Subscribe!Aston Villa won their first home match of the year, with Juan Pablo Angel scoring a penalty goal in the 34th minute after Reading's Ibrahima Sonko received a red card in the penalty box. Gareth Barry scored the winner in the 61st minute with a nice header. Things did not start well, however, as Reading's Kevin Doyle scored a goal in the fourth minute, then Gavin McCann was shown a yellow card in the 9' minute. Jlloyd Samuel was also shown a yellow card in the 47th minute. Aston Villa now stands in fifth place at 1-0-1 with 4 points and a +1 goal differential. Today's home match against Newcastle was postponed.
Barça's last game before league play begins ended in a disappointing and embarrasing defeat in the European Super Cup Finals. Barça was going for their third Super Cup win, but instead Sevilla won their first. Let's hope that this result was simply a fluke and that Barça's first league game Monday against Celta Vigo goes as expected.
The Steelers got into the win column today with a win over Gwangju at home. I was not able to find any information about how the match went, but Pohang is now in a three way tie for second place with a 1-0-1 record and 4 points. Their next match is August 30 at Seoul and will surely be a test for the Pohang side.
Things did not go well for Stuttgart in today's match. Two minutes after Serdar Tasci scored an equalizer in the 30th minute, Borussia Dortmund scored again to take the lead they would not relinquish. In the 63rd minute Mario Gomez appeared to have been dragged down in the penalty area but was not awarded a penalty shot, thus a bit of controversy. Stuttgart now stands in 13th place with a 1-2-0 record, 3 points, and a -4 goal differential. Let's hope they can get things turned around in their next match at Werder Bremen, on September 16.
