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10/15 03:26 CDT Bournemouth all set to face Sturm Graz in Europa League home
debut, AC Milan travels to Salzburg
Bournemouth all set to face Sturm Graz in Europa League home debut, AC Milan
travels to Salzburg
BOURNEMOUTH, England (AP) --- Bournemouth hosts Sturm Graz in its first
European home game in the second round of matches in the Europa League on
Thursday.
After a 2-1 victory at Real Sociedad in the opening game of its maiden
campaign, coach Marco Rose's side has another chance to forget a winless start
to the Premier League.
His squad received a boost when injured forwards Amine Adli and Justin Kluivert
were declared fit for the match.
Another Premier League club, Crystal Palace, which won the third-tier
Conference League last season, travels to Lyon a year after its entry to the
competition was blocked by UEFA because it shared ownership links with the
French team.
For Palace coach Pierre Sage, it's a return to Lyon after coaching the club
from November 2023 to January 2025.
Italian giant AC Milan meets Salzburg in Austria bidding to recover from a 2-0
defeat to Benfica at the San Siro in the opener.
Another Italian force, Juventus, plays in Spain against Celta while the third
English club in the competition, Sunderland, is at Portugal's second division
team Torreense.
High-flying Brighton opens its Conference League campaign against Kauno
Zalgiris.
English clubs have won three of the five editions of the Conference League.
Also, leading teams in two of Europe's top five leagues are in action. France's
Monaco meets CSKA in Sofia and Germany's Freiburg faces visiting Czech club
Jablonec.
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