Bayern Munich lackluster debut in the German Cup; Hamburg eliminated

Mario Götze, Lewandowski and Arturo Vidal, on his debut, scored the goals in the first round of the German Cup by Bavarian

Everyone expected a sound thrashing, but the mighty Bayern Munich won "only" 3-1 modest amateur team Nöttingen, the fifth division on Sunday (09) in his debut for the German Cup.

The Bavarians have not convinced, but Hamburg did even worse: it was eliminated by FC Carl Zeiss Jena, the fourth division, when they lost 3-2 in overtime.

European champion in 1983, Hamburg is the only team that has never been relegated from the Bundesliga since the creation of the championship in 1963 but narrowly escaped sticking the past two seasons, when he needed to compete in repechage to stay in the elite.

True to coach the game of philosophy Pep Guardiola, Bayern had 79% of possession, but had more difficulty than expected to overcome the brave amateurs Nöttingen.

The game was marked by the return of Dutch Arjen Robben, who missed the final stretch of last season through injury, and the first goal of the new signing Arturo Vidal, who opened the scoring from the penalty spot after just six minutes of play.

Niklas Hecht-Zirpel, young college who divides his time between football and college mathematics and physical education, equalized ten minutes later, to the delight of the home crowd.

Mario Götze returned to put the Bavarians to 17, and Robert Lewandowski made 3-1 in the 27th.

Bayern failed to swing the network in the second half and the goalkeeper Sven Ulreich, substitute Manuel Neuer, had to make two difficult saves in the final minutes.

The current runner-up Borussia Dortmund also had a performance below expectations, winning by 2-0 Chemnitzer FC the third division, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang goals and Henrik Mkhitaryan.

On Saturday, Wolfsburg began the defense of their title without scares, with rout 4-1 on the Stuttgart Kickers, also of the third division.

Besides Hamburg, another representative of the elite was on the way, Hoffenheim, Brazilian former club Roberto Firmino, now at Liverpool, who lost 2-0 to Munich in 1860, the Second Division.

Dani Alves is the great character of the European Super Cup that will broadcast the Interactive Sport on Tuesday (11), from 15h! See!

Mourinho hits out at handsome team doctor after an injury hazard

No, it was not yesterday evening Chelsea. The champion came home pitch, a 2-2 draw against Swansea and 'The Blues' were briefly after the break reduced to ten men after red for Thibaut Courtois. To make matters worse, according to coach Mourinho was still wrong even with an injury of Eden Hazard, making his team suddenly had to defend with eight. 'The Special One' gave his "naive" medical team of handsome Eva Carneiro one slap.

Mourinho saw the red card and a victory drilled through his nose penalty converted by Gomis and was mad with rage. Especially by an incident completely in the closing stages of the match. Eden Hazard went down after a contact lie outside the field. Team Doctor Eva Carneiro, still you know those handsome doctor who brought the unconscious Courtois last season soon to his senses, rushed with her ​​team at the Red Devil to take care of him. But that was not to the liking of Mourinho. 'The Special One' found that no Hazard care needed (and go back in the field had to trot). The brief of the 24-year-old gunman was lost under Mourinho precious time (Hazard was then also again waiting for a signal from the ref to return to tread the turf).

Time possibly could have resulted in a late goal from Chelsea. "Moe" "I was not happy with the decision of my medical staff. Even as a doctor, equipment manager you have to understand the game. When you play with one man less, must you be sure that the player in question does indeed have an injury, "Mourinho complained to Sky Sports. "I was sure that Hazard had a serious problem. He got a knock and was very tired. Unfortunately, the medical team was enough very naive and they acted too impulsively. Therefore there remained only eight field players." Had Mourinho right? Of Hazard had to build urgently cared? Give your opinion in the comments below.

Maria Sharapova continues to struggle with leg injury

World number two Maria Sharapova forfeit for the WTA tennis tournament in Toronto, Canada (hard / dollar 2377305).

The Russian is struggling with contracture of her right leg. That made the organizers of the tournament, which will start on Monday, Friday. In the absence of Sharapova Romanian Simona Halep will be the second seed in Toronto.

Sharapova is no longer on the track appeared since her semifinal loss at Wimbledon. On July 9, they went 6-2 and 6-4 defeat against Serena Williams, the world number one.

Chelsea - draw against Swansea on his debut in the Premier League

Chelsea began their title defence in the Premier League with a 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge against Swansea, on Saturday in the first round, a game in which the London team was expelled from his goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.

The Brazilian champion Oscar ahead 23 minutes later six Ghanaian Andre Ayew, who made his debut in the English Championship this summer after leaving Marseille, equalised (29).

He lasted little joy to Swansea, as the Chelsea equalised in the 30th with a shot that deflected Brazilian Willian his goal Argentine Federico Fernandez.

In the second half (55) the French Bafetimbi Gomis scored a penalty the final tie. The referee had pointed penalty and red card expulsion of goalkeeper Courtois at an entrance to Gomis own.

The first half was characterised by the intensity of the two teams.Swansea stood up unapologetic champion and only fell behind on the scoreboard for the good stops Courtois and fortune in that deflected shot from Willian Fernandez.

In the second half Swansea continued to create danger, especially through the fast left winger Ecuadorian Jefferson Montero as protagonist in the first Welsh goal when he crossed for Gomis finish off before Ayew exploited the rebound wide.

The Bosnian Asmir Begovic, who replaced Courtois in goal, lived up to the Belgian, clearing a great chance of Montero own at 61, and tied the tie for the hosts.

In the final (84) made his debut in an official match with Chelsea the Colombian Radamel Falcao, who replaced William. The former Manchester United had before it a shot after an assist from Belgian Eden Hazard, but finished without force.

- United starts with victory -

Before Manchester United won (1-0) at Old Trafford the first match of the Premier League from 2015 to 2016 thanks to an own goal by Tottenham right-back Kyle Walker (22).

Tottenham footballer scored when trying to snatch the ball to Wayne Rooney, who was about to finish after a cross from Ashley Young.

In other matches on Saturday, none of the newly promoted teams could start the season with victory.

Bournemouth fell at home against Aston Villa (1-0), like the Norwich City, who lost to the London Crystal Palace (3-1).

The only one who at least got a point was Watford's Spanish coach Quique Sanchez Flores, who drew on his visit to Everton (2-2); a meeting that saw the first Latin goal this season in the Premier League, the Mexican Miguel Layún (13), ahead of his team at Goodison Park.

The first day of the Premier League continues on Sunday with three matches, including Arsenal-West Ham and Stoke City-Liverpool.

For Monday is the debut of Manchester City, West Bromwich field.

Roll the ball in the Premier League: Chelsea, Man U and the rest

Chelsea's defence of his crown in the Premier League started on Saturday with the expulsion of goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and a 2-2 draw with Swansea. Jose Mourinho's team squandered the lead twice and paid dearly for the expulsion of Courtois shortly after the second half started, receiving a straight red card for bringing down Bafetimbi Gomis when the French came to the area in a counterattack.

Mourinho dodged criticizing the expulsion of Courtois, saying only that "after that, everything was different." "We played a very good first half, we had the game under control and we played with more and more confidence," said the Portuguese coach. "Playing 35 minutes outnumbered in the first game of the season when the physical condition is not optimal level is much more difficult."

Chelsea took the lead after 23 minutes thanks to a goal from free kick from Brazilian Oscar, but Andre Ayew leveled six minutes later when he pounced on a ball left adrift after Courtois clearance of a head of Gomis.

The champions restored the advantage immediately with a goal by Argentine defender Federico Fernandez. At 30, Fernandez stretched leg to deflect a center of Brazilian Willian from the left, but the ball is nestled rose at the far post.

Gomis rescued a draw for Swansea with a single maneuver that left hand side Courtois, who had no choice but to bring him down inside the area. Asmir Begovic replacing Courtois entered, but could not do before the auction Gomis, at 55.

Manchester United needed an own goal to beat Tottenham 1-0 in the first match of the season, while Leicester beat Sunderland 4-2 and Crystal Palace 3-1 in a controversial Norwich he said.

Bournemouth began its first season in the Premier League with a 1-0 setback against Aston Villa.

Watford, newly promoted to the first division with Bournemouth, took the lead on two occasions, including on 14 minutes thanks to a goal by Mexican Miguel Layún, but eventually drew 2-2 with Everton.

At Old Trafford, Spurs defender Kyle Walker gave United the three points to get the ball into his own net on 22 minutes, when he tried to mark the United captain Wayne Rooney.

It was one of the few occasions of danger in a match in which Louis van Gaal fielded four new signings for United.

Van Gaal used the Argentine goalkeeper Sergio Romero instead of David de Gea, who is the target of rumors of transfer to Real Madrid and, as the helmsman, had no mind on the game. They also played the central Matteo Darmain, and midfielders Morgan Schneirderlin and Memphis Depay. Another reinforcements United, Bastian Schweinsteiger, replaced Michael Carrick after an hour.

"It was a very difficult game because there were two teams who want to push, so each player with the ball had very little (time) to make a play," Van Gaal told BT Sport. "We had a lot of the ball but generate some opportunities."

Leicester had no trouble scoring on his debut coach Claudio Ranieri, who returned to the Premier League after 11 years.

Jamie Vardy opened the scoring in the 11th minute with a header and Riyad Mahrez increased at 18 and 25. Jermain Defoe and Steven Fletcher came to Sunderland in the second half and Marc Albrighton scored the fourth of Leicester.

Meanwhile, Norwich players were furious that an apparent equalizer was disallowed in their loss to the Palace.

Cameron Jerome thought he had gone 2-2 when he stretched his leg to make an acrobatic shot that shook the nets in the 74th minute, but referee Simon Hooper annulled on the grounds that the move was no goal.

Norwich also called a penalty when Sebastien Bassong was pushed by Connor Wickham to 89. Yohan Cabaye Palace sealed the victory to put the third in a counterattack in injury.

Top 10 most followed players in the Premier League Twitter

According to  Twitter , 63% of the players in the Premier League are Users of Twitter. Of these, the most popular is  Wayne Rooney  with 11.7 million of followers. After the England striker and Manchester United Mesut Özil (9.8 million) and Kun Aguero (8.9) are the social network collects this data  into a blog post  with which they wanted to welcome the new season in football English beginning this weekend. 

Photo: Twitter

The team with the most tweeters in their squad is Tottenham, 92% of its players are active profile on Twitter. Manchester City (75%), Arsenal (73%) and Leicester (70%) go after the Londoners in this particular ranking social networking activity. Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United are the most popular teams in the league at Twitter.

Twitter has announced the introduction of emojis in the tweets related to the Premier on this opening day. Thus, the shield of each club officers appear to use hashtags to each (#LFC) The same applies to the official hashtags competition.