Salah captains Trabzonspor with goal and assist in Conference League opener

Mohamed Salah, captaining Trabzonspor for the first time, provided an assist and scored in Thursday's Europa Conference League opener against KuPS.

• Salah set up striker Paul Onuachu for the opening goal in the third minute on an artificial turf pitch in Tampere.
• Salah doubled the lead with his own goal in the 44th minute, his second contribution of the match.
• Salah wore the captain's armband for the first time for Trabzonspor after captain Stefan Savic was injured, the Turkish daily Aganospor reported.
• Onuachu left the match in the first half with an injury and was replaced by Djo Frankoleno.
• Salah's strike was his first in the UEFA Conference League, scored on his debut in the competition.
• Francolino Djego added a third goal early in the second half to extend Trabzonspor's lead.
• KuPS pulled one back through Petri Pennanen, and the goalkeeper saved a penalty to preserve a 3-1 lead.
• Trabzonspor sealed a 4-2 victory over KuPS in stoppage time, with Francolino Dego scoring twice.
• KuPS forward Gustaf Engvall pulled a goal back for the Finnish side late in the match.
• Starting Salah on artificial turf reopened debate over the Egyptian federation's decision to rest him from the South Sudan match citing the same surface.
• Salah became the third player, after Mario Götze and Cody Gakpo, to score and assist in all three major European competitions, per Opta.
• Salah earned a Sofascore rating of 9.1 as the match's best player before being substituted in the 55th minute.