It was a week full of many actions as all the UEFA club competitions were played. Exciting winnings and shocking defeats rocked the world of football as big clubs like Real Madrid and Bayern Munich were denied the three points.
Arsenal Fc was too good to be beaten by Paris-Saint Germain, as Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka scored the 2 goals to seal the victory for the Gunners.
Inter Milan demolished FK Crvena Zvezda 4 goals to nothing as they rode high in the UEFA Champions League game for 2024/2025 Season. Hakan Calhanoglu opened the score sheet in the 11th minute, Marco Arnautovic got the second in the 59th minute, Lautaro Martinez tripled it in the 71st minute, and Taremi made it 4 in the 81st minute from a penalty spot kick.
Ten Hag’s incompetency continued and poor United were almost at the verge of losing another crucial match in the Europa League competition. Early goals from Marcus Rashford and Rasmus Hojlund had Man. United was in full control of the game in the early periods of the game (7th and 20th minute), but Porto came hard on the Red Devils and made the scoreline to 2-2. Porto added another goal in the 50th minute courtesy of a second goal from Samuel Omorodion to make it 3-2. After a series of impossibilities to come back to the game, a series of changes were made. The changes made by Ten Hag brought Harry Maguire in and he was the man who saved Man. United from the night of disgrace.
Champions League Man of the Match Award
Ademola Lookman: After a brilliant performance in the last UEFA Europa League that saw him break the record as the first African player to net a hat-trick in the Europa League final, Lookman continues to streamline his career with more ground-breaking performances for both the countryside and club side. He helped Atalanta destroy Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League Qualifying game that was played during the week. His goal and assist was likened to a clear perfect display during the game. Lookman’s continuous form has continued to sharpen his chances of winning the African Player of the year award.
“It’s always nice to receive these awards, but we wouldn’t have been able to do that without the team,” Lookman said after the match.
“The team had a very good performance today.”
“I am very happy with the victory. I think tonight’s victory was very important for us to make another step stronger in Europe”…………. Lookman
Karim Adeyemi: It was a night of total capside for Celtic and a glorious moment filled with exceptional talent for Karim Adeyemi. He got a hat-trick in the first half of the UEFA Champions League match against Celtic football Club. The Scottish Champions were humbled by Borussia Dortmund by 7 goals to 1 and Adeyemi scored 3 out of the 7 goals. This brilliance made him not only the youngest German to to reach 10 Champions League goals but earned him the Man of the Match Award for his great impact in the game.
Jhon Duran: 10 minutes after coming off the bench for Villa, Duran launched a long range super strike that earned them the 3 points in the UEFA Champions League match against Bayern Munich during the week. This brilliant record stands as the 5th time the Columbian has scored anytime he comes on the field of play for Aston Villa. Born in Zaragoza Antioquia, Columbia on December 13th 2003, His football journey is traced back to starting his youth career with Envigado FC. February 13th 2019, Duran started to play professionally for Envigado, and in 2022 he moved to Chicago Fire. During his stay with Envigado, Duran made 47 appearances with only 9 goals in Chicago fire, 27 appearances with 8 goals, and in Aston Villa 41 appearances with 9 goals.
During his Man of the Match Award Duran said:
“I feel happy to be able to score, and even more so against a great team like Bayern Munich, which is the club of my dreams”,
“I am happy to be the man of the match against this team, which was also my dream”.
Weekend Fixtures
English Premier League
Saturday 5th October 2024
Crystal Palace – Liverpool. 12:30 pm
Arsenal Vs Southampton. 3 pm
Brentford Vs Wolves. 3 pm
Leicester Vs Bournemouth. 3 pm
Manchester City Vs Fulham. 3 pm
West Ham Vs Ipswich. 3 pm
Everton Vs Newcastle. 5:30 pm
Sunday 7th October 2024
Aston Villa Vs Manchester Utd 2pm
Chelsea Vs Nottingham Forest 2pm
Brighton Vs Tottenham 4:30pm
French Ligue 1
Saturday 6th October 2024
St. Etienne Vs Auxerre 4pm
Lille Vs Toulouse 6pm
Rennes Vs Monaco. 8pm
Sunday 7th October 2024
Lyon Vs Nantes. 2pm
Brest Vs Le Havre 4pm
Reims Vs Montpellier 4pm
Strasbourg Vs Lens. 4pm
Nice Vs PSG. 7:45pm
German Bundesliga
Saturday 6th October 2024
Bayer Leverkusen Vs Holstein Kiel 2:30pm
Bochum Vs Wolfsburg. 2:30pm
Union Berlin Vs Dortmund. 2:30pm
Werder Bremen Vs Freiburg. 2:30pm
St. Pauli Vs Mainz 5:30pm
Sunday 7th October 2024
Heidenheim Vs RB Leipzig. 2:30pm
Eintracht Frankfurt Vs Bayern Munich 4:30pm
Stuttgart Vs Hoffenheim. 6:30pm
Italian Serie A
Saturday 6th October 2024
Udinese Vs Lecce 2pm
Atalanta Vs Genoa. 5pm
Inter Milan Vs Torino 7:45pm
Sunday 7th October 2024
Juventus Vs Cagliari. 11:30pm
Bologna Vs Parma. 2pm
Lazio Vs Empoli 2pm
Monza Vs AS Roma. 5pm
Fiorentina Vs AC Milan. 7:45pm
Netherlands Eredivisie
Saturday 6th October 2024
NAC Breda Vs Nijmegen. 5:45pm
PSV Vs Sparta Rotterdam. 7pm
Utrecht Vs Waalwijk 8pm
Sunday 7th October 2024
G.A. Eagles Vs Heracles. 11:45pm
Feyenoord Vs Twente. 1:30pm
Heerenveen Vs Zwolle. 1:30pm
Ajax Vs Groningen 3:45pm
Sittard Vs AZ Alkmaar. 7pm
Spanish La Liga
Saturday 6th October 2024
Espanyol Vs Mallorca. 1 pm
Getafe Vs Osasuna. 3:15pm
Las Palmas Vs Celta Vigo 5:30pm
Valladolid Vs Rayo Vallecano 5:30pm
Real Madrid Vs Villarreal 8pm
Sunday 7th October 2024
Girona Vs Ath Bilbao. 1pm
Alaves Vs Barcelona 3:15pm
Sevilla Vs Real Betis 5:30pm
Real Sociedad Vs Atl. Madrid. 8pm
