Soccer

A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Saturday: ENGLAND Manchester United is looking to avoid losing three straight games at Old Trafford in an eight-day span when Brentford visits in the Premier League.

PARIS (AP) — Two second-half goals helped Nantes earn a 2-1 win at Strasbourg on Friday in their midtable French league match. Both teams were coming off a loss in the previous round but they played cautiously during the opening 45 minutes.

MADRID (AP) — Oihan Sancet celebrated his first call-up to Spain's national team by scoring in Athletic Bilbao's 3-0 win over last-place Almeria in the Spanish league on Friday.

MÖNCHENGLADBACH, Germany (AP) — American defender Joe Scally scored a late goal with a long-range strike to salvage a 2-2 draw for Borussia Mönchengladbach against visiting Mainz in the Bundesliga on Friday.

ROME (AP) — Lecce and Sassuolo drew 1-1 in Serie A on Friday, with Domenico Berardi and Nikola Krstović trading goals.

ROME (AP) — Italy will be without its two usual starting center forwards for European Championship qualifiers against Malta and England. Ciro Immobile and Mateo Retegui are both unavailable due to injuries.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi's absence from Inter Miami's lineup may be over. The team used social media on Friday to post “Nos vemos mañana” — translation, “see you tomorrow” — with a photo of the seven-time Ballon d'Or winner.

TURIN, Italy (AP) — Juventus reported losses of 123.7 million euros ($131 million) for last season on Friday, about half of the record loss of 239.3 million euros ($253 million) reported a year ago.

TORONTO — When Terry Dunfield was named interim coach of Toronto FC in the wake of Bob Bradley's June 26 firing, team president Bill Manning said the assignment would last just four games.

MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich has opted not to bring back former Germany defender Jérôme Boateng, with the Bavarian powerhouse saying Friday that its other injury worries in the squad had eased.