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Fabio Grosso talked Mastantuono into joining Fiorentina, and was gone before his hat-trick

Franco Mastantuono scored three times as Fiorentina won 4-2 at Venezia for their first league win of the season, in Paolo Vanoli’s first match back in...

Sep 12, 2026

Richarlison has had three exits collapse, and he is out of Tottenham’s league squad until January

Vasco da Gama agreed a fee with Tottenham and then could not agree wages with the player, hours before the Brazilian window shut. Richarlison stays, w...

Sep 12, 2026

Robin Gosens apologised for the goal he scored, and Schalke won in the Bundesliga for the first time since they went down

A 3-1 win at the Alte Försterei was Schalke’s first in the top flight since their relegation in 2022-23. Gosens, who played 39 competitive games for U...

Sep 12, 2026

Wrexham played in front of the biggest crowd in their history, and six different West Ham players scored

Wrexham had conceded five goals in six Championship matches. They conceded six in one night at the London Stadium, in front of 59,712.

Sep 12, 2026

Martin Odegaard scored once in 36 games last season, and he has four in five this one

Arsenal go to the Stadium of Light at 00:30 IST on Sunday with three wins from three and one goal conceded, and without William Saliba. Sunderland hav...

Sep 11, 2026

Ismail Kartal took Fenerbahce back to the Champions League after 18 years, and quit after one match of it

Kartal resigned in his post-match press conference after Thursday’s 1-1 draw with Roma, saying he would never return. President Aziz Yildirim refused...

Sep 11, 2026

Slavia Prague led twice with ten men, and Lens scored twice in stoppage time to take it

A Slavia substitute was sent off four minutes into the second half. Danijel Sturm scored twice anyway, and Lens still won 3-2 in Prague through Floria...

Sep 11, 2026

Bodo/Glimt held Bayern for 46 minutes, and then conceded five

Bayern Munich could not break Bodo/Glimt down before half-time at the Allianz Arena. Jamal Musiala settled it 77 seconds after the restart, on his fir...

Sep 11, 2026

Manchester United had not played a Champions League match in 1,003 days, and they scored three in the first half

United beat Champions League debutants Sabah 4-0 at Old Trafford on their return to the competition. Manchester City arrive on Sunday, which is the ga...

Sep 11, 2026

Como had never played a European match in 119 years, and they won the first one 4-1

Como’s first game in any European competition ended 4-1 against RB Leipzig, with two assists for Nico Paz and a lakeside stadium that had to be rebuil...

Sep 10, 2026

Raphinha was left off the Ballon d’Or shortlist, and he has scored in all five of Barcelona’s games

Raphinha did not make the 30-man Ballon d’Or shortlist. He scored twice more overnight as Barcelona opened their Champions League campaign by beating...

Sep 10, 2026

Galatasaray’s 45 million euro signing came on in the 58th minute, and Sporting scored again five minutes later

Rafael Leao spent the first hour on the bench in Lisbon, and by the time Galatasaray sent him on, Sporting were already on their way to a 3-1 win.

Sep 10, 2026

Ferran Torres needed 26 minutes for his hat-trick, and PSG have finally won a game

PSG had gone four matches without a win and sat 13th in Ligue 1. Their Champions League defence opened with 35 shots, six goals and a hat-trick from t...

Sep 10, 2026

Mac Allister said Liverpool would not offer him a new contract, and a day later he beat Atletico from 20 yards

Liverpool came from behind to win their Champions League opener 2-1 at Anfield. Marcos Llorente scored against them for the fifth time, all five at th...

Sep 10, 2026

Arsenal took 26 shots in Naples, the most they have had in a Champions League match, and won by one goal

Martin Odegaard settled it in the 75th minute at the end of a 29-pass move. Everything before that was Arsenal missing, and everything after it was Na...

Sep 9, 2026

Bolton led for four minutes, and West Ham went top of the Championship

Bolton’s lead lasted four minutes. Steven Schumacher made seven changes, saw his debutant impress, and still finished the night 22nd.

Sep 9, 2026

Marin’s free-kick was the only goal, and LASK’s first Champions League night ended with a header over the bar

LASK reached the Champions League by overturning a four-goal aggregate deficit against Celtic. Their first match in the competition ended with Kalajdz...

Sep 9, 2026

Guirassy scored at both ends on his 100th Dortmund appearance, and Villarreal still lost

Serhou Guirassy marked his 100th Borussia Dortmund appearance with two goals and an own goal, and Dortmund opened their Champions League campaign with...

Sep 9, 2026

Betis trailed at half-time in Lille, and Troy Parrott’s first Champions League goal won it

Marc Bartra scored twice either side of the interval and Troy Parrott struck four days after beating Real Madrid, as Real Betis came from behind to wi...

Sep 9, 2026

Haaland has 59 Champions League goals in 59 games, and Porto did not have a shot on target

Erling Haaland scored twice at the Estádio do Dragão as Manchester City opened the league phase with a 2-0 win. Francesco Farioli’s first night as a C...

Sep 9, 2026

Villa’s first three goals of the season all came before half-time in Bruges

Aston Villa had not scored a goal in the Premier League this season. In Bruges they scored three inside 43 minutes, and John McGinn’s opener made him...

Sep 9, 2026

Real Madrid had 35 per cent of the ball, and Mourinho still would not celebrate beating Inter

Two Inter errors inside 23 minutes settled Real Madrid’s Champions League opener. Courtois made seven saves on his 100th night in the competition, and...

Sep 9, 2026

Arteta was sent off in Naples in 2013, and he goes back with a defence that has conceded once

Napoli sit 12th in Serie A with McTominay and two centre-backs unavailable. Arsenal have won four in a row and let in one goal all season. The Champio...

Sep 8, 2026

Marcos Llorente has scored four goals at Anfield, and Atletico lost both games

Liverpool open the Champions League league phase against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday, with Andoni Iraola still on one win and Diego Simeone’s side co...