Hoffenheim’s Europa League Hopes Left in Tatters as FCSB Stuns the Germans!

Hoffenheim's Europa League Hopes Left in Tatters as FCSB Stuns the Germans!

The sixth matchday of the Europa League group stage saw TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and FCSB Bucharest end in a 0:0 draw. Bucharest moves up to 7th place in the table, while Hoffenheim reaches 24th place.

Hoffenheim dominated the game, but despite the Romanian defense’s discipline, the guests failed to score.

Meanwhile, in the Conference League, Istanbul Basaksehir won 3:1 against 1. FC Heidenheim on the fifth matchday of the group stage. Heidenheim falls back to 12th place, while Basaksehir improves to 21st.

Basaksehir consistently applied pressure, while Heidenheim appeared idealess at times. Deniz Türüç (6th minute) and Miguel Crespo (18th minute) put Basaksehir in a clear lead early on. Mathias Honsak only managed to reduce the deficit in the 61st minute, but this was only a temporary reprieve, as Krzysztof Piątek scored the 3:1 in the 68th minute.

The other results in the Europa League: AS Roma – Sporting Braga 3:0; PAOK Saloniki – Ferencvarosi TC 5:0; Olympiakos Piraeus – Twente Enschede 0:0; Union Saint-Gilloise – OGC Nizza 2:1; Ludogorets Razgrad – AZ Alkmaar 2:2; Malmö FF – Galatasaray 2:2; Viktoria Pilsen – Manchester United 1:2.

The other results in the Conference League: FC København – Heart of Midlothian 2:0; AC Florence – LASK 7:0; Legia Warsaw – FC Lugano 1:2; HJK Helsinki – Molde FK 2:2; Olimpija Ljubljana – Cercle Brugge 1:4; CS Petrocub – Betis Sevilla 0:1; Dinamo Minsk – Larne FC 2:0; FC Noah – APOEL Nicosia 1:3.