Harry Wilson scored twice to present Fulham a 3-1 win over Nottingham Forest, whose depressing pre- season continued in Portugal this night.
Forest boss Nuno Espírito Santo named an inexperienced beginning XI and so they had no reply as Wilson’s brace, the second from a free-kick, put the Cottagers in management at half-time.
A near-first-choice workforce got here on on the break, together with Morgan Gibbs-White, Murillo and Chris Wooden however Fulham scored once more by way of Andreas Pereira.
Wooden pulled one again with a trademark header however Forest couldn’t add to their tally. The defeat comes after goalless attracts in opposition to Chesterfield and Monaco.
Sunderland crushed in Edinburgh
Sunderland’s summer time optimism was diluted by a 3-0 hammering at Hearts in Craig Gordon’s testimonial.
Boss Regis Le Bris named a powerful facet however the Wearsiders have been comprehensively crushed by the Scottish Premiership workforce because of targets from Claudia Braga, Lawrence Shankland and Alexandros Kyziridis.
Le Bris informed the membership web site: “I believe, for the primary time this pre-season, we confronted a workforce with excessive depth, direct play, man for man – and we struggled.
“Possibly we’re a bit drained, nevertheless it’s not an excuse.
“On the finish of this recreation, we’re disillusioned as a result of we missed this chance to develop once more by way of this pre-season.
“So, a powerful reminder: typically you want a punch in your face to say, Oh, the season has restarted – and that was the case.”
Rangers hit again to attract
One other Scottish-North-East England conflict ended 2-2 between Rangers and Middlesbrough.
Neto Borges and Dael Fry put the Championship facet 2-0 up however the hosts hit again by way of targets from second-half substitutes Danilo and Findlay Curtis.
Stoke and Wolves drew 1-1 – Hwang Hee-chan following as much as equalise after his penalty had been saved. Bae Junho had earlier put Stoke forward.
Burnley performed two video games this afternoon with one ending in a 2-2 draw at Shrewsbury and the opposite a 2-0 win at Huddersfield.
Ferguson loving life with Roma
Evan Ferguson prolonged his high quality begin to life at Roma with the one objective because the Giallorossi received at Kaiserslautern and Lyon put their monetary woes to at least one facet with a convincing 4-0 win at Hamburg. Malick Fofana was among the many targets in what might be his last look for Les Gones with Everton hoping to lure him to Merseyside.
Celtic concluded their pre-season marketing campaign with a 1-1 draw in opposition to Al-Ahli with Brendan Rodgers’ facet profitable the Como Cup 5-4 on penalties.
Giacomo Raspadori and Lorenzo Lucca scored as Italian champions Napoli beat Catanzaro 2-1.
