ISTANBUL — Fenerbahce opened the revamped Europa League with a 2-1 home win over Belgian club Union Saint-Gilloise with both teams finishing the game with 10 men on Thursday.

Fenerbahçe and Rangers kicked off with three points, as did Tottenham Hotspur despite playing 82 minutes with ten men, but Ajax were the biggest winners of Matchday 1.

Fenerbahçe made a victorious start to their UEFA Europa League campaign, defeating Belgian side Union Saint-Gilloise 2-1 at Ülker Stadium

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Ange Postecoglou took charge of his first European match as Tottenham Hotspur coach this morning. Tottenham will be hoping to do well in the competition, being one of the stronger sides, and will target it as a realistic possibility to end their long trophy drought.

Kick-off was delayed by 35 minutes in north London due to “severe travel disruption”, and it was a disastrous opening for Spurs when the match finally did get underway. Radu Dragusin was shown a straight red card in the early stages for losing the ball and then bringing down Juninho as the last man,