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, […]
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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 […]
OL 3-4 Genoa
Lyon traveled to Gueugnon to face Italian side Genoa in their second pre-season friendly of the summer and it turned out to be an entertaining, goal-filled affair. Sylvinho made the following selection to begin his second match as Lyon manager: Lopes – Tete, Yanga Mbiwa, Denayer (cap.), Rafael – Jean Lucas, Thiago Mendes, Cheikh – […]
OL 1-2 Servette de Genève
Lyon began their pre-season with a defeat against Swiss outfit Servette de Genève at the Stade Pierre Rajon in Bourgoin-Jallieu. New manager Sylvinho took the opportunity to experiment as he gets to know his new players and fielded a different XI in each half. He also gave several youngsters the chance to impress. The initial […]
Arenas Getxo 1-6 Athletic Club
Athletic Club overcame a one goal deficit to run out easy winners against Segunda Division B outfit Arenas Getxo in their first outing of the new season on Saturday. Athletic went behind in the 31st minute to a strike from Matador at the Campo de Fadura, but they were only behind for six minutes until […]