Baidoo made it 3-2 from the spot.

But Yunus Akgün stretched the advantage back to two with a fine solo effort in the 83rd minute. Johan Larsson scored in stoppage-time for Elfsborg.

In the second-tier competition’s only other game on Wednesday, Bodø/Glimt needed substitute Villads Nielsen’s stoppage-time goal to get past Braga in Portugal.

Sikou Niakaté netted for the home team in the 64th minute to erase the visitors’ 1-0 lead three minutes before he was sent off after receiving his second yellow card.

Galatasaray and Bodø/Glimt are both on seven points to provisionally lead the table in the revamped competition.

Sixteen games are scheduled for Thursday, including a matchup between Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce and Manchester *******, the English Premier League club he steered to the 2017 Europa League title.

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