Psg Win in Turkey with Kean's Brace
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Venedegar gallops to Qatar Cup victory PAGE 15 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2020 Real Madrid stage comeback; Bayern, and 10,000-goals Liverpool perfect DPA and he doubled his side’s lead BERLIN after the break when he fin- ished off from Alassane Plea’s RECORD champions Real blocked shot. Madrid came from behind late It took Madrid 87 minutes on to draw 2-2 with Borus- to get on the scoresheet thanks sia Moenchengladbach in the to Benzema’s close-range fin- Champions League, whilst ish, but they had an equal- Paris Saint-Germain’s Italian forward Moise Kean celebrates scoring his team’s second title holders Bayern Munich iser soon after when Casemiro goal during the UEFA Champions League Group H match against Istanbul Basaksehir FK PSG’s Moise Kean (left) celebrates with PSG’s French forward Kylian Mbappe at the and 2019 winners Liverpool smashed into the roof of the at the Basaksehir Fatih Terim stadium in Istanbul on Wednesday. (AFP) Basaksehir Fatih Terim stadium in Istanbul on Wednesday. (AFP) maintained their perfect start. net off captain Sergio Ramos. Gladbach found themselves Last-placed Real now face two-up with just half an hour back-to-back games against In- left thanks to a brace from Mar- ter as they look to qualify from cus Thuram. However, Real re- the group for the first knockout fused to give up, with Casemiro round – something which they PSG win in Turkey equalising in the third minute have never failed to do. of injury time after Karim Ben- “We fought all the way to zema had pulled one back. the final whistle,” Casemiro Bayern prevailed 2-1 at said. “Right now we are not Lokomotiv Moscow for their in a comfortable place in our 13th victory in a row in the group but you take a point with Kean’s brace competition. Leon Goretzka’s when you can get it.” victory after the break in a game Beaten 2-0 away by RB Neymar goes that mercifully passed without Leipzig on their Champions incident despite the backdrop League debut after winning a off injured of ongoing diplomatic tensions first Turkish title last season, between Turkey and France. Basaksehir had come close to AFP The result allows PSG, last taking the lead in the first half. ISTANBUL season’s beaten finalists, to Their skipper, the Bosnian get off the mark in Group H, a international Edin Visca, twice MOISE Kean’s second-half dou- week after they started with a narrowly missed the target from ble gave Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 home defeat at the hands of range, while PSG goalkeeper a 2-0 win away to Istanbul Ba- Manchester United. Keylor Navas made a key save saksehir in Turkey on Wednes- Kean, who is on loan from to deny Deniz Turuc shortly af- day as the French side got their Everton, had already opened ter Kean’s opener. Champions League campaign his PSG account with a brace The French giants had up and running but lost Neymar against Dijon in Ligue 1 last also seen Sarabia shoot over Real Madrid’s Brazilian midfielder Casemiro (left) scores the equaliser to injury. weekend and the Italian for- to squander a glorious chance (2-2) during the UEFA Champions League Group B match against The world’s most expensive ward put Thomas Tuchel’s team at the start of the second half, Borussia Moenchengladbach in Germany on Tuesday. (AFP) player limped out of the action in front in the 64th minute be- but Kean’s opener calmed any before the half-hour mark and hind closed doors at the Fatih nerves and he made it 2-0 with early strike was cancelled out UEFA Champions League went straight down the tunnel Terim Stadium. 11 minutes remaining. by Anton Miranchuk, but a results on Tuesday: to join an already lengthy queue Kylian Mbappe played the This time a miscontrol by well-hit Joshua Kimmich volley Group A: At Moscow: Lokomotiv Istanbul Basaksehir’s head coach Okan Buruk (left) looks after Paris to the PSG treatment room. role of provider with a corner Mbappe fell kindly to Kean, earned his side all three points. Moscow (RUS) 1 (Miranchuk 70) Saint-Germain’s Brazilian forward Neymar during their UEFA Champions He was replaced by Pablo from the left that was headed who controlled and turned be- Liverpool also remained Bayern Munich (GER) 2 (Gore- League Group H match at the Basaksehir Fatih Terim stadium in Sarabia, but without the Brazil- home from six yards by the un- fore firing past Mert Gunok to perfect with a 2-0 over debu- tzka 13, Kimmich 79) Istanbul, Turkey, on Wednesday. (AFP) ian the visitors ground out the marked Kean. make sure of the points. tants Midtjylland, with the At Madrid: Atletico Madrid (ESP) opening goal from Diogo Jota 3 (Llorente 29, Felix 52, 85) their 10,000th in club history. Salzburg (AUT) 2 (Szoboszlai Mohamed Salah converted a 40, Berisha 47) penalty in stoppage time. Group B: At Kiev: Shakhtar Elsewhere, Atalanta came Donetsk (UKR) 0 Inter Milan (ITA) 0 Ziyech hits first Chelsea goal in rout of Krasnodar from two goals down to draw At Moenchengladbach, Germa- AFP Chelsea move up to four points at the dive full-length to tip behind his curling 2-2 with Ajax, Manchester ny: Borussia Moenchengladbach KRASNODAR (RUSSIA) top of Group E after two matches. Sevilla shot inside five minutes. City beat hosting Olympique (GER) 2 (Thuram 33, 58) Real host Rennes later on Wednesday in the Chelsea were awarded a penalty Marseille 3-0 to also make Madrid (ESP) 2 (Benzema 87, HAKIM Ziyech scored on his first other game in the pool. when Werner was clipped by Brazilian it two wins out of two, Porto Casemiro 90+3) start for Chelsea as Frank Lampard’s Thiago Silva stayed in London to rest defender Kaio, but Jorginho’s effort hit won 2-0 against Olympiacos, Group C: At Porto, Portugal: side powered to a 4-0 victory away to as Antonio Rudiger made his first ap- the post and bounced off Safonov before and Inter played out a goalless Porto (POR) 2 (Vieira 11, Oliveira Champions League debutants Kras- pearance of the season for Chelsea, lin- Krasnodar scrambled clear. draw with Shakhtar Donetsk. 85) Olympiakos (GRE) 0; At Mar- nodar in Russia on Wednesday. ing up alongside Kurt Zouma in central Hudson-Odoi made the most of his Real were slow out of seille, France: Marseille (FRA) 0 Jorginho missed a penalty for defence. Ziyech joined from Ajax for a opportunity playing behind Werner, and the blocks last week against Manchester City (ENG) 3 (Torres Chelsea but Callum Hudson-Odoi put reported £37 million ($48 million) in the benefitted from a goalkeeping error to Donetsk in their 3-2 defeat, 18, Gundogan 76, Sterling 81) the Blues in front before half-time af- summer but missed the beginning of the break the deadlock on 37 minutes. and although they rebounded Group D: At Bergamo, Italy: ter a mistake by Krasnodar goalkeeper season with a knee problem. Chelsea’s American midfielder Christian The England international’s low with a weekend Clasico win Atalanta (ITA) 2 (Zapata 54, Matvei Safonov. The 27-year-old had made three Pulisic celebrates with teammates after drive looked routine for Safonov, who at Barcelona they fell behind 60) Ajax (NED) 2 (Tadic 30-pen, Timo Werner smashed in a spot-kick cameos as a substitute before earning scoring the team’s fourth goal. (AFP) was excellent in Krasnodar’s open- again in Moenchengladbach. Traore 38); At Liverpool, Eng- on 76 minutes to double Chelsea’s lead, his first start in Krasnodar – a journey ing game, but the Russia Under-21 Thuram opened the scor- land: Liverpool (ENG) 2 (Jota with Moroccan international Ziyech and of some 3,500 kilometres from London. of the group in Rennes last week, and ‘keeper allowed the ball to slip through ing through a blistering coun- 55, Salah 90+2-pen) Midtjylland Christian Pulisic adding late goals. Krasnodar drew their opening game Daniil Utkin forced Edouard Mendy to his grasp. ter-attack in the 33rd minute, (DEN) 0. Hand of God ‘with my right’ – Maradona’s dream 60th birthday gift AFP happy through football”. PARIS “I feel that I’ve given pleas- ure and amusement to those DIEGO Maradona reveals he who watched me in the sta- has a dream present to mark diums or on television,” the his 60th birthday on Friday - Argentine legend told France “to score another goal against Football. England, this time with my Maradona’s birthday cele- right hand”. brations may be compromised The Argentine legend as he is currently in self-isola- made the impish suggestion in tion after a bodyguard tested an interview with France Foot- positive for COVID-19. ball in reference to his ‘Hand The pandemic he says “is a of God’ goal against England real hard blow for the people in the 1986 World Cup quar- of Latin America”. ter-finals, with Argentina go- Maradona, who has a his- ing on to take the title. tory of drug and alcohol abuse Argentina’s football legend Diego Maradona poses on stage ahead of In the past when asked and poor health, is considered the 2018 FIFA World Cup final draw at the State Kremlin Palace in about the handball he has at high risk of coronavirus com- Moscow. Maradona turns 60 on October 30, 2020. (AFP) said: “If I could apologise and plications should he be infected. go back and change history I He has suffered two heart its 44 million population with In what is presented as his would do.