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Bournemouth defeat Sturm Graz three nil in first European home match

Bournemouth secured a 3-0 victory over Sturm Graz at the Vitality Stadium in their first European home match.

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Bournemouth secured a 3-0 victory against Sturm Graz at the Vitality Stadium in their first European home match, BBC Sport and Yahoo Sports both report. The win maintained manager Marco Rose's perfect start in the Europa League, according to Yahoo Sports. [1][2][3][8]

Evanilson opened the scoring for Bournemouth in the 43rd minute with a looping header from an Adam Smith cross, according to Yahoo Sports. Yahoo Sports also reports that Rayan and Álvaro Rodríguez added goals in the second half to complete the 3-0 win. [2][3]

BBC Sport reported that supporters displayed a giant tifo displaying the words 'Minus 17 to European dreams. AFC Bournemouth, established 1899' before kickoff. Yahoo Sports notes that Bournemouth began their 2008 League Two campaign on -17 points after entering administration. [1][2]

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In short

  • Bournemouth defeated Sturm Graz 3-0 at the Vitality Stadium in their first European home match.
  • Evanilson scored the opening goal in the 43rd minute with a header from an Adam Smith cross.
  • Rayan and Álvaro Rodríguez scored second-half goals to secure the 3-0 win.
  • The victory maintains manager Marco Rose's perfect record in the Europa League.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Minus 17 to European dreams as Bournemouth fairytale continuesBBC Sport Front Page, 2h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Minus 17 to European dreams as Bournemouth fairytale continuesYahoo Sports Top, 2h ago
  3. [3]Bournemouth ease past Graz to win first-ever European home matchYahoo Sports Top, 3h ago
  4. [4]Minus 17 to European dreams as Bournemouth fairytale continuesBBC, 2h ago
  5. [5]'Minus 17 to European dreams' - Bournemouth 'manifest moment' to emerge from depthsTNT Sports, 2h ago
  6. [6]Bournemouth park league woes to get the European party startedThe Times, 3h ago
  7. [7]Bournemouth ease past Sturm Graz to win first-ever European match on home soilHexham Courant, 4h ago
  8. [8]Marco Rose privileged to lead Bournemouth to victory in first home European tieLondon Now, 2h ago

Background

  1. [9]The Zone of Interest (film) on Wikipedia
  2. [10]Fairytale of New York on Wikipedia
  3. [11]Anita Harris on Wikipedia

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 11 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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