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Rayan Cherki is making his case at Manchester City, and he's making it loud. Two goals and a commanding performance against Crystal Palace has Phil McNulty and the rest of the football world asking the same question — is this the moment the young Frenchman fully arrives? City may have found something special.
Shifting to the gridiron, the Arizona Cardinals close out their preseason Friday night with four recent draft picks fighting for their professional lives. Linebacker BJ Ojulari headlines the group — a second-round selection from two thousand twenty three whose career has been derailed by injury. For these four players, Friday is not a tune-up game. It is an audition with everything on the line.
And over in Germany, Bayern Munich sent a statement to the Bundesliga with a five-to-one dismantling of VfB Stuttgart. Michael Olise was electric, Joshua Kimmich was commanding, and even a disallowed goal couldn't dim Bayern's brilliance on the night. This was the kind of performance that reminds the rest of Europe exactly who Bayern Munich are.
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