With the weekend wrapped up and some big mid-week matches upcoming, the IMOTGP would like to salute CONCACAF players for some tremendous performances in Germany. As you know, the blog has become popular in Mexico while also gaining traction with top players in Canada so we feel it is important to provide a recap of what goes on from a global perspective given our wide reach as a football humour blog.
First, you know him, you love him, Christian Pulisic struck yet again in a 6-0 thrashing with a left-footed goal in a beatdown of Darmstadt as part of a command performance ...
Meanwhile in Frankfurt, three CONCACAF studs had a major role in Eintracht's 2-1 win over Leverkusen. Mexican superstar Chicharito finally got his first Bundesliga goal with this tally ...
Chicharito equalized the match, but that only set the stage for more CONCACAF players to get involved. Mexican star Marco Fabian scored in the 79th minute to put the home side ahead before United States defender Timothy Chandler hauled down Julian Brandt in the box late in the match. Up stepped Chicharito to salvage a point but he pinged his penalty kick off the post as Leverkusen came up empty.
In other action, Alfredo Morales and Ingolstadt took a shock lead at Bayern Munich only to fall 3-1 at the Allianz Arena in a thrilling Bavarian derby.
On Saturday among U.S. strikers, Bobby Wood remained the only goal scorer this season for an awful Hamburger SV, which confirmed their status for the drop with a 4-0 home defeat to RB Leipzig. Wood received his first yellow card.
His club will be battling it out with Aron Johansson's rock-bottom Werder Bremen team, which fired the coach after a 4-1 loss to Fabian Johnson and Monchengladbach. Johansson entered as a second-half substitute and was sent off for dissent for Bremen, who are at minus-10 in goal difference through three games. Johnson started and set up the game's first goal.
On Sunday, U.S. superstar John Brooks sat out with an adductor injury as Hertha Berlin remained perfect with a 2-0 victory over Schalke 04. Niklas Stark moved into central defence with Sebastian Langkamp in a virtuoso display that could make Brook's return to the team anything but certain so the situation bears watching.
These CONCACAF stars will be in action plenty this week with two games apiece for their clubs so we'll be on the watch for more heroics from our region's top footballers.
Tomorrow, we'll preview the mid-week action and show you Pep Guardiola saying a curse word live on the IMOTGP!
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