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Football: Salzburg prestige victory against Liverpool

The Slovene, who is said to have been courted by Manchester United, fueled up in the centre, got the ball back from the Swiss and completed the ball dryly into the right corner. Before that, the new striker Fernando missed a very good chance. However, newcomer Darwin Nunez also hit the crossbar in Salzburg’s case. Liverpool coach Jürgen Klopp brought his stars after an hour, the “Reds” pressed vehemently for the equalizer, in the end Salzburg celebrated – even if only in a test match – the first win in the fourth comparison.

As is well known, Salzburg and Liverpool did not see each other for the first time. In the group phase of the 2019/20 Champions League, the team then coached by Jesse Marsch lost 3:4 and 0:2 respectively, the following summer there was a 2:2 in a friendly atmosphere in Wals-Siezenheim. “The good contact with Liverpool FC has always been maintained after the games in the Champions League and the test match in 2020,” said Salzburg’s managing director Stephan Reiter.

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Allegedly courted by top clubs like Manchester United, Benjamin Sesko was self-promoting

Sesko could have scored earlier. The striker shot over it from a good position (12th) and failed at Liverpool goalkeeper Adrian (26th). As a result of this action, Fernando blundered the margin from six meters next to the abandoned housing. The successor to Sadio Mane, who moved to Bayern Munich, twice came close to opening the scoring for the English side. The center forward from Uruguay hit the top of the bar (25′) and his shot was just blocked (29′).

Sesko scores after a nice attack

As a result, it was left to the hosts to submit. After a wonderful interaction with Okafor over several stations, Sesko completed the goal from twelve meters straight into the corner. Luka Sucic (33rd) and Fernando (34th) failed to follow up in front of euphoric fans.

Goal shot by Benjamin Sesko (RBS)

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Sesko scored the goal of the day against Liverpool

After the change of sides, the pressure from Liverpool, who started with Naby Keita from Salzburg, increased – especially after bringing in most of the nominal starting line-up, including Mohamed Salah, after an hour. Goalie Nico Mantl showed all his skills when Luis Diaz (63′) and Roberto Firmino (85′) scored. The final offensive by the English, in which the equalizer was literally in the air, went unrewarded. Both teams gave each other nothing over 90 minutes, there were hard duels to see several times.

Salzburg takes self-confidence with it

Salzburg takes a lot of self-confidence with them, also for the Champions League, which starts in about a month and a half. As in 2020 and 2021, Liverpool moved into their training quarters in Saalfelden for a week. The first task of the new season awaits on Sunday with the Community Shield match against champions Manchester City. Salzburg already have their third competitive game ahead of them on Saturday with the hit at Sturm Graz after the start of the cup and the league against Austria Vienna went well. “It was an excellent game. We set out to win, and we managed to do that, with a bit of luck in the end,” summarized Okafor.

WAC goes down against Milan

There was no sense of achievement for the WAC. The Carinthians really got under the wheels in the 0:5 against AC Milan in the Wörthersee Stadium. Rafael Lead (39′), Ante Rebic (42′), Junior Messias (57′), Yacine Adli (60′) and Matteo Gabbia (66′) ensured clear conditions.

Football Test Matches:

Wednesday:

Red Bull Salzburg – Liverpool 1:0 (1:0)

Wals-Siezenheim, 29,520 (sold out) Goal: Sesko (31st)

WAC – AC Milan 0:5 (0:2)

Klagenfurt, Goals: Lead (39′), Rebic (42′), Messiah (57′), Adli (60′), Gabbia (66′)

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