Stephanie Vaquer is once again the WWE Women's World Champion. The native Chilean pulled off the rare untelevised **** le change at a house show Saturday night in Santiago, Chile, dethroning Liv Morgan at WWE's live event at the Movistar Arena.
Becky Lynch served as the special guest referee for the **** le match.
The finish saw Vaquer hit Morgan with her corkscrew moonsault before Lynch counted the pinfall, ending Morgan's reign at 147 days. Lynch raised Vaquer's hand after the match before the two embraced as the new champion celebrated her victory.
History made in Santiago tonight….

Chile’s own Stephanie Vaquer is the NEW WWE Women’s World Champion!!! pic.twitter.com/PyA8JWD9Ua
Vaquer's second ascension to the throne arrived less than a week after Morgan successfully defended the belt against her on Monday's episode of "WWE Raw." That match ended in controversy after interference from Morgan's Judgement Day stablemates, Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez, helped Morgan retain.

#morgan #lynch #match

After transferring from Crown Point in Indiana, junior tight end Ty Kennedy had to carve out a role for himself on a Mount Carmel offense that was already loaded with returning stars.
For Kennedy, though, the transition to a new team, a new school and a new state has been a smooth one.
"I wouldn't say it was hard at all," Kennedy said. "The culture here, you just have to buy into it. This place is great. I couldn't ask for anything better. Teammates, coaches. Coach (Jordan) Lynch is obviously a mastermind on the offensive side of the ball. All my teammates are great.
"It's amazing."
Kennedy is emerging as yet another playmaker for the Caravan. He hauled in four catches for 66 yards and two touchdowns Friday night as host Mount Carmel pulled away late for a 56-26 Catholic League Blue win over Marist in Chicago.

#mount #carmel #teammates #great

WOODBURY - Juniors PJ Galullo and TJ Rubsamen are two veteran players for a very young Nonnewaug co-op football team that's navigating its first season in the Naugatuck Valley League.
That duo combined to help the Chiefs claim a hard-fought 12-6 win over Oxford on Friday night at Nonnewaug High School. It was the inaugural NVL game and season opener for Nonnewaug.
"It was a good move for us to put our program in there," Chiefs coach Scott Lynch said.
An aesthetically pleasing game it most certainly was not, but a win's a win from Nonnewaug's point of view.
"It was ugly, but we got the job done tonight," Rubsamen said.

#chiefs

The mother of a black woman whose body was found hanging from a tree in Jackson, Mississippi, has told the BBC she is still waiting for answers from officials more than a month later.
Her demands have been echoed by a community in the southern US state that has been left shocked and angry.
After weeks of silence, police on Tuesday confirmed for the first time that they were investigating the death of Tasia Fortune, 29, as a potential homicide - while clarifying that her official cause of death has yet to be confirmed.
Authorities discovered Fortune's body on 3 August, hanging from a tree in the lot of an abandoned home.
Local concern over her death has been heightened by the fact that the state has a dark history of racial violence and lynchings.

#hanging #jackson #mississippi #tuesday

GUILFORD - New seasons bring new faces. Those new faces could determine the success or failures of teams.
For the Guilford football team, it was a mix of new and old which made a difference in its season opener against Amity.
Behind 86 yards and a touchdown on the ground by junior Shane Connelly, 123 yards and a touchdown in the air by sophomore quarterback Ryan Lynch and a tough as nails defense, Guilford topped Amity 21-7 in a Southern Connecticut Conference contest at Kavanaugh Field at Guilford High Thursday evening.
"We practiced, we knew what they were going to do," Connelly said. "We knew their concepts, and what they were planning to do on us. I think we handled it perfectly."
For Amity, it was the story of missed opportunities as the Spartans could not capitalize until Colt Snowden connecting with Tyler McDaniel on a 10-yard touchdown with 4 minutes, 40 seconds remaining in the game to cut the deficit to 14 points.

#shane

Charlie Woods enjoyed his best finish of the 2026 season this weekend at the Junior Players Championship.
Woods, a senior at the Benjamin School and son of legendary golfer Tiger Woods, shot 71 (1-under) in the final round on Sunday, Sept. 6 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
He finished at 1-under overall and tied for eighth across the three-round event. JP Lynch of Austin, Texas won the event at 8-under.
Woods finished his tournament with the type of round that has been characteristic of his tournament appearance, offsetting five birdies with four bogeys. Overall, he carded 14 birdies and 13 bogeys in the event.
Here are some highlights from his final round:

#Event

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Legacy Edge Advisors, a Syosset, N.Y.-based registered investment advisor with $1.2 billion in client ***** ets, has hired Christopher Weyrauch as its first CEO.
Weyrauch had been head of wealth management at Citizens Financial Group from 2021 to 2024, a role he took after a 28-year run at TIAA, where he was the last CEO and president of TIAA Life Insurance Company.
Legacy Edge Advisors was founded by TIAA wealth management advisors Scott Israel, Robert Rom, Jason Kass and Tim Urie, who split off to start their own firm. They have since added more former TIAA advisors and an advisor for Merrill Lynch, according to Israel.
"Our focus was to build something that was viable, profitable and a place that our colleagues from TIAA and [advisors from] elsewhere could have a place that would give them what TIAA clients are used to," Israel said. "I'll call that phase one, and we did that."

#advisor

Based on the advice of Peter Lynch, my long-term investments tend to run in the Grains sector.
Of these markets, my choice is Corn based on how it behaves both technically and fundamentally.
Coffee Prices Pressured by Rising Supplies
Cocoa Prices Fall on Larger Supplies from the Ivory Coast
Coffee Prices Slip as Brazil's Coffee Exports Expected to Accelerate

#coffee #rising

When Cliftonville had last faced Glentoran at the Blanchflower Stadium in the Women's Premiership in 2025, it was a day they wanted to forget.
Nadene Caldwell's late winner on the final day of the season meant Glentoran lifted the league ******* le in dramatic circumstances at the expense of the Reds.
But, almost a year on, Cliftonville turned the tables on their ******* le rivals with a 2-1 win in east Belfast on Sunday, which put them in control of the ******* le race.
"I think it wasn't something that was mentioned, but I'd say subconsciously, if not consciously, people were thinking about the fact the last time we played at the Blanchflower, they were lifting the league," said key Cliftonville striker Teegan Lynch, who scored in Sunday's win.
"They're not great memories, they're more of nightmares, but at the same time it was maybe that extra 10% that we needed to get over the line.

#glentoran #time

49ers tight end George Kittle's chances of playing in Week 1 are going up.
Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Kittle will travel to Australia with the team ahead of their matchup with the Rams in Melbourne. Kittle has practiced the last two days and, per the report, is trending in the right direction to play.
Head coach Kyle Shanahan said earlier this week that he'd prefer not to take Kittle to Australia if it looked like he would not be ready to play on the Achilles he tore in January. Making the trip doesn't guarantee he'll be in the lineup, but it is certainly a good sign.
Rapoport reports that defensive end Nick Bosa will also travel with the team on Wednesday. Bosa did not practice for much of training camp as he recovers from a torn ACL, but General Manager John Lynch said on Tuesday that he'll be ramping up his work with an eye toward playing in the opener.

#bosa

Oxford United have signed winger Luka Lynch from Aston Villa on loan until January.
The 19-year-old arrives having been part of the Premier League club's academy since he joined from West Bromwich Albion aged 14.
Lynch featured 11 times for Villa's under-21s last season, scoring four goals. During the 2024-25 season he was a part of the under-18s squad which won the FA Youth Cup, and the U18s Premier League ****** le.
Oxford head coach Aaron Ramsey described Lynch as "an exciting young winger".
"He's direct, has good ability in one-on-one situations and has the confidence to make things happen in the final third," Ramsey told the club website.

#premier #season #luka

Peter Lynch built an impressive track record as the fund manager for Fidelity's Magellan Fund. Under his stewardship, from 1977 to 1990, the fund beat the S&P 500 index in 11 out of the 13 years. And it produced an impressive 29% average annual return.
Fortunately, Lynch shares his wisdom in a book called One Up on Wall Street. He describes his philosophy, which is buy what you know, research the company's fundamentals, and plan to make a long-term commitment.
Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again. In 2009, a "Double Down" signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. For the first time in years, that same "Total Conviction" signal is flashing for a company 1/100th the size of Nvidia. Continue »
With this in mind, here are two consumer goods companies that fit the bill.
Many people continue to shop at Costco Wholesale's (NASDAQ: COST) giant warehouses. If you've ever gone into one, you can usually see a crowd.

#NVIDIA #fund #flashing #years

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WFXR) -- Liberty will kick off its 54th football season with the second installment of the Battle of the Blue Ridge. The Flames will travel to James Madison on Saturday for their 20th all-time meeting with the Dukes at noon. JMU recorded a 31-13 victory at Williams Stadium on Sept. 20, 2025 in the inaugural Battle of the Blue Ridge clash, improving to 13-6 all-time against the Flames. However, Liberty won its most recent visit to Harrisonburg, a 26-21 triumph in the opening round of the 2014 FCS Playoffs. Liberty has won six straight season openers and eight of its last nine lid-lifters.
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#blue #flames #lynchburg #james

San Francisco 49ers WR Mike Evans (adductor) will practice next week, according to 49ers GM John Lynch on Tuesday, Sept. 1.
SOURCE: David Lombardi - The San Francisco Standard
Huddle Up: Evans has a little more than a week until the 49ers' regular-season opener in Australia, but the murkiness of this injury couple with Evans' advanced age and only playing eight games last season has fantasy managers a bit spooked. His fantasy football draft stock is falling day by day, so perhaps he could be a bit of a value on draft day if his adductor injury is something Evans can work through and gut out. That said, he's more of a fantasy WR3 right now rather than the locked-in starter he's been for the last dozen seasons.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: San Francisco 49ers WR Mike Evans to practice next week

#adductor #practice

The San Francisco 49ers are one day - and one practice - away from boarding a flight to Melbourne, Australia, for their Sept. 10 season-opener against the Los Angeles Rams. It's still unclear if one of their two best defensive players will be making the trip.
General manager John Lynch said in a Tuesday morning interview with KNBR that defensive end Nick Bosa worked out on a side field Monday and was expected to do the same Tuesday. But the star defensive end wasn't present for either day's portion of open practice.
The lack of transparency from the 49ers surrounding Bosa's recovery is creating a bizarre situation. Perhaps he simply doesn't want to work out on the side field in front of a slew of cameras?
Bosa hasn't practiced in nearly a month. He was dealing with tendinitis in August amid his continued recovery from a torn right ACL suffered last September. According to coach Kyle Shanahan, the tendinitis isn't a concern at this point. Rather, he said the team is "just being smart" by monitoring Bosa's practice intensity on a daily basis.
Defensive coordinator Raheem Morris declined to offer specifics on the management plan for the 28-year-old superstar: "Bosa's got a plan in place. I don't want to reveal it if Kyle hasn't done it, but I'll let him do that stuff, break the news to you," Morris said. "But obviously they've got a real, legit plan … all-hands-on-deck type mentality to get him ready to go, so whatever it takes for him to get out there. I'm just going to feel good when he gets a chance to get out there and to be able to call those plays for him."

#bosa #side #recovery

Brandon Aiyuk kept dissing the San Francisco 49ers throughout the offseason, expecting the team to move on from him so he could join the Washington Commanders, his preferred landing spot.
However, the situation has only worsened for him. As he awaits a resolution of some sort, 49ers general manager John Lynch's unusual response to questions about the wide receiver on Monday quickly became a talking point in the NFL community.
Aiyuk previously blamed part of the tension between himself and the 49ers on his former agent, Ryan Williams, who has a friendship and business relationship with Lynch. During a YouTube video in June, Aiyuk also alleged that Lynch visited his home partly to apologize for the actions of head coach Kyle Shanahan.
Nothing has changed between Aiyuk and the 49ers since then, as the wide receiver remains under contract with San Francisco but is currently listed on the Reserve/Left Squad list. In practical terms, Aiyuk is no longer involved with the team.
The situation became even more interesting when Lynch was asked about Aiyuk on Monday, and he had a hilarious reaction.

#team

There are plenty of challenges that come with opening a season nearly 8,000 miles from home. The San Francisco 49ers, set to fly Wednesday to Melbourne, Australia, ahead of their Week 1 game against the Los Angeles Rams, are learning them firsthand.
The dizzying list of complications starts with a simple one: "Do you have a passport?"
That's a question general manager John Lynch said he recently asked a potential practice squad player, as his team continues to finalize the group it will bring on a 16-hour flight this week for the Sept. 10 opener.
"There's a lot of little logistics like that that are complicated by this, but we're embracing it," Lynch said ahead of Monday afternoon's practice. "We're having a plan for everything, and we're getting it done."
A day after slicing its roster to 53, San Francisco made a flurry of additional moves. It placed defensive back Nate Hobbs and linebacker Nick Martin on injured reserve, re-signed punter Corliss Waitman and safety Ashtyn Davis one day after releasing them and added 13 of the allotted 17 players to its practice squad. Those were all calls that needed to be made faster than normal because of the impending trip.

#practice #ahead #squad

Twelve months out from the World Cup, the writing is on the wall for Marnus Labuschagne after he was axed from Australia's ODI squad for tour Zimbabwe and South Africa.
After a poor 50-over tour in Pakistan and Bangladesh, Labuschagne was among five players dropped for September's tour, with Matt Short, Ben Dwarshuis, Todd Murphy and Liam Scott also left out.
Victorian teenager Ollie Peake has been an opportunity to impress with the bat, while NSW all-rounder Joel Davies could also make his ODI debut in the matches against Zimbabwe.
Lynchpin fast bowlers Pat ****** mins and Mitchell Starc have both been selected, showing their intention to feature in next year's World Cup and also be raring to go for the Australian summer of cricket.
MORE: When does Australia play its next Test match? Opponents, dates, venues for Australia's upcoming Test schedule

#labuschagne #africa

Seattle Seahawks
legend Marshawn Lynch has a new national gig nearly two decades after Applebee's played an unlikely role in introducing his personality to football fans.
Lynch is starring in a new Applebee's advertising campaign promoting the restaurant chain's O-M-Cheese-adilla Burger, which launched nationally on August 31. The partnership reunites Lynch with a brand connected to him since before his 12-year NFL career ever began.
Applebee's announced the new menu item on August 31, with Lynch announcing it too on his Instagram, describing it as an expanded version of its longtime Quesadilla Burger. The burger includes bacon and Pepper Jack cheese and arrives in a skillet of molten queso and melted Cheddar, along with tortilla chips, queso, pico de gallo and cilantro. It is being offered for a limited time as part of the chain's 2 for $25 menu.
But for Seahawks fans, the more interesting part of the rollout is the person Applebee's chose to sell it.

#seahawks #august #menu #part

The Seattle Seahawks concluded their final rounds of roster cuts following their 9-9 preseason finale tie against the Kansas City Chiefs. They have also officially set their 53-man roster as they gear up to take on the New England Patriots to kick off the 2026 NFL season in Week 1. However, on their roster you will only see three running backs: Jadarian Price, George Holani and Emanuel Wilson.
Unfortunately, the reason for this is because the Seahawks have placed their otherwise presumed starting running back Zach Charbonnet on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list. This is unsurprising, considering Charbonnet suffered his ACL injury during the 41-6 blowout victory over the San Francisco 49ers in the Divisional Round of the playoffs. Given how late in the season this occurred, the beginning of the season was always going to be off the table for Charbonnet. Still, it's a cold splash of reality to see it actually come to fruition.
Charbonnet was one of the more critical, yet perhaps a little underrated, cogs in the Seahawks' offensive machine last season. The former UCLA product had 730 rushes and 12 rushing touchdowns. In fact, Charbonnet became the first Seattle running back to have double-digit rushing touchdowns since Marshawn Lynch had 13 during the 2014 campaign.
Of course, arguably the most important play of the season was Charbonnet's heads up decision to pick up the ball during Seattle's comeback win over the Los Angeles Rams. This was later ruled to be a successful two-point conversion which tied the game, and the Seahawks would eventually go on to win in overtime.
Charbonnet will miss games against the Patriots, Cardinals, Commanders and Chargers. The earliest he could be allowed to return will be the Week 5 home game against the San Francisco 49ers, but even that feels unlikely. Seahawks Wire will continue to monitor his health status moving forward.

#charbonnet #seahawks #season #Patriots

Indirect tax and compliance technology company Vertex has made three senior appointments to its leadership team as it prepares for its next stage of expansion.
Chatelle Lynch has joined as chief people officer (CPO) at the company, while Carlos Mercuriali has been named senior vice-president and regional manager for Europe.
The company also announced that Bala Chandran takes up the role of chief product and technology officer.
Lynch has more than 20 years of experience in organisational strategy and transformation-led businesses.
She previously held CPO positions at the RealReal and McAfee.

#technology #officer #vertex

James Blunt shared an article Monday defending himself amid rumors that he was the "very famous" and "undressed" British singer-songwriter Hayden Panettiere was left in bed on a boat with at age 18.
The article, ****** led "Hayden Panettiere and James Blunt – An Internet Lynching" from the Substack "WTF With Dean Piper," goes into the allegations that have swirled since Panettiere's death on Aug. 21 as fans revisit the troubled actress' May 2026 memoir, "This Is Me: A Reckoning." Piper argues that Blunt couldn't have been the man in question.
Blunt shared the article on X in apparent agreement on Monday, simply adding, "
" to the post.
In "This Is Me," Panettiere described being introduced to a "a famous thirty-something British singer-songwriter lying in a bed" on a boat, where her friend said, "I want you to get in bed with him. He has a huge ****** ." The late actress was 18 years old at the time and remembered the experience as a past trauma. She said, "This is not going to happen," before leaving the room but being stuck on the boat.

#piper

James Blunt is putting a stop to rumours that he was the "undressed" and "very famous" man Hayden Panettiere found herself in bed with on a yacht when she was 18 years old.
In her memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning, Panettiere described the man as a "famous thirty-something British singer-songwriter", to whom she was "delivered".
On Monday, the You're Beautiful singer shared to X a link to a Substack article by journalist Dean Piper which seeks to debunk the speculation that Blunt is the unnamed man.
The piece, **** led Hayden Panettiere and James Blunt, An Internet Lynching, notes that the timing is all wrong.
"It only takes the smallest of AI searches to find out that in May 2009, when pictures of Blunt and Panettiere were taken, she was 19, almost 20. So, if the incident happened when she was 18, Blunt's not your guy."
Piper also argues that Panettiere's story of the disturbing encounter, in which she fled from the room and hid somewhere else on the boat, doesn't match up with her and Blunt being seen together multiple times after the event.

#panettiere #singer

James Blunt reacted to speculation he was involved in an inappropriate incident with a then teenage Hayden Panettiere.
The British singer-songwriter shared an article in his defense.
Panettiere wrote about being left in a bed with a naked and "very famous" man when she was 18 in her memoir.
James Blunt has reacted to speculation that he had an inappropriate experience with a teenage Hayden Panettiere aboard a boat years ago.
The English singer-songwriter shared a piece ***** led "Hayden Panettiere and James Blunt – An Internet Lynching" from the WTF With Dean Piper Substack on X Monday, which debunks the speculation.

#blunt

Glentoran beat rivals Linfield 2-1 to progress to the semi-finals of the Women's Irish Cup.
Naomi McLaughlin opened the scoring in the 36th minute before Cora Chambers levelled for the Blues at Blanchflower Park.
But McLaughlin struck her second of game with eight minutes remaining to send Kim Turner's side into the final four.
Holders Cliftonville also progressed to the last four with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Derry City.
After an early own goal opened the scoring for Cliftonville, the Reds progressed thanks to goals from Teegan Lynch and Louise McDaniel either side of the interval.

#mclaughlin #side #linfield #irish

LYNCHBURG, Va. - The sci-fi-worthy machine soaring 120 feet tall in the hills outside Lynchburg had been all but left for dead - a $400 million experiment that collapsed as the energy economy shifted and the financial prospects for next-generation nuclear technology soured.
The faux eight-story reactor in Lynchburg, built to mimic a nuclear plant but run on electricity so engineers can safely monitor and tinker with it, languished a decade unused on a Liberty University engineering campus.
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Now, with the AI build out exploding across the country, a pair of engineering wizards with a nuclear start-up and ******* eX pedigree see in it a lucrative solution to one of the country's most vexing challenges: powering the proliferation of data centers.
They are betting that they can leverage a forgotten test facility started in 2009 as a launchpad to build the small, more nimble nuclear reactors that the industry has been promising for decades could create cheap, reliable energy.

#post #engineering #washington

The Athletics' blew another late lead on Tuesday night in Kansas City, allowing three runs in the bottom of the ninth to let an easy win slip right through their fingers. This one hurt.
Facing Kansas City left-hander Daniel Lynch IV tonight, the A's got to work right away against the reliever-turned-starter. Zack Gelof drew a one-out walk to spark the first-inning rally and was immediately followed by a Jeff McNeil single and another walk to Jonah Heim. That loaded the bases and brought up rookie infielder Tommy White. A productive out would have been fine but the A's ideally needed a hit, and White delivered with a base knock to left field to drive home one:
McNeil got a bit greedy behind Gelof trying to score and was gunned down at the plate. That took the air out of the rally and the A's would ultimately only come away with one. Felt like they left some meat on the bone there.
That one run was enough for the Athletics' pitching early. Righty Jack Perkins was initially slated to start but a late change saw left-hander Brady Basso get the ball for the first couple frames. He had a clean 1-2-3 bottom of the first then allowed one harmless single in the second. Pressing his luck, Mark Kotsay sent Basso back out for the third and Basso allowed another hit but also got one more out before getting pulled for Perkins.
Perkins was just as effective as Basso. He finished the third inning and would end up pitching through the sixth inning. He'd only allow two base runners in his work tonight, looking sharper as the game went on. He ended his night on a massive high, striking out the side in the sixth including an inning-ending punchout of Royals star Bobby Witt Jr.

#basso

Liverpool's pursuit of Bradley Barcola appears to be moving towards a decisive stage, according to David Lynch, with the journalist expressing strong confidence over the PSG winger's prospects of ending up at Anfield.
Speaking to Dave Davis on Anfield Index's Media Matters podcast, Lynch was asked about developments after Barcola and Ibrahim Mbaye were named in PSG's initial squad, then watched from the stands rather than featuring in the playing squad. Davis also referenced Luis Enrique's comments before the game: "When a player doesn't have a smile when coming here, it's better to look for another solution."
Lynch's ***** sment of Bradley Barcola was strikingly confident.
"The talks are ongoing. I wonder whether the next thing that we'll hear about this is a kind of done deal, to be honest, because the talks have been going on for a while. Everybody knows what's going on."
He then reduced the situation to its essential parts: "PSG are willing sellers. Liverpool are willing buyers."

#barcola #anfield #talks #willing

Left-wing Twitch streamer Hasan Piker appears to be gearing up to sue conservative commentator Scott Jennings for defamation.
Jennings, a CNN contributor, went viral last week after posting a heavily edited, intentionally misleading video of what looked like Piker expressing extreme hostility towards Black voters and calling for lynchings. With the full context, it is obvious that Piker was being sarcastic.
"Black voters have been voting against the socialists, only to be ruled in many cases by privileged white commies," Jennings claimed, using Black identity as a bludgeon against the Democratic left. "Did you ever notice, by the way, how violent these people are? … Now [Abdul] El-Sayed's best friend is out there calling for Black voters to be lynched. Beneath all the smiles and dancing videos, there's nothing but hate and violence in the heart of these Communists."
As Snopes reported, Jennings lied when he claimed that Piker wanted to bringing back lynchings, as "Piker's remarks on lynchings were sarcastic reactions to a user's chat comment and opinions expressed by someone else in a separate video."
Jennings's video was widely panned, with many calling for Piker to sue. The streamer called Jennings's video "the worst instance of defamation" he'd seen. On Sunday, Piker confirmed that his team is preparing a defamation lawsuit, saying it seemed "unavoidable," and that it might include Fox News.

#piker #voters #calling #sarcastic

Liverpool have now completed their pre-season programme, signing off with a 2-0 win over Como, and the discussion has quickly shifted towards whether Andoni Iraola's side are ready for the competitive action ahead. In his post-match ***** sment, David Lynch weighed up the positives and concerns from the final friendly, with a particular focus on Liverpool's ability to sustain performance levels, the emerging 4-4-2 system, and a pair of encouraging defensive debuts.
As Lynch put it, "that's the preseason done. No more friendly games for Liverpool until the real stuff starts." From there, the central issue was obvious, "is this team ready to compete in another Premier League season, another Champions League season, the League Cup and the FA Cup to go with it as well."
The result itself was positive, a 2-0 victory, and Lynch noted that "not a bad way to sign off for the summer really." He pointed to the underlying numbers that favoured Liverpool in key areas, saying, "the expected goals from this game and it's 1.47 for Liverpool, 0.52 for Como," while also noting that Liverpool "created three big chances to Como's zero."
That pattern had previously been easier to dismiss because of substitutions and rotation, but this time the concern felt more relevant. Lynch explained, "for the first time we've seen a lot of players get the full game or in some cases a lot of the game maybe two thirds of the game. So in theory Liverpool should have been able to replicate the first half performance in the second half of this game and unfortunately we didn't really see that."
The second-half figures underlined the point, "9-2 to Ko on the shots, 3-0 on the shots on target in the second half." With Newcastle next, his warning was direct, "they have to be better. They have to be more capable of playing 90 minutes." He added that Iraola's earlier comments about not being strong enough across the full match had been borne out again, saying, "what he'll have seen today would have convinced him again that maybe they aren't just strong enough yet to put together the 90-minute performance that they will need against Newcastle and need throughout the season going forward."

#season #league #como