Vitor Pereira made an impact in his first game in charge as he led Nottingham Forest to a 3-0 victory over Fenerbahce in the first leg of the Europa League play-offs on Thursday.
Defender Murillo, forward Igor Jesus and captain Morgan Gibbs-White each scored as Forest manager took charge ahead of the second leg at the City Ground.
In Thessaloniki, PAOK lost 2-1 to Celta Vigo with goals from Iago Aspas and Williot Swedberg, a rematch of the Greek side’s 3-1 loss to the Spanish team in the league.
Zakaria El Ouadi scored twice and Brian Heinen added one as Genk cruised to a 3-1 victory over Dinamo in Zagreb.
In Norway, Argentine forward Santiago Castro scored the winning goal from a narrow angle to give Bologna a 1-0 victory over Blanc.
In the final games, Celtic faced Stuttgart and Lille faced Red Star Belgrade.
like champions leaguethe top eight teams in the league phase automatically advanced to the last 16. Teams from 9th to 24th place entered a two-legged playoff.
The second leg is scheduled for next Thursday.
Pereira’s highly anticipated debut
Pereira was appointed on Sunday as Nottingham Forest’s fourth coach, replacing Sean Dyche after a tumultuous season. fired It has been only 114 days since taking office.
It was his first game in charge before Forest face defending champions Liverpool on Sunday. 17th in the Premier League And one place above the relegation zone.
Murillo received a pass from Elliott Anderson and fired a powerful shot from outside the area, which deflected just off defender Milan Skriniar and into the bottom right corner of the goal in the 21st minute.
Jesus doubled the lead just before halftime, scoring his seventh goal of the season with a header off a corner kick.
The Brazilian forward then replaced Gibbs-White in the second half to score the third goal.
Pereira is in his second coaching job this season. In November he sacked by Wolverhampton Wanderers After a winless start to the Premier League season.
Crystal Palace held
Crystal Palace had to settle for a 1-1 away draw with Bosnia’s Zrinjski Mostar in the third division of the Conference League. Ismaila Sarr gave the Premier League side a 1-0 lead, but Carlo Abramovic gave the Bosnian champions a draw.
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