European football: Freiburg rise to top of Bundesliga, Isco Betis flying high | European club football

Ten people Freiburg In the 85th minute, Keisuke Goto scored a winning goal and won a 2-1 victory over the guests. Schalke 04 Sunday and move to the top of the Bundesliga.

“Freiburg”, which broke the club record with 10 points after the first four matches, increased its points to 13, ahead of Dortmund “Borussia” due to the difference in points. Champions Bayern, who drew 2-2 with Augsburg on Saturday, are third in 11.

Freiburg boss Maximilian Eggestein put the hosts ahead after 10 minutes, but on the half-hour Schalke fell behind through Adrian Gantenbein.

Freiburg were reduced to 10 men when Yuito Suzuki received a second yellow card in the 64th minute to hand Schalke the initiative.

But the visitors were too passive and toothless in attack and to make the extra man count, Freiburg punished them with five minutes to go and Japan’s Goto grabbed the winner with a header.

Real Betis playmaker Isco scored a goal in each half as his side won 5-2 at home. health Sunday moves them up to 3rd in La Liga, five points behind leaders Barcelona and one ahead of Real Madrid.

Isco opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 10th minute and Abde Ezzalzouli added a second on the stroke of half-time before Betis won the ball high and responded quickly.

Betis looked set for a comfortable afternoon when Diego Llorente added a third three minutes after the break, but two quick goals from Ante Budimir and Raul Garcia made it 3-2 for the visitors in the 56th minute.

However, Isco calmed his nerves again when he picked up a loose ball in the box and slotted it home, and Jose Antonio Morante came off the bench in the 90th minute to leave Betis 19 points clear after eight games.

early sunday Royal Society stopped the spirited comebackDeportivo La Coruña coming off a 3-2 home win while struggling Elche The visitor made a very useful point Celta Vigo goalless draw.

Lazio Having won with the score of 3-1, they increased the points with “Inter”, which is at the top of Serie A Monza like 10 people on sunday Rome played the first goalless draw of the season in Italy as.

Lazio have continued their strong start to the season under Gennaro Gattuso, who returns after the failure to coach Italy, who missed out on the 2026 World Cup. Still, unbeaten Roma secured their fifth win in six matches to move level on 16 points with Inter after beating Parma 3-0 at the San Siro on Saturday.

Nuno Tavares gave Lazio the lead in the third minute and Gustav Isaksen doubled the lead midway through the first half. Monza sent off Lorenzo Lucchesi for a tackle on Tijjani Nosli in the 35th minute, but the 16th-placed visitors rattled Lazio after the break, pulling a goal back and coming close to equalizing in the closing stages before conceding a third goal.

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Nuno Tavares gives Lazio an early lead. Photo: Riccardo Antimiani/EPA

“Roma” left Como disappointed. The dismissal of league top scorer Donyell Male for a dangerous tackle early in the second half forced them to scale back their ambitions. Both teams failed to make progress in the clash between two sides regarded as dark horses for the title, with Inter and Lazio two points behind Roma after their respective wins over Parma and Monza.

Roma head coach Gian Piero Gasperini told DAZN: “We spent two-thirds of the match down, which is disappointing.” “We were sure we had a great chance, but we had to defend with 10 men and we did it with discipline and clarity. When you play 30 minutes with 10 men and come away with a draw, that’s good.”

Bologna won his first win of the season Lecce 2-1. Later, Milan travel to Sassuolo before surprise package Cagliari host Juventus in a late kick-off at the Unipol Domus.

Borussia Monchengladbach remained at the bottom of the Bundesliga after a 2:1 defeat to their local rivals Cologne A match on Sunday was marred by ugly scenes on the terraces.

The game was stopped for several minutes and riot police cordoned off the away block after Gladbach fans set off fireworks into the home section following Saeed Al Malan’s spectacular second-half winner. It halted Gladbach’s poor start to the season as new coach Alexander Blessin failed to prevent the club from falling to their fifth defeat in as many games.

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