The English championship started with a much Fanie Birmingham City that was held to a 1-1 draw against Ipswich Town, who scored an extra time penalty after he was dominated for a large part of the game. Wrexham, the other promoted side, led to 90 in Southamptonone Minute but lost 2-1. These two high -profile parties may realize that the championship may be a lot harder than League One!
The Netherlands: PSV open in style
Some PSV fans could have forgiven themselves because they were wondering where their goals came this season after an exodus from the club attackers in the summer. PSV has delivered around € 80 million by selling players, including Noa Lang, Johan Bakayako and Malik Tillman, as well as the free transfer from Luuk de Jong. However, they do not have to make themselves too much for PSV won 6-1 against Sparta Rotterdam when they started their title defense. It took only three minutes for the champions to open their account. The biggest crowd of the weekend was in Ajax (54,665), who defeated Telstar 2-0 with Wout Weghorst who scored both goals. Feyenoord also attracted a large presence (47,500) while defeating NAC Breda. Utrecht underlined that last season’s performance was no coincidence, because they won 4-0 against Heracles. NEC Nijmegen was also targeted and defeated Excelsior 5-0 with Koki Ogawa nets twice. Irish Troy Parrott scored twice for AZ Alkmaar as they defeated Groningen.
Top spranks
Rajmund Molnár continued his good start of the season with a hat trick for MTK Budapest while defeating Diósgyor 5-0 in the Stadkuti Nándor Stadium. Mólnar (22), scored two penalties in his Treble, which was completed in the first half in an enchantment of 35 minutes. Tonni Adamsen from Silkeborg continued his goals core form of last season (15 goals) with an 80-minute hat trick against Nordsjaelland when his side won 4-3, their first victory of the Danish Superliga season. The 21-year-old Scottish striker of Linfield, Kieran Offord, scored three in a 23-minute period while they opened their season with a 3-0 win against Dungannon.
Bundesliga 2: Hertha still without a victory
The German second layer continues to attract large crowds with nearly 60,000 looking Hertha Berlin 0-0 with Karlsruher. Hertha made his debut at the 16-year-old Kennet Eichhorn in the 68one Minute, which makes him the youngest player who appears in Bundesliga 2. Arminia Bielefeld, promoted from Liga 3 last season, at the top of the table after beating Holstein Kiel 2-0 away from home, with Darmstadt, Hanover and Braunschweig all on maximum points behind them. Schalke was beaten 1-0 by Kaiserslautern in a game determined by a Marlon Ritter penalty. In the All-Eastern collision between Dynamo Dresden and Magdeburg, the last one came out of the stamp with a 2-1 victory.
Austria: Champions beaten
Sturm Graz, Austrian champions for the past two seasons, were hit 2-1 by Rapid Wien in the Merkur Arena. Sturm went through its own goal, but two goals halfway through the second half the locals silent while Rapid kept their 100% record. Rapid’s Vienna Rivals, Austria Wien were beaten 2-0 by Wolfsberger at home and are still looking for their first victory. The violets look particularly vulnerable in the defense, but at least new signature Lee Tae-seok, Van Pong Steelers, is impressed by his two games this season. RB Salzburg, second last season, defeated 10-man Grazer 5-0, where Yorbe Vertessen scored twice.
Scotland: Rusty Rangers
Rangers are still waiting for their first competition gain under Russell Martin after they were kept at home by Dundee 1-1. Rangers were still lagging behind a Ryan Astley goal when the game came in extra time, but they got a penalty after Djidi Gassama was polluted in the area. Replacement James Tavernier scored from the penalty place to save the bloost of Rangers. They had played for half an hour with 10 men after the red card from Nasser Djiga. In the meantime, Celtic was not at their best in Aberdeen, but came away from Pittodrie with a 2-0 win to keep their 100% record. Harten also won their two games and beat Dundee United with 3-2 thanks to an added time penalty. Colleague Edinburgh Side Hibernian stood 2-0 against Kilmarnock, but had to settle for a draw.
And elsewhere …
- Swiss champions Basel were beaten 3-1 in Lugano, while St. Gallen made five after Winterthur
- Partizan Belgrade won 7-2 away in Napredak, Buren Red Star Schraapped 1-0 home against TSC
- Portuguese Champions Sporting started their campaign with a 2-0 win in Casa Pia.
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