Sensations in Portugal and the first touch goal in Germany: the main events of the day in European football

Successful replacements of Eintracht and Kostich’s tenth assist

Fans of the Werder Bremen fighting for survival in the Bundesliga after three successful matches of the German Championship (seven points out of nine possible), the team hoped that their favorites would defeat the unstable Eintracht at home and finally leave the relegation zone.

However, their hopes were not destined to come true, although in the first half the owners had the advantage and even claimed a penalty shortly before the break. But the judge, having watched the replay of the controversial episode, determined not a violation of the rules, but an offside position for the football player of Bremen.

In the second half, the course of the meeting changed a lot, and Eintracht seized the initiative. After an hour of play, André Silva, with an accurate header, brought the guests ahead. This goal was the eighth for the Portuguese in the current season of the Bundesliga and the fourth after the resumption of the tournament. In the team scorer race, he caught up with Martin Hinteregger.

At the end of the match played the replacement of Adolf Hutter. An experienced midfielder Stefan Ilzanker unexpectedly appeared as a "joker". The Austrian appeared on the field nine minutes before the end of regular time, distinguished himself by his first touch after drawing the standard position, and then designed a double.

It is curious that for Ilsanker these goals were the first in 4.5 years. The 31-year-old opornik was never very successful and scored only ten times in his career before the match in Bremen. Stefan designed the double for the first time. Other players who have replaced Eintracht have successfully proved themselves. Bass Dost and Jonathan de Guzman were noted for assists.

And Silve was assisted by Philip Kostich, for whom this scoring pass became the tenth in the current season. He is the eighth Bundesliga footballer to reach that mark.   

The unexpected defeat of Porto and the first victory of Portimonense in the year

On June 3, the football championship resumed in another European country - Portugal. And the very first matches of the local Primera brought sensational results. At first, the outsider of the Portimonence tournament interrupted a lengthy unbeaten run in a duel with the ninth-place Liver Vicente.

One accurate hit by Lucas Fernandez was enough for the hosts in order to get three points - 1: 0. This victory was the first for the team in 2020. The last time Portimonence won on November 30, 2019. Taking into account the cup tournaments, the unsuccessful series of the team from Portimao stretched for 13 matches.  

Now the position of an outsider does not look so hopeless, because the wards of Paulo Sergio only need to score three points to leave the relegation zone.

Following the "Portimonence" sensation created a newcomer to the Prime Minister "Famalikan". The João Pedro Souza team at home beat the leading “Port” - 2: 1. However, it is impossible to call such a result absolutely unexpected, because the club from Vila Nova di Famalicana had a great start to the season and even led the way up to the ninth round. However, with a major away defeat from Porto (0: 3), their gradual decline began.

But at home, “Famalikan” managed to take revenge from the grand. Porto football players may well be blaming goalkeeper Agustin Marquezin, who made two mistakes in the second half, which determined the outcome of the meeting. First, an experienced Argentinean under pressure from an opponent actually performed an assist in Fabiu Martins, and then missed a shot from Pedro Gonçalves from the outside of the penalty area.

“Porto” responded only with an accurate shot of Jesus Crown from the corner of the goalkeeper. Did not help the team escape and the ex-striker of Spartak Ze Luis, who came on as a substitute in the 73rd minute and did not remember anything. Thus, the "dragons" interrupted the seven-match unbeaten run in the championship. Moreover, on Thursday in case of victory over Tondela Benfica will bypass them.

The second match of Levine and the return of Tataev after disqualification  

Also in the week were matches of the 27th round of the Czech Republic Premier League, in which five Russians are currently playing. Almost all of them took part in regular meetings of their teams.

Defender of “Mlada Boleslav” and the youth national team of the country Alexey Tataev returned to service after disqualification and in his match with “Fastav” he marked his debut own goal in his adult career. Previously, the 21-year-old defender hit his own goal only in the youth championship of Russia. In the middle of the first half, Tataev unsuccessfully put himself under the blow of an opponent, and from the foot of Alexei the shell ricocheted into the near corner. True, in just a couple of minutes, “Mlade Boleslav” managed to recoup, but the fans did not see more goals scored.

The Russian team extended the unbeaten run in the Czech Championship to three matches, and in the last nine rounds the team won only one victory, scored six points and dropped to ninth place. Without Nikolay Komlichenko, who had left for Dynamo, Mlada Boleslav was not ready to fight for a ticket to the European competition.  

The tour was much more successful for Vladislav Levin, who had won an excellent Bohemians move. The Russian team on the road beat the outsider “Opava” with a minimum score and won the fourth consecutive victory in the national championship and the third after the resumption of the season, which helped the wards of Ludek Klusachek to rise to tenth place.

Levin, who missed six months last year due to a serious knee injury, took part only in the second match of the Czech Republic and spent the first 90 minutes on the field.

Teplice, for which Yevgeny Nazarov and Igor Paradin, rented from Krasnodar, are playing, showing much more modest results. On Wednesday, the team devastatingly lost on the outskirts of Prague “Sparta” - 0: 3. Moreover, all the goals were scored before the break. The double was designed by Libor Kozak, and ex-Rostov midfielder Guelor Kanga scored a penalty.

As for the Russian Teplice players, Nazarov in the second round in a row got into the starting lineup of the team and spent the first 90 minutes on the field for the first time in a season. Paradin, who earlier, on the contrary, played more often than his compatriot, in the second match in a row remained on the bench and replaced only eight minutes before the final whistle.

The misfire of the leader in Austria and the important victory of Salzburg

In addition to the Portuguese championship, Austrian national championship was resumed this week. And in the very first round of the playoffs of the champions, the local hegemon “Salzburg”, who has not been giving away gold to rivals since 2014, managed to catch up with the unexpected leader of the LASK season, who only went up to the Bundesliga a few years ago.

The team of Linz completed the group stage of the Austrian championship with a six-point lead over the hegemon. Before the playoffs, the points scored by the teams were divided into two - so the handicap was reduced to three points.

And in the first round after the resumption of the season, “Salzburg” leveled the gap. For the first time in history, LASK lost to the humble Hartberg - 1: 2. Moreover, the leader opened the score already in the ninth minute, but in the middle of the first half he allowed the opponent to recoup. And in the 93rd minute, Dario Tadic scored the 12th goal in the current season of the Bundesliga and brought Hartberg an unexpected strong-willed victory.

“Salzburg” did not have the right not to take advantage of the misfire of a direct competitor and beat the third-place “Rapid” 2-0 at home. The first goal was scored by striker Patson Duck, for whom this goal was the 18th in the national championship.

But with this result, the 21-year-old Zambian takes only the second place in the tournament scorers race, behind the Wolfsberg forward Shosh-Salman Weissman (23 goals). By the way, the Israeli’s exact shot against the Sturm goal helped his team win and beat the Rapid in the fight for bronze. And third place in the Austrian Bundesliga scorers with 16 goals is still held by Erling Holland, who has long been playing in the German championship.