2023-08-08 00:25:47
Preston.
Bundesliga promoted Darmstadt 98 got out of trouble in a friendly against former Champions League winners FC Liverpool despite a 1:3 (1:2) defeat.
The Hessians quickly conceded two goals from Mohamed Salah (5th minute) and Diogo Jota (8th) in Preston, England. But Torsten Lieberknecht’s team didn’t let that intimidate them.
Rather, Mathias Honsak’s goal in the 10th minute gave the Darmstadt team a lot of impetus. The guests then played at eye level against Jürgen Klopp’s coached Liverpool. Colombian Luis Diaz (59th) was only able to increase the lead to 3:1 after almost an hour. Klopp and Lieberknecht have known each other since their time together at FSV Mainz 05. From 1995 to 2001 they played together for six years for what was then the second division club.
Dress rehearsal before the start of the competitive game
In the Reds, the two midfielders and newcomers Dominik Szoboszlai from RB Leipzig and Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton & Hove Albion) were in the starting XI. Mac Allister became world champion with Argentina’s selection last December. Darmstadt coach Lieberknecht offered three new players from the start in Austria’s Christoph Klarer (Fortuna Düsseldorf), Fabian Nürnberger (1. FC Nürnberg) and Fraser Hornby (Stade Reims).
For the Hessians, the game against the English was the dress rehearsal before the start of the competitive game next Monday in the DFB Cup at FC Homburg. The Liverpoolers start the new Premier League season a day earlier with a guest appearance at Chelsea. (dpa)
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