Do Borussia Dortmund have to worry about one of their World Cup returnees? Carney Chukwuemeka was unable to continue in the friendly against FC Tokyo on Saturday from the 23rd minute onwards because of injury.
Marcus Rashford has been left out of Manchester United's pre-season squad to face Atletico Madrid in Stockholm as he completes a mandatory rest period following the World Cup. The forward is taking his three-week post-tournament break after representing England in North America, keeping him sidelined from early friendly preparations.
Dante had definitely imagined his start as coach of Bayern Munich's second team differently: on Friday evening, the FCB youngsters suffered their second defeat in their second game of the season.
The Bafana Bafana midfielder was as cold as ice when faced with the decisive penalty at the Jan Breydel Stadium in Bruges, Belgium. With the penalty scores locked on 4-4 'President yama2k' stepped up to take the fifth and final kick for his team and smashed it into the top corner to spark scenes of wild celebrations for Les Unionistes.