The Fai Cup final this season will take place between Shamrock Rovers and Cork City, which will be held in Dublin on November 9. Cork is at the bottom of the Irish Premier Division, but achieved a surprising 3-0 win against St. Patrick’s Athletic, thanks to two late goals from Evan McLaughlin. The competition was preceded by a fan protest about the majority of the club in a raw Turner’s Cross Stadium. In the meantime, champions-elect Shamrock Rovers hit the second row of Kerry with 6-1, a team that the Premier Division Sligo had defeated in the quarterfinals. Shamrock is on a goal to complete the double this season, they are 11 points clearly at the top of the competition with five more games, so they are champions in all except name.
The League: Sevilla Shock Fragile Barca
Barcelona suffered their worst defeat against Sevilla since 1951 because their defensive shortcomings were exposed by an exuberant home team. Sevilla took place through former Barca and Arsenal-wing player Alexis Sánchez, but Marcus Rashford was leveled just after the break. Seville was the lead and Barca got the chance to recover parity when they got a penalty, but Robert Lewandowski hit his poor spot kick wide. Sevilla then took control and scored twice in extra time to achieve a 4-1 victory and send Barca to their first competition defeat of the season. The local rivals of Sevilla, Real Betis, won 2-1 in Barcelona in Espanyol, while Real Madrid was 3-1 winners against 10-man Villareal with Vinícius Júnior scored twice and Kylian Mbappé also thought the net. Elche’s undefeated record came to an end with a 3-1 defeat in Alavés. Atlético Madrid had to settle for a 1-1 draw at Celta Vigo after Clément Lengelet had sent in the first half.
Bundesliga: Goal-Crazy Hamburg
After scoring only two goals in their first five games, Hamburg hit four former struggling Mainz in a very wet Volksparkstadion. Two goals came from Rayan Philippe, HSV’s signing of Eintracht Braunschweig in the summer. It was a very one -sided game and the victory lifted HSV to the upper half of the table. Bayern Munich won 3-0 in Frankfurt with Luis Díaz who scored twice and to say Harry Kane-impe nodally-also on the score sheet. Dortmund lost a small site on Bayern with a 1-1 draw at home at RB Leipzig, they travel to the leaders on October 18.
Scotland: no surprise, Martin fired by Rangers
Hearts stay at the top of the Scottish premiership after beating Edinburgh-Rivals Hibernian 1-0 in Tynecastle. The winning goal came from defender Craig Halkett in extra time after Martin Boyle van Hibs had excluded a goal and also hit the woodwork. Celtic Reduced Hearts’ five-point lead at the top up to two with a 3-2 victory against Motherwell. Rangers were held 1-1 in Falkirk and since the game, their coach, Russell Martin has been fired by the club after only 17 games. He received a police escort from the Falkirk stage after fans tried to prevent the team coach from leaving. Rangers have won one of their seven league matches and have lost their two Europa League matches.
Premier League: Arsenal Go Top as Liverpool loses at Chelsea
The experts begin to see Arsenal as this season’s Premier League champions after their 2-0 win against West Ham at the Emirates. The objectives of the Gunners came from Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka. After their third defeat, Liverpool lost the top position in eight days, their 2-1 loss came to Stamford Bridge after he was defeated by Crystal Palace and Galatasaray. In the meantime, Palace slipped a lead of one goal in Everton and was beaten 2-1, their first reverse of the season. Jack Grealisk scored the vital goal for the toffees. Manchester City won 1-0 in Brentford and Tottenham were 2-1 winners at Leeds United. Manchester United won 2-0 against Sunderland with goals from Mason Mount and Benjamin Šeško. The new manager of Nottingham Forest, Ange Postecoglou, was again under fire when his team was beaten 2-0 by Newcastle United.
Serie A: Roma keeps the pressure on
Rasmus Højlund has served a 75one Minute winner for champions Napoli against Genoa to keep his side on top of the Serie A table. Geona had taken the lead in the first half, but Napoli leveled through the header of Frank Anguisissa 12 minutes in the second period. Højlund took his fourth goal since he came to the Antonio Conte team, bounced on a rebound after Nicola Leali had saved an attempt from Anguisissa. Roma is at the top at points with Napoli and remained their challenge with a 2-1 win in Florence. Moise Kean gave the home team the lead, but two goals for peace by Matías Soulé and Bryan Christante gave Roma the points. Inter Milan was comfortable with 4-1 winners against Como, while Juventus and Milan pulled 0-0. Christian Pulisic missed a punishment for Milan.
Ligue 1: Strasbourg on song
Paris Saint-Germain can have a fierce competition this season in the form of Strasbourg and Olympique Marseille. While PSG 1-1 signed in Lille, where the brother of Kylian Mbappé Ethan scored for the home team, Strasbourg Angers strived 5-0 in the Stade de la Meinau with Joaquín Panichelli and Martial Godo scored two each. Marseille won 3-0 at Metz with all three goals scored in the second half. The match was interrupted by some problems after Marseille’s third goal. Coach Roberto de Zerbi confronted Metz fans after objects had been thrown at the road team and their fans. The home conditions was angry by a group of fans who celebrated in the home section. Paris FC continued their adaptation to life in Ligue 1 with a 2-0 win over Lorient, where Ilan Kebbal scored his fourth goal in seven games.
And elsewhere …
- Ajax comes back from 3-1 to earn a point at Sparta Rotterdam; PSV won 4-0 in Zwolle, while Feyenoord defeated Utrecht with the strange goal in five
- Porto and Benfica pulled 0-0 in O Classico
- In the Zurich Derby, Grasshoppers defeated FC Zurich 3-0; Lausanne hit young boys 5-0 with Theo Bair who scored a hat trick
- Sparta and Slavia Prague traveled 1-1 in the Czech first competition.
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