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Pre-season round-up: Rui Patricio, Raul Jimenez make Wolves debuts

Adama Diakhaby makes first Huddersfield appearance

during the FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017 Group A match between Russia and Portugal at Spartak Stadium on June 21, 2017 in Moscow, Russia.
Image: Rui Patricio made his Wolves debut

Rui Patricio saved two penalties on his debut as Wolves were involved in two goalless draws in the H-Hotels Cup on Sunday.

Summer signings Patricio and Raul Jimenez both made their debuts in Wolves' first 45-minute game of the day against Bochum.

Neither side could find a breakthrough and it was Bochum who won 5-4 on penalties, despite Patricio saving two spot-kicks.

Wolves made 11 changes for their next match against Real Betis but again it finished goalless.

New signing Adama Diakhaby started for Huddersfield in a 1-1 pre-season draw with Darmstadt.

The 22-year-old joined from Monaco on Friday and was named in the starting XI for the Terriers' final pre-season game in Germany.

Darmstadt took the lead early in the second half but Steve Mounie levelled in the 80th minute from Jordan Williams' cross.

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Aaron Mooy came off the bench after joining with the squad on Thursday following the World Cup.

"We saw a lot of good things and other things to work on again, as you'd expect in this moment," said Huddersfield manager David Wagner.

"Everyone got a lot of minutes in these five games, which will really help us going forward.

"It was good to see Adama Diakhaby get 60 minutes today. He is a good player and we're very happy to have him with us."

Leeds drew 1-1 with Southend after Luke Ayling cancelled out Harry Lennon's opener.

Tyler Roberts made his first appearance for Leeds, having suffered an injury after joining in January from West Brom.

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QPR suffered their first defeat of pre-season as they were beaten 3-0 by Hoffenheim.

Steve McClaren named a different XI to the one which drew 2-2 with the same opposition less than 24 hours earlier, but the Bundesliga side emerged victorious at their training ground.

Blackburn were 1-0 winners over Lincoln thanks to a first-half header from Joe Nuttall.

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