Football: Legia Warsaw beat Leicester 1-0 in Europa League

Polish champions Legia Warsaw beat England's Leicester City 1-0 at home in their second game of this season’s Europa League group stage.

Legia Warsaw players celebrate with fans after the game against Leicester in Warsaw on Thursday night

Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański

The Polish side's Azerbaijani striker Mahir Emreli scored the only goal of the match in the 31st minute in Warsaw on Thursday night.

Two weeks earlier Legia defeated Spartak Moscow 1-0 away from home in the opening game of the Europa League group stage.

After two rounds of fixtures, Legia top the standings on a maximum six points, three ahead of Russia's Spartak.

The Polish champions will next play Italian side Napoli as part of their 2021/2022 Europa League campaign on October 21.

Legia reached the Europa League after a 2-1 qualifying win over Czech side Slavia Prague in late August.

Earlier that month, the Polish top-flight club saw its hopes of qualifying for the Champions League group stage crushed by Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb.

The final of this season's UEFA Europa League will take place in Seville, Spain on May 18, 2022.

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Source: TVP Sport, PAP, polskieradio24.pl