European Football: Dortmund Grab First Win, Vlahovic Is Juventus’s Supersub

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The Borussia Dortmund striker Serhou Guirassy scored erstwhile successful each half to thief steer nan hosts to a 3-0 triumph complete Union Berlin connected Sunday and notch their first Bundesliga triumph of nan season. The 29-year-old has now netted successful his seventh consecutive Bundesliga match, pinch only 2 players successful Dortmund history having achieved a longer streak.

The Guinea world missed 2 aureate chances early successful nan first half, including a one-on-one pinch nan goalkeeper Frederik Rønnow. But it was 3rd clip fortunate conscionable earlier half-time erstwhile Yan Couto recovered nan striker pinch a superb pass. Guirassy past scored his 3rd extremity successful 2 convention matches successful nan 58th infinitesimal aft a one-two pinch Maximilian Beier and a soft spot complete Rønnow, earlier nan substitute Felix Nmecha sealed nan win.

Juventus scraped a 1-0 triumph distant to Genoa successful their Serie A clash, pinch Dusan Vlahovic coming disconnected nan chair to people for nan 2nd successive game. Vlahovic, who besides scored successful nan opening-day triumph complete Parma, looked group to time off Juventus successful nan adjacent season, pinch nan nine eager to waste nan striker alternatively than suffer him for free erstwhile his statement runs retired adjacent year. Yet for now nan Serbia world is proving captious astatine this early shape of nan campaign.

Dusan Vlahovic of Juventus rises to powerfulness location a header
Dusan Vlahovic of Juventus rises to powerfulness location a header. Photograph: Simone Arveda/Getty Images

The crippled only sparked into life successful nan closing minutes of nan first half erstwhile nan Genoa goalkeeper Nicola Leali saved nan location side, and a wasteful Jonathan David spurned a gilt-edged chance. The Juventus manager, Igor Tudor, turned to his chair aft nan break, and erstwhile Filip Kostic whipped successful a area successful nan 73rd minute, Vlahovic sent a thumping header past Leali to gain nan visitors a scarcely deserved win. Torino earned their first constituent of nan season, aft a goalless tie pinch visitors Fiorentina.

In La Liga, Celta Vigo grabbed a last-gasp equaliser against Villarreal done Borja Iglesias. The Celta striker scored 4 minutes into stoppage time, cancelling retired Nicolas Pépé’s extremity from early successful nan 2nd half.

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