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EUROPA LEAGUE WRAP: Juventus draw first blood, Swansea and Napoli in stalemate, Dnipro edge Tottenham

The first leg of the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League Round of 32 fixtures took place around Europe on Thursday night.

In Italy, Juventus gave themselves every chance of progressing to the Round of 16 by beating Turkish side Trabzonspor 2-0 thanks to goals from Southampton loanee Dani Osvaldo and an injury-time strike from Paul Pogba.

Tottenham were beaten 1-0 by Ukrainian side Dnipro courtesy of a late penalty from Yevhen Konoplyanka while an impressive Swansea City were held to a 0-0 draw by Napoli in south Wales.

Elsewhere, Fiorentina defeated Danish side Esbjerg 3-1 away, Sevilla drew 2-2 with NK Maribor in Slovenia, Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg upset Dutch giants Ajax 3-0 in Amsterdam as Valencia scored a 2-0 win at Dynamo Kiev.

The return legs of all 16 matches take place next Thursday, February 27. See below for all the scores from the Europa League Round of 32 first leg.

2013/14 UEFA Europa League scores - Round of 32 first leg

Anzhi Makhachkala (RUS): 0 Genk (BEL): 0 Saturn Stadium, Ramenskoye, Russia

Dnipro (UKR): 1 (Yevhen Konoplyanka (p) 81') Tottenham (ENG): 0 Dnipro Arena, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine

Juventus (ITA): 2 (Danis Osvaldo 15', Paul Pogba 90+4') Trabzonspor (TUR): 0 Juventus Stadium, Turin, Italy

Chornomorets Odessa (UKR): 0 Lyon (FRA): 0 Chornomorets Stadium, Odessa, Ukraine

Esbjerg (DEN): 1 (Martin Pusic 10') Fiorentina (ITA): 3 (Alessandro Matri 9', Josip Ilicic 15', Alberto Aquilani (p) 37') Blue Water Arena, Esbjerg, Denmark

Dynamo Kiev (UKR): 0 Valencia (SPN): 2 (Eduardo Vargas 79', Sofiane Feghouli 90+1') GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus

PAOK (GRE): 0 Benfica (POR): 1 (Lima 59') Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece

Slovan Liberec (CZE): 0 AZ Alkmaar (NED): 1 (Nick Viergever 89') Stadion u Nisy, Liberec, Czech Republic

Real Betis (SPN): 1 (Didac Vila 3') Rubin Kazan (RUS): 1 (Roman Eremenko (p) 74') Benito Vilamarin, Seville, Spain

Swansea City (WAL): 0 Napoli (ITA): 0 Liberty Stadium, Swansea, Wales

NK Maribor (SVN): 2 (Marcos Tavares 33', Dare Vrsic 81') Sevilla (SPN): 2 (Kevin Gameiro 47', Federico Fazio 72') Ljudski vrt, Maribor, Slovenia

Viktoria Plzen (CZE): 1 (Stanislav Tecl 62') Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR): 1 (Luiz Adriano 65') Doosan Arena, Plzen, Czech Republic

Lazio (ITA): 0 Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL): 1 (Roman Bejzak 45') Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy

Ajax (NED): 0 Red Bull Salzburg (AUT): 3 (Jonathan Soriano (p) 14'/35') Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Holland

Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR): 0 FC Basel (SUI): 0 Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel

FC Porto (POR): 2 (Ricardo Quaresma 45', Silvestre Varela 68') Eintracht Frankfurt (GER): 2 (Joselu 72', Alex Sandro (og) 77') Estadio do Dragao, Porto, Portugal

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