Manchester United failed to win for the first time this pre-season, but they did maintain their unbeaten record with a 2-2 draw against AC Milan in the International Champions Cup in Cardiff and even managed to round things off with a penalty shoot-out win in their final match before the new campaign gets underway at […]
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Bournemouth 3-0 Olympique Lyonnais
Lyon suffered a confidence sapping defeat away to Premier League side Bournemouth in their final pre-season friendly before hostilities resume in Ligue 1. This latest reversal means that they have lost four out of five friendlies since new manager Sylvinho took over, and none more emphatically than this. It was the first time they have […]
West Ham United 2-2 Athletic Club
Athletic Club remained unbeaten in their pre-season programme despite blowing an early two goal lead against West Ham at the London stadium. Unai López opened the scoring in the first minute and Williams made it two after a quarter of an hour, having been set up nicely by Muniain. However, the Hammers struck back with […]
CD Numancia 1-1 Athletic Club
Athletic Club followed their successful weekend in Germany with a 1-1 draw away at Segunda Division side Numancia in Soria. The Lions fell behind in the seventh minute but drew level early in the second half when Vivian headed in substitute Ibai’s free kick. The Athletic starting line-up was as follows: Simón – De Marcos, […]
Kristiansund 0-1 Manchester United
Manchester United laboured to a 1-0 friendly win against Kristiansund in Norway in the latest match of their pre-season tour and needed a last minute penalty from substitute Juan Mata to break the deadlock and maintain their one hundred percent record in their summer programme. The match was all about the Solskjær family, with United […]
Olympique Lyonnais 1-3 Liverpool
Lyon suffered another defeat in their pre-season programme, but there was no shame in losing out to the European champions Liverpool at the Stade de Geneve. Lyon raced into an early lead when Dembélé won a penalty after a goalkeeping error in only the second minute and Memphis Deplay converted it. However, that was as […]
Borussia Monchengladbach 0-2 Athletic Club
Athletic had a successful conclusion to their weekend in Germany with an impressive 2-0 win against Borussia Monchengladbach. Iñaki Williams had sat out the previous day’s draw with Paderborn, so he was fresh for this encounter and he opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the fifteenth minute. His strike partner Iñigo Córdoba doubled […]
Arsenal 1-2 Olympique Lyonnais
New Lyon manager Sylvinho guided his team to their first victory under his stewardship as they came through their toughest assignment so far this pre-season with an encouraging 2-1 win against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in London. The Gunners, who had recently beaten Bayern Munich and drawn with Real Madrid on their tour, fielded […]
SC Paderborn 3-3 Athletic Club
A week after their comfortable victory against Arenas, Athletic Club faced a much tougher test in a pre-season friendly match in Germany against newly promoted Bundesliga club SC Paderborn. The Basques raced into an early lead when Gaizka Larrazabal scored after only twenty seconds. However, the tables were soon to be turned and Los Leones […]
Friendly: Man Utd 2-1 Spurs
Manchester United continued their good pre-season form with a 2-1 victory against Spurs in an International Champions Cup match played at the Hongkou Football Stadium in Shanghai, China. Anthony Martial was set up by Andreas Pereira to open the scoring for United in the 20th minute, having already come close when he hit the post […]