FORT LAUDERDALE - It was nearly two hours after the final whistle sounded on Inter Miami's first MLS Cup, but Lionel Messi still hadn't taken off his pink cleats as he stood next to the open door of his black Cadillac Escalade giving an interview. Messi, the legendary Argentine, wore a gray Inter Miami MLS Cup champions shirt darkened by whatever booze was sprayed in the home team's locker room.
Alexander Rssing-Lelesiit did not play for Hamburg in Sunday's stellar win, and he will hope that his career has more decisive contributions than this one in store. As the final whistle went on a breathless Nordderby victory over Werder Bremen, the 18-year-old bobbed in front of the visitors' bench and celebrated wildly, prompting some afters between the two squads in a game that bubbled excitedly without exploding into disorder.
The term 'Olmpico' is used to describe a rare goal where a player scores directly from taking a corner without any other player getting a touch on the ball. Newcastle midfielder Bruno Guimaraes scored an Olimpico goal on Saturday during their 2-1 win over Burnley. The term comes from the first ever recorded goal of its kind, scored by Cesareo Onzari in 1924 for Argentina against Uruguay.
Bayern Munich took the game away from Vfb Stuttgart, largely thanks to the substitutions from Vincent Kompany. Of the subs who altered the course of the game was prolific striker Harry Kane. His presence changed his outfit's entire look. Bringing energy, vision and a thundering shot, Kane's impact was inevitable. His counterpart from Stuttgart, Deniz Undav was left with nothing but praise for the England captain.
"If I can influence something, if we need to save money in the transfer market to add money to get a new pitch, I will be the first person to [do] it because I want to see fans coming into the stadium to make sure they can see the game. "If I have to make that sacrifice for the better of the club, I will do it."
As per Hammers News, Tomas Soucek was expected to start due to Nuno taking the decision to drop Freddie Potts and Soungoutou Magassa to the bench, but in the end, it was previously-outcasted Guido Rodriguez that got the nod, in what has been seen as a clear indication of where the Czech Replublic international stands at the London Stadium. Soucek is now considered to be fifth or sixth choice in defensive midfielder, which indicates that he has little future at West Ham.
It is something I have been dreaming of all summer and when it happens you feel like you are living the dream. So I am quite happy for that reception, which gave me goosebumps when I came on. It was a long wait, but in the end, we got there. I had to watch the team from the stand. Every few days, I would visualise myself on the pitch and imagine helping the team in the best way I can.
It's true, Napoli pushed harder from the start, we were too timid to move the ball around, then lost it cheaply, so they made us run after them. They are in good shape, so if you don't keep the ball, they make you run all over the pitch with their strength and quality. We can do better than we did today, as we gifted an incredible number of passes to them,
We've not had the best results lately and of course I wish more from me as well. I think that's pretty obvious. But (I am) trying to stay positive, we as a team as well. It's a really good group. Just looking forward and trying to do better as a team. I expect to do much more, of course. I always do that, even when I do really well, I want more. So that's not a problem for me.
"I think it's huge [being at home] in terms of going on to win the tie - I think it will play a massive part," said Brackley boss Gavin Cowan. "Our fans are incredible. When you think about the ratio between our population and the people that turn up every week, they come out in their droves for these games. "We have evolved from a community club into a professional community club. The way things are done now around the club have improved dramatically."
