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Napoli Italian sides Inter, Fiorentina and Napoli all preserved 100 per cent starts to their UEFA Europa League campaigns on Thursday.

Claude Puel believes the strains of competing and home and abroad will benefit Southampton's youthful side in the long run.

Celtic Celtic missed out on a place in the UEFA Champions League play-off round as they fell to a 6-1 aggregate defeat against Legia Warsaw.

Park Joo-ho scored in injury time to give Borussia Dortmund a 2-1 win over Krasnodar that maintains their 100 per cent start to the season.

Stefano Pioli Stefano Pioli has stressed Lazio are not there just yet, despite holding the edge in their Europa League tie with Sparta Prague.

Eder Citadin Martins Eder's brace secured a morale-boosting victory for Inter, who had earlier relied on goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo to keep Sparta Prague out.

The third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League will see Shakhtar Donetsk take on Fenerbahce.

Costa Nhamoinesu Southampton's 1-0 loss at Sparta Prague in the Europa League on Thursday was a "bad result", manager Claude Puel accepted.

Saint-Étienne Supercopa de Espana winners Athletic Bilbao return to UEFA Europa League action in their play-off first leg clash with Zilina.

Cédric Bakambu Villarreal face Sparta Prague in the second leg of their Europa League quarter-final, but Cedric Bakambu insists it will be a team effort.