Europa League and Conference League round-up: Jose Mourinho’s Roma beaten by RB Salzburg as Juventus draw with Nantes | Football News

A recap of Europa League and Conference League fixtures as Jose Mourinho’s Roma were beaten 1-0 by RB Salzburg; Juventus drew 1-1 with French club Nantes and received an injury-time penalty from VAR; Monaco beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-2 in a first-leg thriller

Jose Mourinho’s Roma must do everything they can to qualify for the next round of the Europa League as they lost their play-off first leg 1-0 to RB Salzburg.

Nicolas Capaldo’s 88th-minute winner was enough to separate the two sides. The winning goal prompted Salzburg coach Matthias Jaissle to sprint down the touchline in scenes similar to Mourinho’s infamous run at Old Trafford.

Roma had plenty of chances to take the lead themselves, with Tammy Abraham squandering a chance before half-time while the visitors hit the board twice in the second period through Bryan Cristante and Andrea Belotti.

Meanwhile, Juventus’ disappointing season continued as they drew 1-1 in their Europa League play-off home game with Nantes on Thursday.

The Serie A side took an early lead when Serbian striker Dusan Vlahovic swept over a Federico Chiesa header.

Chiesa was unlucky not to double his side’s lead early in the second half after his powerful shot hit the underside of the crossbar, bounced off the goal line and came out.

However, Nantes used that stab to level nicely on the hour mark when Ludovic Blas slammed the ball into the net after a quick counterattack.

Nantes’ woodwork was shaken again as Angel Di Maria’s corner dodged everyone and hit the crossbar, but Juve eluded a winner on another frustrating night.

Six-time Europa League record winners Sevilla beat PSV Eindhoven 3-0 at home thanks to goals from Youssef En Nesyri, Lucas Ocampos and Nemanja Gudelj.

After being knocked out of the Champions League and winning just six games in all competitions, Sevilla have endured a difficult season and put in an impressive performance in their favorite competition.

In Lisbon, Portuguese champions Sporting were held back by a 1-1 home draw against Denmark’s Midtjylland.

Sporting controlled the pace of the game but failed to convert their dominance into goals. Pedro Goncalves missed a sitter in the first half and Paulinho ruled out a goal for offside in the second half.

The Danes found Emam Ashour in the 77th minute after a poor clearance by veteran Sporting goalkeeper Antonio Adan, who found an empty goal with a first shot from long-range.

However, Sporting managed to salvage a tie thanks to a confused shot from close range by Sebastian Coates.

Monaco captain Axel Disasi thundered in added time to his team’s 3-2 win at Bayer Leverkusen in the first leg.

The visitors unexpectedly took the lead in the ninth minute when Leverkusen keeper Lukas Hradecky, under pressure from Breel Embolo, lost control of a back pass, stumbled over the ball and slapsticked it into his own goal.

But the hosts struck twice early in the second half to bounce back. Moussa Diaby shot through the legs of goalkeeper Alexander Nübel to equalize before teenager Florian Wirtz scored a glorious solo goal.

Monaco, who came on after a 3-1 Ligue 1 win over Paris Saint-Germain, equalized in the 74th minute through Krepin Diatta before Disasi snatched his side the win in a fatality.

Europa Conference League results:

Qarabag 1-0 Gent

Braga 0-4 Fiorentina

Trabzonspor 1-0 Basel

Bodo/Glimt 0:0 Lech Poznan

Sheriff Tiraspol 0-1 Partizan Belgrade

AEK Larnaka 1-0 Dnipro-1

Ludogorets 1-0 Anderlecht

Lazio Rome 1-0 CFR Cluj