Tonight, matches of the first round of the Europa League group stage will continue, as attention is paid to two strong confrontations at the same time at 10:00 Beirut time, the first between Napoli and Liverpool on Diego Armando Maradona. Stadium, and the second at the San Siro stadium between Inter and Bayern Munich.
Chelsea turn down Tuchel
On the other hand, English club Chelsea announced on Wednesday the sacking of manager Thomas Tuchel from his position after a 1-0 loss to Croatian Dinamo Zagreb and a poor start in the English Premier League.
Leipzig sacks coach.
On Wednesday, RB Leipzig announced the termination of the contract with coach Domenico Tedesco after losing 4-1 to Shakhtar Donetsk in the first round of the Champions League.
Runner-up in Asia: Runner-up in Lebanon
The basketball team of Lebanon took the second place in the ranking of the basketball teams of the Asian continent. The rice team fell behind the Australian team, which finished first and third in the world.
Casper Rudd defeated Russian Khachanov in the semifinals
Australian Nick Kyrgios was eliminated from the US Open after losing to Russian Karen Khachanov in the quarterfinals with a score of 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 6-7. Khachanov scheduled a meeting in the next round with the Norwegian Kasper Rudd, who qualified at the expense of the Italian Matteo Berrettini, winning in three sets, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6.
International and local miscellaneous:
Spanish newspaper AS has reported that team striker Karim Benzema will miss Royal’s next match in the Spanish league against Mallorca due to injury.
Lebanon will not participate in any friendly matches in the upcoming FIFA period at the request of coach Aleksandar Ilic, a Lebanese Football Guide source said. The Lebanese federation has agreed with its Georgian counterpart to hold at least one friendly match during the international break in September.
– Press reports say that Iran’s first national team has officially signed former Egypt coach Carlos Queiroz to lead them at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
– The defending champion of the last two years, Palmeiras, was eliminated from the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores football competition by another Brazilian team, Atlético Paranance, after they drew 2:2 in Sao Paulo, after the former won 1-0 in the first home leg .
Source: El Iktisad