Europa League: Go Ahead Eagles Shock Aston Villa, Rangers Beaten

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In his first game in charge, new Rangers manager Danny Rohl suffered a humiliating 3-0 defeat to Brann in a shock 2-1 defeat to Go Ahead Eagles on Thursday, ending his perfect Europa League campaign.

Villa had a strong start on the European campaign by defeating Feyenoord and Bologna to cement their position as pre-tournament favorites.

The visitors in the Netherlands made seven changes, but Evann Guessand&nbsp fired in his first Villa goal, making it 2-0.

The home team’s famous victory came in their first ever group stage European football encounter, despite the choppy weather conditions.

Before half-time, Mathis Suray’s deflected shot, and Mats Deijl dinked over Emiliano Martinez to give the Dutch Cup winners the lead.

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In De Adelaarshorst Stadium, Deventer, on October 23, 2025, Go Ahead Eagles and Aston Villa FC celebrate after scoring their team’s first goal during the UEFA Europa League, league phase – day 3, football game. Netherlands OUT (Photo by Vincent Jannink / ANP / AFP)

Emi Buendia missed a late penalty with the chance to salvage a draw at Tottenham, but Villa’s match-winner came on Sunday.

Rangers’ chances of reaching the last stages are thawing after their third successive defeat in the Europa League placed them at the bottom of the 36-team standings.

The Scottish giants, who lost to Norwegian opposition for the first time in their history, had no immediate effect after changing managers.

Brann took a half-time lead thanks to Emil Kornvig’s converted at the back post.

Noah Holm rubbed salt in Rangers’ wounds before Jacob Sorensen punished more subpar defending by heading in from a free kick.

When Sean Dyche takes over at home in Porto in the summer of 2017, he hopes to bring back Nottingham Forest’s first European campaign in 30 years.

After only 40 days and eight games in charge on Saturday, Forest, who had taken just one point from their opening two games, sacked Ange Postecoglou.

When Celtic host Sturm Graz, Celtic will attempt to kick off a disappointing season.

Corentin Tolisso and Afonso Moreira scored the goals that gave Lyon the lead in the 2-0 victory over Basel, continuing their 100 percent record.

After overcoming Red Star Belgrade 2-0, Braga are the only other team to have won three of their three games so far.

Bologna won their first league game with a 2-1 victory over Steaua Bucharest.

Real Betis were held 0-0 away at Genk, while Fenerbahce defeated Stuttgart 1-0.