Much like the early round of fixtures in the UEFA Europa League's first matchday, the late round didn't produce much in the way of surprises. Udinese notched an expected win, Fulham FC and FC Twente drew, and Atletico Madrid defeated Celtic.
UEFA Europa League 2011, Matchday 1: Atletico Madrid, Udinese Get Wins In Late Matches
Anderlecht and AZ Alkmaar were the most impressive teams during the late games, as both pulled out 4-1 wins over AEK Athens and Malmo FF respectably. American international striker Jozy Altidore had a big part in AZ's win, scoring a fantastic goal to keep his rich vein of scoring form alive.
Below are all of the scores from the late games. Here are all of the early match results.
Atletico Madrid 2-0 Celtic
Austria Vienna 1-2 FC Metalist Kharkiv
AZ Alkmaar 4-1 Malmo FF
Birmingham City 1-3 Braga
Club Brugge 2-0 NK Maribor
Udinese 2-1 Stade Rennes
Maccabi Haifa 1-0 AEK Larnaca
Steaua Bucharest 0-0 Schalke 04
Fulham FC 1-1 FC Twente
Wisla Krakow 1-3 Odense BK
Anderlecht 4-1 AEK Athens
SK Sturm Graz 1-2 Lokomotiv Moscow
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