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Istra 19613 - 0Slaven Belupo
Kumar in the starting eleven and immediately we have clean sheet 👀 Great display from the team today! Sure, early red card helped but still very proud of everybody. The win here will for sure be a huge confidence boost for the next three very difficult matches that await us. Giving this match 4 stars instead of 5 because we still made quite a few mistakes and we weren't clinical enough in 1vs1 situations which would've been extremely frustrating if we weren't leading. MOTM for me is once again, Frederiksen! He was (again) everywhere on the pitch and I am glad he managed to get an assist today. He had solid chances to score too but it just wasn't his day. His brilliance really came to light once our key players left. Honorable mentions are Doumbia and his control of midfield & Jaganjac and his brace. FORZA ISTRA 💚💛💚💛
PSG2 - 1Aston Villa
Review from the stadium, wow. So proud of this team. The fight they gave was unreal, against Europe's best team too, is even more impressive. AND to add we were missing 5 first team players, whereas they had their FULL team on the pitch. Despite the result, I feel nothing but positivity from this team. The George Hemmings and Ian Maatsen partnership was absolutely unreal. Brian Madjo an absolute tank. Kamara and Gomes were absolutely brilliant. Bizot even, fantastic. The positive adjectives for each and every player are limitless. I'm so proud of this team. May this be the beginning of a great era under the great Unai Emery. We love him to bits, we wouldn't change him for anyone. I hope we've proved a lot of doubters wrong, once again. The ceiling of this team is only held back by the PL's dodgy rules. Quick word on the referees, awful. But enough about them. This is about Aston Villa 💜💙 Congratulations to PSG, it was a great game. May we meet again 🙂↕️ UP THE FUCKING VILLA!!!
Aston Villa
Middlesbrough1 - 0Wrexham
THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN!!!!!! Wow a great start to the season despite it only being the cup. Began to worry that this was a typical performance but it seems we’ve signed an actual striker in Lankshear who can actually score. Malanda was fantastic in his makeshift postion. Arfsten had a decent debut, needs some work whilst Berhalter is an absolute gem, likely down to him being here longer( his ability to put the ball in the box is fantastic). We set the tone for the season, can’t wait for the proper stuff to start next week! UTB
Middlesbrough
Brazil1 - 2Norway
Brazil: another early exit from the world cup, they never really looked like scoring. Had a bad early penalty miss, didn’t look like they wanted it and were lazy at times, allowing Norway to pass through them with ease. I’ll be happy about this if it’s England through tonight. Norway: played unexpectedly well, passed well and bid their time until Brazil seemed weaker and tired. Keeper made some great saves and the tactics were spot on. Haaland does what he does best and helps Norway through, very well done. POTM: Nyland showed how crucial goalkeepers are in the tournament, made some fantastic saves that kept Norway in it. Saved a crucial penalty in the early parts of the game and impressed me a lot.
Norway