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Heidenheim Hold Stunned Borussia Dortmund After Late Penalty Drama

Promoted Heidenheim claimed their first factors within the Bundesliga on Friday, coming from two objectives down to attract 2-2 at Borussia Dortmund after a controversial and weird late penalty determination. Dortmund appeared in full management early, taking a commanding lead simply quarter-hour with a objective from Julian Brandt and an Emre Can penalty. The house facet wasted a number of probabilities to land a killer blow and allowed Heidenheim again into the sport, Eren Dinkci scoring a stunner early within the second half to offer the guests hope. Heidenheim equalised from the spot late within the second half, Tim Kleindienst scoring after a protracted VAR delay. Having initially awarded a penalty which was overturned by VAR for offside, the referee approached the field and once more overturned the choice, sending Kleindienst to the spot. Dortmund protested however the objective stood, persevering with a worryingly poor begin from final yr’s runners up, who now have one win and two attracts within the league this season. “We just about beat ourselves within the second half” Brandt instructed DAZN. “We conceded two objectives after safely having possession of the ball. We urgently want to guard the ball —…

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Football transfer rumors: Paulo Dybala to Paris Saint-Germain

While their fellow European titans, Manchester City, Barcelona, and Bayern Munich, all raised eyebrows by failing to win – or in the case of the Spanish title-holders, losing – over the weekend, Paris Saint-Germain’s defeat was arguably the most surprising. Perhaps distracted by the soap opera surrounding the future of their injured striker, Neymar, the French side were beaten at Rennes, who finished in 10th place last season, 39 points behind Thomas Tuchel’s side. Speaking after the game, the PSG manager insisted that his Brazilian friend, who has repeatedly been linked with Real Madrid and Barcelona, will not be going anywhere unless a replacement can be found first. “He will not leave without recruitment,” said Tuchel. “It is not possible. It’s clear, if he stays we will have a player who can help us win.” The word on the Parisienne boulevards is that PSG has been negotiating with Juventus over the £73m purchase of Paulo Dybala, scorer of a preposterously good turn-and-chip goal in a friendly against Triestina. Should they secure the Argentinian’s services, Neymar may go to Real with Raphaël Varane and Vinícius Júnior going the other way in a swap deal and then…

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