Roundup: Roma defeated by Ludogorets as West Ham hit back to beat FCSB

Roma’s Europa League campaign got off to a poor start in Bulgaria when José Mourinho’s side were beaten 2-1 by Ludogorets.

The Brazilian midfielder Cauly opened the scoring with 18 minutes left to play in Bulgaria. Eldor Shomurdorov equalised for the Serie A side four minutes from time only for Nonato, another Brazilian, to score the winner for the hosts two minutes later.

The result rounds off a worrying few days for Mourinho’s side, who won the Europa Conference League last season, after they were defeated 4-0 away by Udinese in their domestic league last Sunday.

In Group C’s other match, Real Betis claimed a 2-0 win at HJK Helsinki thanks to a double by the Brazilian Willian José.

In the Europa Conference League, West Ham came from behind to beat the Romanian team FCSB 3-1. Andrei Cordea gave the visitors the lead on 34 minutes before Jarrod Bowen equalised with a penalty on 69 minutes. Emerson Palmieri put West Ham ahead with 15 minutes left before Michail Antonio made the points safe. In the other Group B match, Anderlecht began with a 1-0 win against the Danish side Silkeborg.

The Europa Conference League game between Nice and Cologne was delayed after crowd trouble erupted in the stands at the Allianz Riviera.

Uefa said the match was “delayed due to crowd disturbance” after TV footage showed fans of the German team making their way towards home fans and throwing flares.

Police intervened but the players had not started warming up shortly before the scheduled 6.45pm local time kick-off.

The Cologne captain, Jonas Hector, addressed the crowd, saying: “We really want to play the game with you. We also want that game to take place. But we have to say that we do not like to see this.

“We worked damn hard last year and