Football, Gold Cup: Host USA won the Gold Cup final against defending champions Mexico. At the tournament of the North and Central American continental association Concacaf, the US footballers prevailed 1-0 after extra time on Sunday (local time) and achieved a great prestige success. Of the ten tournaments before the 2021 edition, both countries had won five each. Mexico had defeated the USA in each of the last three final duels. The decisive goal was scored by Miles Robinson of Atlanta United with a header in the 117th minute. Overall, it was the seventh success of the USA at the Gold Cup.
At the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, both teams had previously wasted all opportunities to take the lead, including several times Matthew Hoppe from FC Schalke 04. One of these opportunities came in the 71st minute when his shot inside the penalty area was blocked at the last moment and for a corner has been clarified. Just two months ago, the two teams faced each other in the Nations League final of the Concacaf. The game also went into overtime at the beginning of June, with the USA winning 3-2 in the end. Many important professionals such as Champions League winner Christian Pulisic from Chelsea were not at the Gold Cup.
Soccer, France: With the two Germans Julian Draxler and Thilo Kehrer, but without world champion Kylian Mbappé, the French top club Paris Saint-Germain lost the game for the national Super Cup. The cup-winning team of coach Mauricio Pochettino lost on Sunday evening OSC Lille in Tel Aviv with 0: 1 (0: 1), which recently won the duel for the championship. The Portuguese Xeka (45th) scored for Jocelyn Gourvennec’s team.
While Mbappé, who recently returned to training, stayed in Paris to prepare for the new season, star newcomer Georginio Wijnaldum was substituted on a good 20 minutes before the end. The Dutchman could not prevent the Paris defeat. Brazil’s star Neymar and Sergio Ramos, who was missing, and European champion goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma were also absent on Sunday. Paris had previously won the title eight times in a row.
Tennis, Atlanta: What the French Open is to Rafael Nadal, the ATP tournament in Atlanta is to John Isner: The 36-year-old American triumphed on Sunday (local time) for the sixth time at the hard court event in Georgia. In the final, Isner defeated his 19-year-old compatriot Brandon Nakashima 7: 6 (10: 8), 7: 5. The service giant, who won the longest match in Tour history at Wimbledon in 2010, had previously triumphed in the former Olympic city in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018. In the previous year, the tournament did not take place due to the corona pandemic.
This makes Isner the only player, alongside the Spaniard Nadal, who has won the major in Paris 13 times, the Swiss Roger Federer and industry leader Novak Djokovic (Serbia), the only player who has won a tournament at least six times. Subtle difference: the other three have each won 20 Grand Slam tournaments in their careers, Isner’s best result in one of the four majors is the semi-finals at Wimbledon 2018.
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