Main events
PURPOSE! Thun 2-0 Hearts (Labeau, 34 minutes)
A goal and an assist for the Hearts defenders! It’s a thunderous counter-attack from the Swiss that ends with a low cross from the right and an attempted clearance that rolls the ball to Brighton Labeau only eight yards out and hits it into the net!
Sparta is down to 10 people!
After a few minutes, their number drops to 10! It was a ridiculous challenge by Tobias Goodall, not even remotely violent, far too deliberate and completely off the ball, which inevitably earns him a second yellow card!
PURPOSE! Sparta Prague 1:0 Bournemouth (Singhateh, 35 minutes)
Yakub Surovcik, “Sparta” goalkeeper Bournemouth take the corner and take it to Ebrima Singateh and he does the rest! It’s a great run, but when he was three against one on the edge of the Bournemouth defence, his chances of scoring didn’t look great. But somehow he beat them all, escaped and finished beautifully!
And I played more under the Hearts own goal. McCarth was about 14 meters out and gave a little push from behind from the forward he was racing, but then his feet got tangled and he lost his balance and swatted the ball into the corner!
Lewis Cook missed the penalty! He stutters, sends the keeper the wrong way and side-fees into the post! The ball bounces between the prone keeper and his goal line and heads to safety!
Penalty to Bournemouth! The referee saw a hand ball in the Sparta penalty area and Hoever certainly got the crossbar!
Between the goal of Freiburg in Trabzonspor and Anderlecht took about six minutes against Salzburg. 17 games were played in the two European competitions, which is about 102 goalless minutes. Which seems impossible. Anyway, they’re making up for it now! Ajax score against Midtylland and Omonia Nicosia lead 1-0 at NEC.
PURPOSE! Thun 1-0 Hearts (McCart own goal, 22 minutes)
I have only seen the shortest one It’s a fragment of a goal and from a useless angle, but it was one of those situations where the defender had to do something with the ball or the opposition would just hand it over. Obviously turning it on your head isn’t ideal, but there you go.
The home team scored! It’s Anderlecht against Salzburg through Ludwig Augustinson and it’s an absolute beauty of a free-kick! He curls it over the wall from one or two meters from the edge of the penalty area and the goalkeeper does not even move!
“Freiburg” advanced “Trabzonspor” by 1 place Matanovic’s header from a corner was headed home by Lukas Kubler and so far 100% of tonight’s goals have come from away teams.
Blue and red striped team have the ball, but Crystal Palace fans aren’t celebrating – because it’s Viktoria Plzen scoring at Lillestrom.
Meanwhile, the game has resumed in Thun, but there will be a good four minutes of smoke stoppage time to play before the break.
PURPOSE! Crystal Palace 0:1 Hoffenheim (Prass, 7 minutes)
Hoffenheim’s first significant attack, and a good one at that! They win the ball back on the edge of their own D and move quickly, first down the right and then away from their own half with an early cross to Alexander Prass. It’s hard, low, first time and Dean Henderson hits it, but no pace, it rolls over the line!
Meanwhile, Crystal Palace had the ball in the net Against Hoffenheim, but Daichi Kamada was well offside.
Fireworks in Thun stop the game! In Switzerland, it is impossible for anyone to play with the amount of smoke that descends on the pitch.
What was missed! Sparta Prague striker Jonathan Braut Brunes sent the ball wide of the Bournemouth goal with a very solid backhand.
Well, football is getting real now In all eight Europa League starts. Milan – Ferencvaros was the last to reach the final.
None of the games I actually watched though The weekend has already begun with delays, including a minute’s silence for Tenerife striker Jesus de Miguel, who died after a collision on the pitch. “Looking over Sparta Prague’s team sheet,” writes Peter Oh, “I can’t help but wonder if the club from the Czech capital can stop the Cherries’ run of good form? Mbe Soh. Mbe Soh.”
17.45: Football watch!
Players emerge from their various tunnels, just minutes to start!
Axel Disasi of Pierre Sage asks why Not in the Crystal Palace squad tonight. “That’s the decision I made today.” Is there a reason for this? “No.” Also from Sage:
We are ready to fight and compete in this game. We have to start a new way because we need points in every race and I think tonight is the start of that way. They are an intensity-loving team, they sprint a lot and they play forward, they are very vertical. But they can also control the game inside. We must deal with these two issues and take control today first.
Bournemouth’s Marco Rose talks momentum, and its eight variations today:
It’s always about hard work and we have to keep up the momentum every day, every practice and every game, and today is a tough test. Everyone is in a good place. In recent weeks, the children who have been playing have appeared. I hope we have fresh legs. There is no other option for me because we have the next game on Sunday and then again and again.
In Bournemouth and in the very good place they are now:
Football is always about relationships and emotions. I really feel the commitment of our fans, the region. After the hard days in the 90s, everyone is very happy. To have this kind of experience, to be a part of it is just a joy and it makes me proud.
Also today:
(Selected) team news!
Here are the most important news about the team For three early starts involving British teams:
European League
Crystal Palace – Hoffenheim
Crystal Palace: Henderson, Canvot, Richards, Ahanor, Khalaili, Timber, Wharton, Mitchell, Kamada, Mateta, Pino. Subscribers: Benitez, Benetton, Nketiah, McNeil, Larsen, Osorio, Mingueza, Williams, James Kalembo.
Hoffenheim: Baumann, Abraha, Kabak, Machida, Roths, Kramaric, Burger, Avdullahu, Prass, Asllani, Lemperle. Subscribers: Petersson, Philipp, Dulic, Bernardo, Daghim, Lenz, Poller, Fields, Lassig, Wagenbach.
Judge: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania).
Sparta – Prague – Bournemouth
Sparta Prague: Surovcik, Hoever, Mbe Soh, Gooddall, Suchomel, Macek, Mannsverk, Irving, Singhateh, Brunes, Alcocer. Subscribers: Hegyi, Kaderabek, Martinec, Eneme, Vitalyos, Grimaldo, Vydra, Vojta, Zeleny, Jurasek, Sochurek, Dyntar.
Bournemouth: Di Gregorio, Smith, Hill, Diakite, Soler, Cook, Christie, Adley, Brooks, Doak, Rodriguez. Subscribers: Petrovic, Allan, Truffert, Evanilson, Adams, Silva, Tavernier, Kluivert, Ryan.
Judge: Eric Lambrechts (Belgium)
Conference League
Thun v Hearts
Thun: Steffen, Dahler, Bamert, Burki, Mambwa, Reichmut, Kait, Roth, Maier, Dursun, Labeau. Subscribers: Spycher, Burgy, Zoukit, Kristal, Strannegard, Braschi, Derbaci, Christoffersson, Gutbub, Fehr, Ilic, Lengen.
Hearts: Reus, Altena, Walcott, Findlay, McCart, Kingsley, Kerjota, Mendy, McPake, Guendouz, Braga. Subscribers: Clark, Fulton, Williams, Kabore, Wilson, Pollock, Stevenson, Gillies.
Judge: Kyriakos Athanasiou (Cyprus).
The flood has come! Team news for the British sides is on the way. Let me know if you have any other games you’d like teams to have.
I put on the Mac and raised my sympathy team news is about to flood. In the meantime, here is a photo of a beautiful evening in Prague.
Preamble
Hello world! Another day, another smorgasbord of European delights is prepared for our enjoyment tonight. To summarize, there’s too much game going on at once for two eyes to hope to follow, but I’ll do my best.
Highlights? Good [he writes, copy-and-pasting the preview filed by the Associated Press]“Bournemouth” is going to Sparta Prague in the Europa League with the aim of remaining perfect after four rounds. The English side progress through their first European campaign with three wins over AC Milan, Sturm Graz and Real Sociedad. Bournemouth also moved up to eighth in the Premier League after three straight wins. “We have to be very reasonable, we know it’s a long way and I know that in particular,” said winger Amine Adli, who reached the 2024 Europa League final with Leverkusen, ahead of the match in Prague. “It’s a long way to the final.”
His former employers also have a 100% record and host no-nonsense Marseille. Milan play another unbeaten club, Ferencvaros, at the San Siro, while another Italian giant, Juventus, visit Alkmaar. Struggling Crystal Palace host Hoffenheim and Celtic, one of four teams yet to pick up a point, host Besiktas in Glasgow.
In the Conference League, “Brighton” faces “Getafe” on the road, and “Monaco” has joined the team of American striker Folarin Balogue against the Danish representative “Nordsjælland”.
Today’s exercises
Kicks off at 17.45 GMT
“Anderlecht” – “Salzburg”
Crystal Palace – Hoffenheim
“Levsky Sofia” – “Jagiellonia Białystok”
Lillestrom – Viktoria Plzen
Milan – Ferencvaros
NEC in Omonia Nicosia
Real Sociedad – Lyon
Sparta – Prague – Bournemouth
Starts at 20:00 GMT
AZ – Juventus
Bayer Leverkusen at Olympique Marseille
Benfica at Lech Poznan
“Celta de Vigo” – “Union Saint-Guillaume”
“Celtic” – “Besiktas”
Hapoel Beer Sheva – OFI
Sturm Graz – Çelye
“Sunderland” – “Dinamo” – Zagreb
Torreense – Ararat-Armenia
Meanwhile in the Europa League:
Kicks off at 17.45 GMT
AGF – Braga
“Atalanta” – “Kairat”
KuPS v Gent
Lincoln Red Imps – Hajduk Split
Midtjylland – Ajax
Mjallby Boracay
“Srvena Zvezda” Belgrade – “Inter D’Escaldes”
Thun v Hearts
“Trabzonspor” – “Freiburg”
And at 8 o’clock GMT
Copenhagen – Iberia, 1999
Getafe – Brighton
Lugano – Kaunas Zalqiris
Monaco in Nordsjaelland
“Panathinaikos” – CSKA Sofia
Riga – Yablonec
Sint-Truiden – Brann
Twente in AE Paphos
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