Club Atlético de Madrid opened their UEFA Europa League title defence with an impressive 3-0 victory at Group B rivals Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC.
Without Falcao, UEFA Europa League top scorer in each of the past two seasons, Atlético nevertheless had few problems negotiating Hapoel. Cristian Rodríguez and Diego Costa struck in quick succession just before the interval and Raúl García rubber-stamped the victory shortly after the hour mark.
H. Tel-Aviv | Atlético | ||
| 30 | Apoula (GK) | 1 | Sergio Asenjo (GK) |
| 4 | Shushan | 4 | Mario Suárez (C) |
| 5 | Maman | 7 | Adrián López |
| 10 | Badier (C) | 8 | Raúl García |
| 12 | Ben Haim II | 11 | Cristian Rodríguez |
| 14 | Vermouth | 15 | Domingo Cisma |
| 19 | Djemba-Djemba | 17 | Sílvio |
| 20 | Antebi | 18 | Cata Díaz |
| 32 | Bruno Coutinho | 19 | Diego Costa |
| 44 | Pantsil | 21 | Emre Belözoğlu |
| 99 | Tamuz | 23 | Miranda |
Substitutes | |||
| 1 | Kleyman (GK) | 13 | Courtois (GK) |
| 7 | Danin | 6 | Koke |
| 9 | Mare | 12 | Pulido |
| 11 | Cohen | 20 | Juanfran |
| 15 | Toama | 26 | Javi Manquillo |
| 16 | Damari | 27 | Pedro Martín |
| 17 | Haimovich | 28 | Saúl Ñiguez |
Coaches | |||
| Nitzan Shirazi (ISR) | Diego Simeone (ARG) | ||
Referee | |||
| Pol van Boekel (NED) | |||
| P | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0 |
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