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English FA Community Shield Arsenal vs Liverpool Thirty-three days after the 2019-20 season ended, and just six days after the Champions League final, English football returns on Saturday with Premier League champions Liverpool facing FA Cup winners Arsenal in the FA Community Shield at Wembley (stream LIVE on ESPN+ at 11:30 a.m. ET in the U.S.). The clash between the champions and cup winners has been the traditional curtain-raiser to the season in England since it was first staged in 1908. To some, it is no more than a glamorous preseason friendly that tells us little about the season ahead, but for others it is regarded as a trophy worth winning and an opportunity to land an early psychological blow on rivals for the title. Saturday's game offers Liverpool the chance to take their haul of silverware to five trophies since winning the Champions League in June 2019, while Arsenal can consolidate their resurgence under Mikel Arteta after beating Chelsea just over a month ...

Ligue 1 Lyon vs Dijon The Ligue 1 is back in action with its 2020-21 edition as an in-form Lyon outfit hosts Dijon in a league fixture at the Groupama Stadium tomorrow. Dijon has enjoyed a fairly relaxed four months and will be able to field a well-rested starting 11 in this game. Lyon, on the other hand, has had only a week to recuperate from its gruelling Champions League campaign and will want to get the new season off to the best possible start. The home side is the overwhelming favourite to win this fixture and will not want to drop points in its first Ligue 1 game of the season. Dijon has struggled since its return to the Ligue 1 in 2016. Stephane Jobard's team narrowly escaped relegation in the 2018-19 edition of the league and finished in a lowly 16th place last year. Dijon will have to be at its absolute best to stand a chance against Lyon tomorrow. LIVE STREAM

Copa do Brasil São José-RS vs Atlético-GO After almost six months, São José-RS and Atlético-GO will play the second game of the third phase of the Copa do Brasil. This Thursday, at 21.30, the teams face each other at the Francisco Novelatto Stadium, Passo d'Areia, in Porto Alegre (RS). In the first match, held on March 11, the Serie A team of the Brazilian Championship won and won 2-0, with goals from Renato Kayzer and Nicolas. With that, you can lose by up to one goal difference to advance. It is a good opportunity to remove the bad moment, since he has not won for three games in the Brasileirão, being two defeats. The opponent, a member of the Serie C, needs to win by two goals to take the decision to penalties or from three goals difference to qualify in normal time. LIVE STREAM

Copa do Brasil Brusque vs Brasil de Pelotas Brusque will face Brasil de Pelotas this Thursday, August 27, for the second match of the third phase of the Copa do Brasil. The game will take place at the Augusto Bauer Stadium, in the city of Brusque, Santa Catarina at 19h (Brasília time). The Copa do Brasil was paralyzed due to the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus, and returned this week. Before the stoppage, Brusque had achieved a 1-0 victory against his opponent inside his home, in Pelotas in Rio Grande do Sul in the first leg, now the team from Santa Catarina needs only a draw to overcome the rival and qualify. One of Brusque's main strikers, Edu, underwent knee surgery this Wednesday (26th). He suffered a knee injury in the match against Ypiranga in the C series. “We are going to have very important games in these two weeks, we have real chances of qualifying in the Copa do Brasil and being champion of Santa Catarina. I remain firm and strong, this time in the cr...

Copa do Brasil Goiás vs Vasco da Gama Vasco da Gama will face Goiás this Wednesday (26th), at Estádio Hailé Pinheiro, in Goiânia. A challenging game for the Club, because in the first confrontation of the third phase of the Copa do Brasil 2020, Cruzmaltino was defeated by the score of 1-0 and now needs to reverse, to continue in the competition. The wheel of Gigante da Colina, Fellipe Bastos, is excited for the match. Through his Instagram account, the player showed commitment to achieve a good result in today's game. - Let's go after our dreams and goals for this year! God bless us! LIVE STREAM

Copa do Brasil  Paraná vs Botafogo Paraná enters the confrontation after drawing with Operário without goals in Serie B. Coach Allan Aal has only one pass for the duel against the Rio team: left-back Jean, who already defended Boavista in the competition. "We have to keep our heads in place, because our performance can reverse the score. Opportunities will appear knowing that Botafogo is a qualified team. We have to have confidence in what we are doing. We are playing good games and now It tries to value the work of the athletes. We cannot leave the characteristics of our game ", analyzed the coach. LIVE STREAM

Copa do Brasil CRB vs Cruzeiro Raposa, on the other hand, need to win by three goals difference to pass the stage, or else return the 2 to 0 made by CRB in the first game, in Mineirão, to take the decision in the penalty shootout. The return match will take place more than five months after the first match, due to the general stoppage of football due to Covid-19. In the second phase, the CRB eliminated Paysandu on penalties. Likewise, Cruzeiro also advanced in the competition after winning Boa Esporte, in the lime brand. Alagoans and Minas Gerais will also be rivals in the Brazilian Championship of Serie A. While Cruzeiro won the first round of points (against Botafogo-SP), CRB lost to Juventude. The rivals of the Copa do Brasil will duel again, but in the second division, on September 7. LIVE STREAM

Copa do Brasil Fluminense vs Figueirense She came back! The Copa do Brasil returns this Tuesday with the games back from the third phase of the competition. The outings were played in early March, therefore, just over five months ago. They play this Tuesday Fluminense x Figueirense, at Maracanã; Afogados x Ponte Preta, in Pernambuco; and América-MG x Ferroviária, in Belo Horizonte. There will also be clashes on Wednesday and Thursday to define the qualifiers for the next round. LIVE STREAM

The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, also known as the European Cup) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competition winners through a group and knockout format. It is one of the most prestigious football tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club competition in European football, played by the national league champions (and, for some nations, one or more runners-up) of their national associations. Introduced in 1955 as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, it was initially a straight knockout tournament open only to the champions of Europe's domestic leagues, with its winner reckoned as the European club champion. The competition took on its current name in 1992, adding a round-robin group stage and allowing multiple entrants from certain countries. It has since been expanded, and while most of Europe's national league...