During the first five matchdays of the Premier League season, three of the league’s four major African superstars – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane – had reaffirmed their qualities; this past weekend, it was the turn of the fourth - Riyad Mahrez - to step into the spotlight.
Mahrez has been the quietest of the division’s quartet of continental megastars this season, despite entering the campaign on the back of a quadruple with Manchester City and the African Cup…
Supporters could watch live in-game stats at Wolfsburg-Hoffenheim.
WOLFSBURG, Germany — The Bundesliga became the first professional league to showcase new 5G technology which allows fans to track individual player statistics during Wolfsburg’s clash with Hoffenheim on Monday.
The new technology will allow supporters in stadiums across Germany the ability to see live data including passing stats, pace, distance covered and shots taken, and also see past information.
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BERLIN, Sept 23 (Reuters) – VfL Wolfsburg missed their chance to stay in the top spots, drawing 1-1 with visitors Hoffenheim on Monday to drop to eighth place in the Bundesliga.Admir Mehmedi’s powerful shot from a tight angle beat keeper Oliver Baumann in the 36th minute, cancelling out Sebastian Rudy’s sixth minute lead for Hoffenheim.But after the break there was little punching power from the Wolves, who have now drawn their last three league games, and Hoffenheim almost snatched with a quick…
Marco Reus was frustrated following criticism of Borussia Dortmund’s mentality.
Marco Reus blasted criticism of Borussia Dortmund players’ mentality as a “pain in the ass” after Eintracht Frankfurt scored an 88th-minute goal to snatch a 2-2 draw on Sunday.
Last season, Dortmund had led the table for much of the campaign before a poor run of form in the opening months of 2019 saw them eventually miss out to Bayern Munich on the final day of the campaign.
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Sept 22 (Reuters) – Borussia Dortmund’s Michael Delaney turned a Daichi Kamada shot into his own net in the 88th minute to hand hosts Eintracht Frankfurt an unexpected 2-2 draw on Sunday as his team dropped to third place in the Bundesliga.Dortmund, fresh from their midweek 0-0 draw at home to Barcelona in the Champions League group stage, had twice taken the lead — through Axel Witsel in the 11th minute and Jadon Sancho in the 66th.But Eintracht first came back with a 45th minute Andre Silva goal…
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Bundesliga top scorer Robert Lewandowski scored twice to equal a 51-year-old record and Philippe Coutinho also scored as champions Bayern Munich demolished Cologne 4-0 on Saturday to climb to the top of the table.
Poland striker Lewandowski grabbed the first two goals and after Cologne’s Kingsley Ehizibue was sent off, Coutinho converted a penalty to make it 3-0 and Ivan Perisic completed the rout with a low shot.
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Borussia Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc has backed defender Mats Hummels to be recalled for the Germany national side.
Hummels, along with former Bayern Munich teammates Thomas Muller and Jerome Boateng was told by national manager Joachim Low in March that he would no longer be available for selection as he wanted to give the team a “new face” after their World Cup group stage exit.
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Barcelona wonderkid Ansu Fati is the name on everyone’s lips after the 16-year-old continued to write history in La Liga this weekend, following a start to the season that no one saw coming.
The Bissau-born youngster has already broken records this season after stepping into an unexpectedly prominent role at Barca.
He became the club’s second youngest debutant when he took to the field against Real Betis at 16 years, 298 days, and then became Barcelona’s youngest ever scorer when he came off the…