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  • Erling Haaland hits hattrick as Dortmund start DFB Pokal defence

    Erling Haaland scored a hat trick as Borussia Dortmund started its German Cup title protection with a 3-0 win over third-division Wehen Wiesbaden.
    The holders attacked from the off and went shut via American ahead Gio Reyna, however needed to wait till the twenty seventh minute for captain Marco Reus to arrange Haaland for his first.
    The Norwegian dusted himself off after he was fouled by the goalkeeper to attain Dortmund’s second purpose from the penalty spot within the thirty first. He accomplished his hat trick early within the second half.

    Picking up the place he left off 🔥
    An Erling Haaland hat-trick places @BlackYellow comfortably via to the subsequent spherical 📽️#DFBPokal #WIEBVB pic.twitter.com/MgS8gYfU6e
    — The DFB-Pokal (@DFBPokal_EN) August 7, 2021
    Dortmund was with out the coronavirus-infected Julian Brandt and Thomas Meunier, whereas Mats Hummels, Raphael Guerreiro and Emre Can weren’t but match sufficient to play. It was Dortmund’s first aggressive sport with Marco Rose as coach and with out Jadon Sancho, who switched to Manchester United within the offseason.
    Goalkeeper Gregor Kobel made his first begin.
    LEIPZIG MARSCH ON
    American coach Jesse Marsch loved a flying begin in command of Leipzig with a 4-0 win at second-division Sandhausen.
    Old acquaintance Dominik Szoboszlai scored the fourth purpose three minutes after approaching as an alternative to his Leipzig debut. The highly-rated 20-year-old Hungarian ahead joined Leipzig from sister membership Red Bull Salzburg in January however hadn’t performed on account of harm.
    Marsch additionally arrived from Salzburg, to take over from Julian Nagelsmann, who left for Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich.
    Szoboszlai arrange fellow substitute Hee-Chan Hwang shortly after scoring, however the South Korean missed when he had solely the Sandhausen goalkeeper to beat.
    Willi Orban, Amadou Haidara and Christopher Nkunku scored the guests’ different objectives. Portugal striker Andr? Silva began however failed to attain on his Leipzig debut.
    Marsch’s workforce subsequent faces Mainz in its Bundesliga opener subsequent weekend.

    Rounding up right this moment’s outcomes 📋#DFBPokal pic.twitter.com/OUL3PaGis7
    — The DFB-Pokal (@DFBPokal_EN) August 7, 2021
    BABELSBERG’S MOVIE SCRIPT UPSET
    Babelsberg is a district outdoors Berlin well-known for its central function in Germany’s movie business. Its soccer workforce performs at fourth-tier degree and was beforehand recognized for its political actions in help of refugees.
    Freshly promoted Bundesliga workforce Greuther Furth was anticipated to progress, however the customer was surprised as Babelsberg gained a penalty shootout 5-4 after their sport ended 2-2 with additional time.
    American winger Julian Green scored Furth’s late equalizer to ship the sport to additional time, however two gamers missed within the shootout and David Danko scored the decisive spot-kick to set off a celebration among the many majority of the three,000 followers attending.
    BIG GUNS WIN
    Bundesliga groups Bayer Leverkusen, Stuttgart, Arminia Bielefeld and Bochum all beat fourth-tier opposition to progress. Leverkusen gained at Lokomotiv Leipzig 3-0, Stuttgart loved routing Dynamo Berli 6-0n, and Bielefeld acquired the higher of Bayreuth 6-3. Bochum wanted additional time to beat Wuppertaler SV 2-1.
    Augsburg defeated fifth-tier Greifswalder 4-2, third-division Osnabr?ck upset Werder Bremen, which was relegated from the Bundesliga final season, and second-division Hannover defeated fourth-tier Eintracht Norderstedt.Holstein Kiel, Nuremberg and St. Pauli additionally progressed.

  • 16 injured, 5 lacking in explosion at German chemical hub

    An explosion at an industrial park for chemical corporations shook the German metropolis of Leverkusen on Tuesday, sending a big black cloud rising into the air. At least 16 folks have been injured and 5 stay lacking.
    Germany’s Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance categorised the explosion as “an extreme threat” and requested residents to remain inside, flip off air flow programs and maintain home windows and doorways closed, German information company dpa reported.
    Later on Tuesday, nevertheless, the Cologne hearth division tweeted that measurements of the air’s air pollution “do not show any kind of abnormality.” They stated the smoke had gone down however that they might proceed to measure the air for toxins.
    Emergency autos of the fireplace brigade, rescue providers and police stand not removed from an entry street to the Chempark over which a darkish cloud of smoke is rising in Leverkusen, Germany, Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (AP)
    The metropolis of Leverkusen stated in a press release that the explosion on the Chempark web site, about 20 kilometers (13 miles) north of Cologne on the Rhine river, occurred in storage tanks for solvents. It stated 4 folks have been severely injured and 12 much less severely. Five persons are lacking.
    Currenta, the corporate working the chemical park, stated the explosion occurred at 9:40 a.m. on the storage tanks of their waste administration middle after which developed into a hearth.
    “Sirens were operated to warn residents and warning alerts were sent,” Currenta stated within the assertion.
    Police in close by Cologne stated a lot of officers, firefighters, helicopters and ambulances from throughout the area had been deployed to the scene. They requested all residents to remain inside and warned folks from outdoors of Leverkusen to keep away from the area.
    They additionally shut down a number of close by main highways.

    Daily Koelner Stadt-Anzeiger reported that the smoke cloud was shifting in a northwestern path towards the cities of Burscheid and Leichlingen.
    Leverkusen is dwelling to Bayer, one in every of Germany’s greatest chemical corporations. It has about 163,000 residents and borders Cologne, which is Germany’s fourth greatest metropolis and has round 1 million inhabitants. Many residents work at Bayer, which is likely one of the greatest employers within the area.
    The chemical park is positioned very near the banks of the Rhine river.
    Currenta has three amenities within the area. More than 70 totally different corporations are primarily based on the areas in Leverkusen, Dormagen and Krefeld-Uerdingen.