In the first round of the German Football Cup, Leverkusen forward Adam Hložek contributed two goals and an assist to a big 8-0 win over Teutonia Ottensen, a participant in the fourth highest competition. Leipzig beat Bayern 3-0 in the German Supercup, which was not helped by the record signing of Harry Kane. London’s Arsenal started the new season of the English Premier League with a narrow 2-1 win over Nottingham.
The Czech representative Hložek started in the German Cup match in the 70th minute in a Bayer jersey.
After five minutes on the pitch, he made his mark for the first time, and in the next six minutes he passed the goal to the new reinforcement from Mönchengladbach, Hofmann.
In the 90th minute, Hložek added a second goal.
He imitated Friday’s performance of another former Spartan, Tomáš Čvančara, who, during his competitive debut in the Mönchengladbach jersey, also contributed two hits to a 7-0 victory at Bersenbrück from the fifth highest league.
Another Leverkusen striker, Patrik Schick, is out until October after an adductor operation.
Olmo clearly overshadowed Kane
Leipzig football players won the German Supercup for the first time. The domestic cup winners beat the reigning 11-time Bundesliga champions 3-0 in emphatic fashion thanks to a hat-trick from Spanish midfielder Dani Olmo.
English striker Harry Kane, who completed the expected transfer from Tottenham today, started for Bayern from the 63rd minute, with the score 0:2, but did not help the defenders to turn the game around. Leipzig avenged last year’s defeat to the opponent in the fight for the first trophy of the season 3:5.
Olmo, who scored five competitive goals in Leipzig last season, started his cannonade in the 3rd minute. After a free kick, he ran onto the rebound and opened the scoring.
Just before the break, he curled around two Bayern defenders to make it 2-0. In the 68th minute, he sealed Leipzig’s win from a penalty awarded for Mazráví’s hand.
Bayern found a Super Cup winner after three years and did not extend their record collection of ten triumphs. After two victories in the German Cup, Leipzig won the third trophy in the club’s history.
The turnstiles were angry at the Emirates
London Arsenal beat Nottingham 2:1 at home in the 1st round of the English league thanks to goals from Nketiah and Saka.
Kick-off was delayed by 30 minutes due to problems with the turnstiles at the Emirates Stadium. As all nearly 60,000 fans took their seats, they witnessed the dominance of the home team, which culminated in Nketiah’s goal in the 26th minute.
Six minutes later he hit a beautiful volley at Saka’s back post. He beat the goalkeeper Turner, who transferred to Nottingham three days ago from Arsenal.
The home team was the better team in the second half as well, but they did not add another goal. West Ham’s £100m signing Rice hits the post. Seven minutes before the end, the guests made a spectacular break and Awoniyi made it 2:1.
All three summer acquisitions made their league debuts in Arsenal’s lineup – Rice, Havertz and Timber, who substituted in the 50th minute due to injury.
West Ham, in a lineup with Czech representatives Tomáš Souček and Vladimír Coufal, drew 1:1 in Bournemouth.
He took the lead in the 51st minute when Bowen used Souček’s pass. The visitors hit the goal structure twice more – first by Souček in the first half and the second time by Paquetá at the end of the match.
Solanke took care of the equalizer in the 83rd minute. New Bournemouth coach Andoni Iraola scored in his first Premier League game as a result.
Justin Kluivert played for the home side from the 60th minute, becoming only the second footballer to start in six major European competitions. The Dutch striker previously played for Ajax, AS Roma, Leipzig, Nice and Valencia. The first player was the Dane Christian Poulsen (Schalke, Sevilla, Juventus, Liverpool, Évian, Ajax).
Newcastle outclassed Aston Villa 5:1 at home. Tonali, who moved to Newcastle from AC Milan in the summer, opened the scoring in the 6th minute. However, the home team’s lead lasted only five minutes, summer signing from Leverkusen Diaby scored for Aston Villa. Isak rounded off the active first quarter of an hour with his goal. The same player made it 3:1 shortly after the break, the other two goals were taken care of by alternating Wilson and Barnes.
Newcomer Luton, who appeared in the top flight after 31 years, lost 1-4 in Brighton. Fulham won 1-0 at Everton with a De Cordovy-Reid strike. Crystal Palace won 1-0 at Sheffield United Stadium after Edouard’s goal.
English Football League – Round 1:
Arsenal – Nottingham 2:1 (26. Nketiah, 32. Saka – 83. Awoniyi), Bournemouth – West Ham United 1:1 (83. Solanke – 51. Bowen), Brighton – Luton 4:1 (36. March, 71. Joao Pedro z pen., 85. Adingra, 90.+5 Ferguson – 79. Morris z pen.), Everton – Fulham 0:1 (73. The Cordova-Reid), Sheffield United – Crystal Palace 0:1 (50. Edouard), Newcastle – Aston Villa 5:1 (16. a 58. Isaac, 6. Tony, 77. Wilson, 90.+1 Barnes – 11. Diaby).
Without Neymar and Mbappé, PSG didn’t even score a goal
Paris Saint Germain football players drew 0:0 with Lorient at home in the first round of the French league. Star forwards Kylian Mbappé and Neymar were missing from the team defending the trophy, but six summer signings – Milan Škriniar, Lucas Hernández, Manuel Ugarte, Marco Asensio, Goncalo Ramos and I Kang-in – made their debuts in the starting line-up.
The duo of star strikers Mbappé and Neymar did not even feature in the nomination for the match. In the case of both footballers, there is speculation about an imminent departure from the club.
In mid-June, the 24-year-old Mbappé refused to extend his contract for a year and was dropped from the squad. The French world champion has not trained with the team since then and did not take part in the preparatory tour in Japan and Korea. Reportedly, he should head to Real Madrid.
Thirty-one-year-old Neymar is officially absent due to illness, but according to AFP, he is not in the nomination due to his imminent departure from the club. There is speculation about the Brazilian’s possible return to Barcelona, from where he came to Paris in 2017 for a record 222 million euros (5.8 billion crowns).
Marco Verratti was also absent from the nomination for the match with Lorient. The future of the 30-year-old Italian midfielder at PSG is also uncertain. The summer transfer window ends on September 1.
In the early evening match, Marseille beat Reims 2:1 at home after goals from Únahí and Vitinha, Ito making a breakthrough for the visitors.
French Football League – Round 1:
Marseille – Remeš 2:1 (23. Únahí, 73. Vitinha – 10. Ito), Paris St. Germain – Lorient 0:0.
Ronaldo won the first trophy
Portuguese gunner Cristiano Ronaldo won his first trophy in the Al-Nasru jersey, where he arrived this winter.
The 38-year-old footballer scored two goals in the final of the Arab Club Champions Cup, in which the Riyadh team defeated another Saudi Arabian team, al-Hilal, 2-1 after extra time.
Ronaldo equalized at 1:1 in the 74th minute shortly after his teammate Amrí was sent off and scored the winning goal in the 98th minute. He scored six goals in six games in the competition and was its top scorer. Clubs from Qatar, UAE, Iraq, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria also started in the cup.
Last season, Ronaldo tried in vain to succeed with al-Nasr. His team finished second in the league and was eliminated in the semi-finals in both the cup and the super cup.
2023-08-12 19:59:35
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