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Three seasons in Hamburg, 2.5 million for Nice 295,000 euros a month for a player who had stopped playing. That was the situation Nice were paying for, and it ended on Monday. Terem Moffi is no longer an OGC Nice player. The Nigerian striker passed his medical and signed a three-year deal with Hamburg, with…

Forty-five good minutes, worth nothing Venezia ran the first half. Chance after chance, a Basic goal chalked off, and a 0-0 scoreline at the interval that told you almost none of what had happened. Then the restart undid all of it. Lecce scored almost as soon as the second half began, Gorter first, Tiago Gabriel…

Six minutes in, and then a long wait Giacomo Raspadori scored inside six minutes. Atalanta spent the rest of the evening making a 2-1 win look like hard labour. Maurizio Sarri got his three points on debut all the same. Sassuolo pulled level early in the second half through Odenthal, and Nikola Krstovic put the…

A defender’s goal and not much else Gleison Bremer. One goal. That was the lot from Juventus at Frosinone. It was enough. 1-0, three points, opening day of Serie A done. Nobody in Turin is dressing this up as a night to remember. Juve had the chances and fluffed them, and then, in the 93rd…

Five goals, three scorers, no argument Elche never got a grip on their own ground. Raphinha tucked away a penalty in the 14th minute, Karim Adeyemi made it two in first-half stoppage time, and by the interval the thing was already settled. What followed was a procession. Raphinha got his second on 67 minutes. Fermin…

Rennes held on for an hour Roazhon Park believed. Sebastien Szymanski struck in the 9th minute, Esteban Lepaul made it 2-0 in the 38th, and the French champions went in at the break two goals down on the opening day of Ligue 1. Luis Enrique did not wait. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Ousmane Dembele were both…

Phillip Tietz scored four times as Mainz put nine past fifth-tier Krieschow in the German Cup. Nadiem Amiri added a free kick from 35 metres.

Union Berlin fell behind twice at Braunschweig and still won 4-2. Substitute Marin Ljubicic scored the goals that turned the German Cup tie.

Rot-Weiss Essen sent St. Pauli home from the German Cup with a 2-0 win at the Hafenstrasse. Martijn Kaars missed three clear chances before the break.