Wins for all three La Liga teams in Thursday’s Europa League ties! Villarreal were first up, and they beat Slavia Prague 0-2, Bacca getting the first and Deli putting through his own net in injury time to keep Calleja’s side top of their group. Later in the evening Real Sociedad won 3-0 against Varder to stay second behind Zenit, Juanmi heading the first before the break, and De la Bella and Jon Bautista adding two more after the restart. And Athletic Bilbao kept their hopes of qualifying alive with a 1-0 victory over Östersunds, Aduríz heading the only goal midway through the second half to leave the group wide open, with only three points separating the four sides. (02.11.17)