Berlin (DPA)
Norwegian international sniper Erling Haaland continued his amazing start with his new team, Manchester City, and led him to a 4-0 victory at the Spanish stadium of Seville, in the first round of the Group G matches of the Champions League.
The German Borussia Dortmund also started his career in the new version of the tournament in a wonderful way, and beat its Danish guest Copenhagen 3-0.
And at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium, Haaland scored two goals once morest Sevilla, following scoring ten goals in six matches in the English Premier League, in the best possible start with Manchester City following coming from the ranks of Borussia Dortmund this summer.
Halland opened the scoring in the 20th minute, following receiving a pass from Kevin De Bruyne and meeting it with a neat shot into the Spanish net.
Philip Foden added the second goal for City in the 58th minute, following a pass from Joao Cancelo inside the penalty area, which Foden handled well, as he managed to deceive the Spanish defense and hit a crawling ball into the left corner of the Sevilla goal.
The referee canceled a goal scored by Ilkay Gundogan for City in the 64th minute due to an offside by Philip Foden.
Haaland returned and scored his second and third goal for Manchester City in the 68th minute, following a follow-up to Philip Foden’s shot from inside the penalty area, which goalkeeper Yassin Bono kept away from the Norwegian sniper easily from six yards away into the empty goal.
Robin Diaz concluded City’s goals in added time for the match, following a pass from Joao Cancelo, Diaz met with a shot from inside the penalty area into the net.
City and Dortmund shared the top spot in Group G with three points each, but City are ahead on goal difference.
At the Signal Iduna Park, the first half ended with Dortmund leading with two goals, as captain Marco Reus opened the scoring in the 35th minute, and seven minutes later the Portuguese Rafael Guerreiro added the second goal.
In the second half, young Englishman Jude Bellingham confirmed Dortmund’s victory by scoring the third goal seven minutes before the end.
Dortmund had more public support than usual in the European championships, due to the application of the experience of fans standing behind the goal.
Rios and Anthony Modeste missed the opportunity to open the scoring early for Dortmund, in the presence of Ivorian striker Sebastian Haller on the field, as he continued to recover from testicular cancer.
Copenhagen rarely managed to threaten Dortmund goalkeeper Alexander Mayer, who replaced the injured main goalkeeper Gregor Kopel.
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Neymar is the first victim of recycling – Al-Ittihad newspaper
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Paris (DB-States Perform)
Paris Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier stressed that it should not be overstated that the Brazilian Neymar did not participate from the beginning during the 3-0 victory over Nantes in the French League.
Neymar offers outstanding levels this season, scoring seven goals in five matches, before the confrontation once morest Nantes.
Neymar participated at the expense of Kylian Mbappe in the second half of the Nantes match, where his team Saint-Germain scored 24 goals in the first six rounds of the season.
Thus, Saint-Germain equaled the record for the number of goals scored during the first five rounds of the season in the five major European leagues, which was registered in the name of Bayern Munich, when he scored 24 goals in the first six games of the 2020-2021 season / as well as Manchester City, who scored the same outcome One of the goals in the first six rounds of the 2019/2020 season of the English Premier League.
Galtier refused to talk regarding excluding Neymar, stressing that his sitting on the bench is part of the team’s regular rotation policy.
“This is said to be a new thing, but it is a commitment in terms of everyone’s busy schedule,” Galtier told Canal Plus.
He added: We play a lot, every three days, every four days, everyone understands that it is not possible to participate in all the minutes of the matches.
“I spoke regarding it twice, the first time with every player, and the second time with the whole group, to tell them that it’s good that things are going like this, that they have to be in the right position, that they can be involved with their teammates,” he said.
PSG to Manchester City to give Neymar; No English Club PSG offered Neymar to Manchester City… but they rejected him
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Paris: The summer transfer window has closed. However, the nest change stories do not end there. One of them is the news that Paris Saint-Germain tried to sell their Brazilian superstar Neymar.
The Spanish newspaper ‘Marca’ reported that disagreements with Kylian Mbappe and problems in the dressing room prompted PSG to sell the player. It is revealed that the main reason behind Neymar’s willingness to transfer despite being in good form in the new season is his discomfort with Mbappe.
PSG’s calculation was that Manchester City would be interested in buying Neymar. However, the report says that City’s response was that they did not want the player. City had brought Erling Haaland to the team before PSG made an offer to give Neymar. This is also why Manchester City took the position of not wanting the Brazilian star. Neymar stayed at PSG because City rejected that offer.
He comes, SEES and hits.
Record start for ex-BVB striker Erling Haaland (22) in England! Two blitz hat-tricks once morest Crystal Palace (in 19 minutes) and Nottingham (in 26 minutes), nine goals in total in the first five Premier League games – no one has managed that before the new Man City striker.
But what is his hat-trick secret? Read with BILDplus which magic word now decodes the goalscorer!