Europa League, Day 3

Backward as well as La Liga teams in European Championship matches this week, after a good start on the first two games. Atletico Madrid lost 2-0, and Udinese, equilibrium apparently going goal-less draw before Benatia and Flores was placed twice in the last five minutes. And later in the evening Athletic Bilbao could only be 2-2 against Salzburg, two penalties at issue in the second half Llorente save point after the Basque Wallner and Leonardo had put Austria on the second page in a break-up. Athletic stay top of the group, but fell three points behind Atletico their opponents to another. (20.10.11)