Lukaku stays hot in Europa League to earn Roma a draw

AFP, Paris :
Romelu Lukaku shouldered in the equaliser to earn Roma a 1-1 draw away to Feyenoord in the first leg of their Europa League playoff on Thursday.

Elsewhere, a pair of Argentine veterans struck late to give their teams victories.

Mauro Icardi fired home a shot from the edge of the penalty area in added time to earn Galatasaray a 3-2 home win over Sparta Prague after the Czechs had twice fought back from a goal down.

In Lisbon, Angel di Maria, converted his second penalty of the game seven minutes into added time to give Benfica a 2-1 victory over Toulouse.

The Norwegian club seemed poised to add to their growing list of famous scalps when Albert Groenbaek scored his second of the game after 64 minutes.

In the 90th minute, Odin Bjoertuft fouled Brian Brobbey in the box, was sent off and conceded a penalty.

Branco van den Boomen smashed home the spot kick.