Match reviews

Community Shield Highlights- Chelsea 2-2 Man United

Game : Manchester United v Chelsea

Competition : English Community Shield

Date : 9 August, 2009

Final score : Chelsea 2-2 Manchester United ( Ricardo Carvalho 52′, Frank Lampard 71′, Nani 10′ goal, Wayne Rooney 90+2′) ( Chelsea win 4-1 on penalties.

Chelsea 0-1 Manchester United ( Nani 10′ goal)

Portuguese winger Nani gives Man United the led at Wembley with a right footed strike into the far corner. Nani latches on to a cross from Darren Fletcher, cuts inside Chelsea right back Branislav Ivanovic, and unleashes a shot that Petr Cech should have got a hand to.

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Borussia Dortmund 1-0 FC Koln highlights

Borussia Dortmund got off to a winning start in the 2009-10 Bundesliga, as they beat FC Koln ( Cologne) 1-0 at home. FC Koln substitute Marvin Matip scored an own goal in the 75th minute and that ultimately proved to be the difference between the two sides.

Final score :- Borussia Dortmund 1-0 FC Koln ( Marvin Matip own goal 75′)

German Bundesliga :- August 8, 2009 ( Saturday)

Tamas Hajnal whipped in a free kick. Midfielder Tinga got a head to it, and Marvin Matip deflected the ball into his own net.

Check out the Matip own goal.

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Groningen 0-2 Ajax Amsterdam

Martin Jol secured a win in his first Eredivisie game as Ajax manager as the Amsterdam based outfit beat Groningen 2-0 in their opening game of the 2009-10 season at the Euroborg Stadion.

Ajax, who finished third in the Eredivisie last season, took the lead through Miralem Sulejmani on 41 minutes. Jol handed a debut to €7m summer Demy de Zeeuw, but defender Timothee Athouba was only deemed fit for a spot on the bench.

Former PSV winger Dennis Rommedahl, who also scored in the recently concluded Amsterdam tournament, made sure of all three points with his 72nd minute strike.

Runners up Twente Enschede had beaten Sparta Rotterdam 2-0 yesterday, while defending champions AZ Alkmaar were shocked 3-2 by Heracles Almelo.

In other games today, Feyenoord Rotterdam won 2-0, but PSV Eindhoven were held to a 3-3 draw by VVV Venlo.

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