As Roma and Aston Villa suffered shocking defeats, Nottingham made history in Europa League

TPO - A big shock happened at the Olimpico stadium when AS Roma lost to the little-known team Viktoria Plzen. Aston Villa also fell to Go Ahead Eagles while another representative of England, Nottingham Forest won a historic victory after 29 years.

Nottingham marked their return with an impressive victory over Porto.

All predictions before the match were in favor of AS Roma, a team with both reputation and strength far superior to Viktoria Plzen. Previous expert opinions were all in favor of victory for the Olimpico Stadium.

However, the opposite happened as the Czech team played an inspired game against AS Roma. In just 2 minutes from 20 to 22, Viktoria Plzen scored 2 goals thanks to Prince Kwabena Adu and Cheick Souare.

The two early goals had a negative impact on the spirit of the AS Roma players. In the entire first half, the home team at Olimpico Stadium could not find a way to score. It was not until the 54th minute that Paulo Dybala gave AS Roma hope by narrowing the gap to 1-2. However, this was also the final result of the match.

In another match, Aston Villa also unexpectedly fell to the lesser-known opponent Go Ahead Eagles. Aston Villa seemed to have an advantage when they opened the score on Go Ahead Eagles' field in the 4th minute thanks to Evann Guessand. However, the English team then let Suray and Deijl score 2 goals, helping Go Ahead Eagles make an impressive comeback to win 2-1.

Real Betis helpless against weaker team Genk

This round was also a sad day for English teams when Crystal Palace lost 0-1 at home to AEK Larnaca. The only goal of the match was scored by Riad Bajic in the 51st minute. During the remaining time of the match, Crystal Palace was unable to find an equalizer.

In contrast to Aston Villa and Crystal Palace, another English representative, Nottingham Forest, marked their return to the European arena after 29 years with an impressive 2-0 victory over Porto. This was Nottingham Forest's first victory since 1996.

Also in last night's series, Real Betis disappointed when they only won 1 point in their away match against Genk. Despite dominating their opponents, Real Betis's attack did not create many real opportunities.

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