There was plenty of solid football played in the early round of fixtures in the UEFA Europa League, but no big shocks. Paris St. Germain came out with a solid 3-1 win, Tottenham’s youth and reserve team got a draw away to PAOK, and Stoke City managed to pull off a draw against Dynamo Kiev.
UEFA Europa League 2011, Matchday 1: PSG Win, Tottenham Draw In Surprise-Free Early Session
Lazio probably had the biggest disappointment of the round, drawing FC Vaslui at home despite playing close to a full strength side. Djibril Cisse scored in the first half on a penalty, but Vaslui took the lead in the second with goals on either side of a Luciano Zauri red card. However, a 10-man Lazio side was able to find an equalizer through Giuseppe Scuili to avoid an embarrassing loss.
Here are all of the results from across the early games.
PAOK 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
Shamrock Rovers 0-3 Rubin Kazan
FC Copenhagen 1-0 Vorskla
Hannover 0-0 Standard Liege
Hapoel Tel-Aviv 0-1 Rapid Bucharest
PSV Eindhoven 1-0 Legia Warsaw
FC Zurich 0-2 Sporting Lisbon
Lazio 2-2 Vaslui
Besiktas 5-1 Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Dynamo Kiev 1-1 Stoke
PSG 3-1 SV Salzburg
Slovan Bratislava 1-2 Athletic Bilbao
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