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Cristiano Ronaldo & Angel di Maria Are Ready (Fiorentina vs Real Madrid)
Despite the 2-1 loss, Real Madrid should feel quite confident as they head into the new La Liga season, getting another goal from Cristiano Ronaldo. Strikes from Mario Gomez and Marcos Alonso gave Fiorentina the win, but it was one of those preseason friendlies in which the result wasn’t the most important thing.
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Premier League – Week 1 Results & Table
Not too many goals, but plenty of interesting results, led by Swansea upsetting Manchester United at the Old Trafford to open the Premier League season, while Arsenal enjoyed a 90th minute goal from Aaron Ramsey to come away with a opening weekend win. The same scenario was at place for their bitter rivals Tottenham, also winning in injury time with Eric Dier being the hero.
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Match Highlights – Manchester United vs Swansea
Not the start Louis van Gaal and Manchester United were hoping for in the 2014-2015 season, losing at Old Trafford to Swansea for the first time in the Premier League. An early goal from Ki-Sung Yeung showed it was going to be a tough day for the hosts, but Wayne Rooney scoring an equalizer brought the hope level back up. Gylfi Sigurdsson, making his return with the Welsh club, ended those hopes of three points on the opening weekend.
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Match Highlights – Dortmund vs Bayern Munich
Some things don’t change. Bayern Munich looked bad against Borussia Dortmund, just like they in every encounter between the teams last season. Goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang gave the team hosting the German Super Cup a 2-0 win, although it doesn’t say anything about the upcoming Bundesliga season.
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Match Highlights – Chelsea vs Real Sociedad
Favorites to win the Premier League title or something along these lines, Chelsea beat Real Sociedad in their final warm up to the new Premier League season; a 2-0 victory coming with two quick goals from Diego Costa, feeling quite comfortable on his home debut at Stamford Bridge.
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Match Highlights – Manchester United vs Valencia
Some things to be happy about, others that cause concern, as Manchester United beat Valencia 2-1 in another preseason preparation match, with Darren Fletcher and Marouane Fellaini scoring for the home side, while Rodrigo Moreno made the most of some poor defending by the Red Devils to make it interesting for a short while.
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Match Highlights – Real Madrid vs Sevilla
The season begins for Real Madrid the same way the previous one ended: With a European trophy, although a minor one, just the Super Cup, beating Sevilla 2-0 through two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo. Despite all the changes, there was a lot of familiarity to the match.
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Match Highlights – Arsenal vs Manchester City
The Community Shield isn’t much more than an upgraded preseason friendly, but it certainly tastes like the beginning of the season, which should be very encouraging for Arsenal, picking up a trophy through an impressive 3-0 win over Manchester City. Santi Cazorla, the fantastic Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Giroud scored the goals.
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Match Highlights – Liverpool vs Dortmund
A fantastic performance is worth mentioning, even if it’s only the preseason, as Liverpool beat a lacking Dortmund side 4-0 in Anfield. Philippe Coutinho was close to perfection with a goal and assist, helped out by Dejan Lovren scoring his first goal for the club, Daniel Sturridge with the opener and another from Jordan Henderson.
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Match Highlights: MLS All-Stars vs Bayern Munich
It was far from the strongest lineup Bayern Munich could have used, so it wasn’t that surprising to see the German champions lose to the MLS All-Stars after taking an early lead through Robert Lewandowski, only to see it waste away as Bradley Wright-Phillips and Landon Donovan took advantage of the weak defending.