Ange's bold youth movement bet pays off in Europe as 'outstanding' 17-year-old stars in Budapest

Ange Postecoglou's bold punt on youth paid dividends in the Europa League on Friday (AEST) as Tottenham Hotspur beat Ferencvaros 2-1 in Budapest.

The Australian manager made seven changes to the team that beat Manchester United 3-0 at Old Trafford in the Premier League on Monday (AEST).

Four teenagers started for Spurs, with the 19-year-old Will Lankshear making his senior debut and 17-year-old teammate Mikey Moore making his first start in an intimidating atmosphere.

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Spurs are now two from two in Europe, having beaten Qarabag 3-0 in their opener last month.

"We made quite a number of changes to the team, including bringing the young boys in but I thought they handled it really well," Postecoglou told reporters.

"We defended well, played some good football, created some good chances, maybe could have had a couple more and most importantly won an away European tie which is a credit to the lads."

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Pape Sarr gave Tottenham the lead midway through the first half when he reacted quickly to a loose ball in the area and slotted it into the net with a right footed shot for his second goal in two games in the second-tier European competition.

Brennan Johnson came on as substitute in the second half and scored the second four minutes from time with a left footed strike off the far post.

It was the fifth goal in five games in all competitions for the Wales international.

Parnabas Varga pulled one back for Ferencvaros in the final minute.

Postecoglou in particular sung the praises of winger Moore, a highly rated England age-group international.

"He was outstanding. For a 17-year-old to play 90 minutes in a European away tie, he handled it superbly," he said.

"I knew he would. It'll help his growth. I didn't feel like I needed to take him off, he still looked strong at the end and was still contributing."

Lazio also made it two wins out of two by routing Nice 4-1 at home.

In torrential rain at Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Taty Castellano scored twice for Lazio, first making it 2-0 in the first half by lobbing the ball over goalkeeper Marcin Bulka in a one-on-one situation and then makin it 3-1 in the second half with a shot into the roof of the net.

Lazio captain Mattia Zaccagni finished off the win from the penalty spot.

Substitute Tomas Chory headed in a second half equaliser for Slavia to hold Ajax to a 1-1 draw in Prague.

Ajax went ahead after Branco van den Boomen sent Slavia goalkeeper the wrong way from the spot in the 18th minute.

The visitors were reduced to 10 men in the 75th minute after defender Youri Baas received his second yellow card.

Anderlecht came from a goal down to beat Real Sociedad 2-1 away, with Theo Leoni scoring the winner late in the first half.

Ayoub El Kaabi scored two and Santiago Hezze added another one for last year's Conference League winner Olympiacos to beat visiting Braga 3-0.

Hoffenheim, which is struggling in the Bundesliga, recorded a 2-0 win over Dynamo Kyiv.

Conference League

The third-tier UEFA Conference League saw a couple of high scoring games as Cercle Brugge routed St Gallen 6-2 after a hat trick from Kevin Denkey, and Omonoia beat Vikingur Reykjavík 4-0 at home in Cyprus.

Legia Warsaw edged Real Betis 1-0.

Scottish side Hearts traveled a long way to Sumgayit, Azerbaijan, to take home a 2-1 victory over Belarusian champion Dinamo Minsk.

UEFA banned Russian clubs from all its events over the country's invasion of Ukraine but has allowed Belarusian teams to keep playing despite the country's support of Russia, as long as the games are hosted outside of Belarus without a crowd.