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Calhanoglu strikes first, Monza hit back Six minutes. That is all Inter needed to get their title defence moving, Hakan Calhanoglu letting fly from distance and finding the top corner at San Siro on Saturday night. Monza did not fold. The newly promoted side kept pushing, carved out chances and levelled in the 29th minute…

A mirror-image contest in Udine Udinese and Como played out a 1-1 draw on Saturday night at the BluEnergy Stadium on the opening day of Serie A. Kamara put the Friulians ahead in the 29th minute. Douvikas levelled things up in the 54th. The game followed a pretty familiar pattern. Udinese started better, took their…

A half to get going A goal up at the break against amateur opposition. Werder Bremen took their time. The Green and Whites eventually won 3-0 away to Lüneburger SK Hansa on Saturday afternoon in the first round of the German Cup. It was still 1-0 at half-time. They had to wait until the hour…

The tie was done by half-time Hannover 96 wasted no time. The professional side won 9-1 away at SV Hemelingen on Saturday in the first round of the German Cup. The result was beyond doubt before the break. Lars Gindorf scored three times. A hat-trick in a match where the visitors were banging them in…

Ninety-two minutes and it all had to be done again Two minutes were left on the clock. Hertha Berlin were ahead. Saarbrucken had shown next to nothing for an hour and a half. Fahrner levelled it. The Ludwigsparkstadion erupted and the German Cup first round turned into a long, miserable night for the men from…

One half to get going It rained in Wiesbaden on Saturday afternoon, and for 42 minutes it also rained on Bayer Leverkusen’s confidence. The Bundesliga side eventually won 4-0 away at SV Wehen Wiesbaden in their German Cup opener, but the final score tells only part of the story. Wiesbaden sat deep, stayed compact and…

Thauvin gets the party started from the spot 12th minute, penalty spot, Florian Thauvin. Lens did not wait around to kick off its season. Racing won 4-2 against Auxerre on Saturday at Bollaert-Delelis, on the opening weekend of the 2026-2027 Ligue 1 campaign. At the break, though, it was still tight. 1-0. Auxerre were hanging…

San Jose have not won in five straight league games The San Jose Earthquakes host Minnesota United on Saturday. Two teams in the doldrums. San Jose are without a win in five league matches (0-4-1). Across their last 10 games, that record drops to 1-6-3. The contrast with their early-season burst is stark: the Quakes…

No big chances, one goal anyway For 87 minutes, neither side carved out anything close to a real chance. Nothing for Nottingham Forest, nothing for Leeds United. The City Ground was starting to get restless. Then Anton Stach popped up. 88th minute. 0-1. The German midfielder gave Leeds all three points in their Premier League…