French club Paris Saint-Germain achieved a landslide victory over its guest, UD Heverle Leuven, 5-0, on Thursday, in the second round of the league stage in the Women’s Champions League.
The Parisian team raised its score to 4 points after achieving its first victory in the tournament this season, advancing to third place, while Leuven remained at one point in 14th place.
In another match, Manchester City of England tied with its guest, Real Madrid, of Spain, 1-1, bringing the two teams to two points, with City occupying eleventh place on goal difference, ahead of Real Madrid, which is in twelfth place.
The Italian Inter had survived its first loss in the competition, after snatching a fatal 1-1 draw against its host Austria Vienna.
Modesta Oka opened the scoring for the Austrian team in the 21st minute, before Ivana Andres saved Inter with an equalizing goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time in the second half.
Inter raised its score to 4 points in sixth place, while Austria Vienna earned its first point in the tournament to occupy fifteenth place.
In another match, the Danish team achieved a major victory over its guest, Servette, Switzerland, 5-1, to obtain its first 3 points in the tournament and temporarily occupy eighth place, while Servette remained without points in the eighteenth and last place after its second loss in a row.
The German national team achieved its first victory under the leadership of its new coach, Jurgen Klopp, by defeating its Serbian guest 2-0, on Thursday, in the third round of Group Two competitions in the first level of the European Nations League.
Klopp had taken over as coach of Germany, succeeding Julian Nagelsmann, who left after the team was eliminated from the round of 16 in the 2026 World Cup by Paraguay on penalties.
Germany began its campaign with Klopp with a 1-1 draw with the Netherlands, before losing at home to Greece 0-1, succeeding against Serbia in achieving its first victory and raising its score to 4 points in third place. On the other hand, the Serbian team remained without points after suffering its third loss in a row.
The German team imposed its advantage from the beginning at the Allianz Arena, and Alexander Pavlovic was close to opening the scoring in the eighth minute with a shot from outside the penalty area that passed near the post.
After a series of attempts, Tom Bischoff succeeded in giving the hosts the lead in the 39th minute, after Florian Wirtz's shot bounced off the post and reached Bischoff, who followed it directly into the net.
Germany continued its pressure in the second half, and Nick Voltemade wasted an opportunity in the 58th minute, after receiving a pass from Wirtz, but he shot over the crossbar even though the goal was empty.
Three minutes later, Wirtz made up for the opportunity and added the second goal, after receiving a pass from Maximilian Mittelstadt, and passed the Serbian defender before putting the ball into the net.
The match saw Klopp rely on Jonas Orbig, Bayern Munich's reserve goalkeeper, as a starter, while Voltimade, the Juventus striker on loan from Newcastle, led the attack.
Germany will meet Greece in Athens, next Sunday, in the fourth round, while Serbia will host the Netherlands on the same day.
The match between Ireland and Austria was stopped for a short period, Thursday, in the third group of the second level in the European Nations League, after protesters threw tennis balls on the grounds of the Aviva Stadium, in objection to the Irish national team’s decision to play its next match against Israel.
The Irish team was leading 1-0 amidst a large crowd, when the referee had to stop the match for a short period in the 20th minute, after tennis balls bearing the Palestinian flag were thrown onto the field.
Ireland is one of the European countries most critical of the Israeli war in Gaza, while fans have repeatedly called on the national team to boycott its matches against Israel in the European Nations League since the draw was made last February.
Goalkeeper Gavin Bazuno had withdrawn from the national team squad on the eve of the 3-0 victory over Israel, last Sunday, in a match held in Hungary, after the players took two votes the day before and the majority chose to play the match.
Bazunu returned to the national team roster and sat on the bench against Austria, but he will not participate in the next match against Israel, on Sunday, which the Irish Federation moved to Serbia, where it will be held without an audience in the city of Bačka Topola.
Troy Parrott had given Ireland the lead in the 12th minute, after he bypassed the Austrian defense and reached the penalty area before shooting a low ball into the far corner of the net.
Members of the Irish FA voted in November to ask the UEFA Board of Directors to suspend Israel’s participation in European competitions, before a motion was approved at a meeting held in July in favor of continuing to compete.
