Football, Champions League: AS Monaco with the German international Kevin Volland and Bayern loan Alexander Nübel also missed the group stage of the Champions League after the false start in the French league. When the royal class permanent guest Shakhtar Donetsk, the team of coach Niko Kovac came in the play-off second leg to a 2-2 after extra time and was eliminated from the first duel after the 0-1 defeat. After 90 minutes it was 2: 1 (2: 0). Since the current season, the away goal rule has not been used in European club competitions. Monaco left the very best chances and recklessly gave up their place in the lucrative group games.
For the third time in a row, Austria’s champions RB Salzburg made it into the group stage – for the first time under the new German coach Matthias Jaissle. As in the first leg, Salzburg won 2-1 (2-0) at the Danish representative Brondby IF. Sheriff Tiraspol was the first club from the top division of Moldova to reach the group stage. The team from the de-facto independent Republic of Transnistria achieved a 0-0 win at Dinamo Zagreb after their 3-0 first leg win. In the Ukraine, French international striker Wissam Ben Yedder put Monaco on track early with his brace (18th / 39th). Donetsk, which has only not played in the group stage since 2010 in 2016/17, saved itself through Marlos’ goal (74th) in extra time. Volland missed the huge chance to win in the 90th minute. A curious own goal by Ruben Aguilar (113th) sealed Monaco’s end.
Football, Premier League: England captain Harry Kane stays with Tottenham Hotspur. The striker, who had been courted by the English champions Manchester City for months and wanted to leave the club according to the British media, made this clear on Wednesday on Twitter. “I’m staying at Tottenham this summer and will concentrate 100 percent on being successful with the team,” wrote the 28-year-old, whose contract in London runs until the summer of 2024.
This puts an end to the week-long hangover about a possible change of the star striker to Man City. In Tottenham’s 1-0 (1-0) away win against Wolverhampton Wanderers last weekend, Kane was used for the first time this season. The fans who had traveled with him celebrated him with loud chants, which impressed the top scorer of the previous season according to his own statement. “It was amazing to be greeted like this by Spurs fans on Sunday and to read some of the supportive messages I’ve had over the past week,” Kane wrote.
After the EM, he reported back from vacation late and had to complete a five-day corona quarantine on top of that. Kane vehemently denied that it was a boycott. One of the reasons for the club icon’s willingness to change is the Spurs’ chronic lack of titles. Tottenham’s last major success came in 1991 in the FA Cup. Since then, the club has only won the insignificant league cup twice. The last championship to date was celebrated by the Londoners in the 1960/61 season.
BVB, transfer: The move of the Danish national player Thomas Delaney from DFB Cup winner Borussia Dortmund to the Spanish top club FC Sevilla is perfect. The midfielder signed a four-year contract until 2025 in Andalusia after the medical check on Wednesday. To Sport1-Information, both clubs agreed on a transfer fee of around six million euros plus possible bonus payments for the 29-year-old. Delaney moved from Werder Bremen to BVB in the summer of 2018 for 20 million euros. In his position in front of the defense, coach Marco Rose has an oversupply.
Delaney played 88 competitive games for Dortmund (4 goals / 11 assists), his greatest success at BVB was winning the cup last season. “I’m incredibly proud to have played for BVB. This club is one of the biggest in the world,” said Delaney, adding: “It’s sad for me to leave BVB, but we’re all falling apart as friends. I have I really enjoyed the time together with the team, the staff and the fans and I can say that I have always been 100 percent committed to them. “
Football, transfer market: There are transfer rumors about national player Jonas Hofmann from Borussia Mönchengladbach. The German champions FC Bayern Munich, among others, are interested in the 29-year-old striker, reported Sport image, Portal “sport1.de” and the kicker on Tuesday. Accordingly, the record champions should have felt loosely with him and his management. The contract of the three-time national player in Mönchengladbach runs until 2023, he has been playing at Borussia since 2016. However, the Munich team is already well-placed on the offensive. In addition to the center strikers Robert Lewandowski and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, the German internationals Serge Gnabry, Leroy Sané, Thomas Müller and Jamal Musiala as well as Kingsley Coman come on the flanks.
Basketball, BBL: The German basketball champion Alba Berlin has completed its squad with a top-class new addition. With Jaleen Smith, the most valuable player (MVP) of the last season in the Bundesliga comes from the MHP Giants Ludwigsburg to Berlin, as the club announced on Wednesday. “Jaleen Smith is an excellent fit for our team in terms of both character and character. With his versatility, athleticism and game intelligence, he is a great asset both on the offensive and on the defensive,” said Alba’s new head coach Israel Gonzalez. The 26-year-old US guard will receive a contract until the end of the 2023/2024 season.
Smith is the third and final new signing after the two Israeli internationals Yovel Zoosman and Tamir Blatt. The Guard, who has played in Germany for four years, averaged 15.1 points last season, got 5.1 rebounds and put on 5.3 assists. The Alba squad now includes 16 players. Coach Gonzalez sees the grown team with only three newcomers as an advantage for the coming season, which Alba will open on September 23 with the classic against Telekom Baskets Bonn. “The fact that most of our players and coaches stayed together last season helps us a lot and makes it easier for the three newcomers to integrate,” said Gonzalez. “The team has become younger overall and will learn and improve a lot over the course of the season.”
Coronavirus, Mönchengladbach: Defense chief Matthias Ginter was infected with the corona virus. “Yes, that’s why he didn’t take part in the training today,” said press spokesman Markus Aretz on Tuesday evening to the German Press Agency, confirming several media reports from the same day. “He was vaccinated and must have been infected somewhere,” said Aretz. Ginter is currently in quarantine at home. The failure of the 27-year-old central defender is the next setback for coach Adi Hütter’s team. Right-back Stefan Lainer broke his ankle in the 4-0 debacle in Leverkusen last Saturday; in addition there were knee injuries to Marcus Thuram and Alassane Plea. In the game at Bayer Leverkusen, Ginter had to leave the pitch in the 63rd minute.
Champions League, qualification: Former world champion Mario Götze missed the Champions League million game with PSV Eindhoven. Coach Roger Schmidt’s team did not get past a 0-0 draw against Benfica Lisbon on Tuesday evening and could not make up for their 2-1 defeat in the first leg. The guests from Portugal had to make do with ten players for around an hour after yellow-red against Lucas Verissimo (32nd minute). Instead of back in the premier class group stage for the first time in three years, PSV is now competing in the Europa League.
Former Schalke coach David Wagner made the leap into the Champions League with the Young Boys. After the 3: 2 in the first leg against Ferencvaros Budapest, the Swiss series champions also prevailed 3: 2 (2: 1) in Hungary. Cedric Zesiger gave the boys an early lead (4th). Henry Wingo (18th) and Ryan Mmaee (27th) turned the game around before the break. Christian Fassnacht (56th) and Felix Mambimbi (90th + 3) then shot the Wagner team to victory. Hungarians, trained by former Bundesliga coach Peter Stöger, have to console themselves with the Europa League.
Football, 3rd division: 1. FC Kaiserslautern missed their second win in a row. Just three days after their 3-0 win against 1860 Munich, the Red Devils lost 0-1 (0-1) on matchday five at Halleschen FC. Tom Zimmererschmied (19th) scored the decisive goal for the Sachsen-Anhaltiner. Kaiserslautern is still stuck in the table cellar with four points, while Halle now jumps to second place, at least temporarily, with ten points.
In 1860 Munich, on the other hand, achieved the second win of the season. The Lions won against Viktoria Köln on Tuesday evening with hits from Richard Neudecker (40th), Dennis Dressel (55th) and Merveille Biankadi (82nd) 3-0 (1-0) and now have eight points on their account. Cologne remain on the relegation ranks with one point from five games.
Viktoria Berlin prevented thanks to a late goal by Soufian Benyamina (89.) the second defeat in a row after three wins. The promoted player played 1: 1 (0: 1) at FSV Zwickau. Waldhof Mannheim also clearly beat SV Meppen 5-0 (2-0), relegated Eintracht Braunschweig won 3-0 (0-0) at SC Verl. The remaining five games of the day will also take place on Wednesday from 7 p.m. onwards.