Football has now resumed its rights on the lawns of the five major championships, with the first days of Liga and Serie A this weekend. In the Premier League, Manchester United are already in crisis after their second defeat in as many games. On the Bundesliga side, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund seem irresistible. Overview of the highlights of the weekend.
Premier League: Manchester United humiliated, Tuchel and Conte come to blows
The Red Devils are already at the bottom of the hole. A week after their home defeat to Brighton, the Mancunians sank against Brentford on Saturday in the second day of the Premier League. An express rout, with four goals conceded in the first half, against a failing defense and De Gea. Manchester United are bottom of the Premier League.
TUCHEL VS CONTE: ROUND TWO!!!pic.twitter.com/XhWuOU4fwD
— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) August 14, 2022
At the top of the rankings, Arsenal and Manchester City do not ask questions. Large winners of Leicester (4-2) and Bournemouth (4-0) respectively, the two teams continue their impressive start to the campaign. With six points and six goals scored, Citizens and Gunners are currently leading the championship.
The clash of the weekend opposed Chelsea and Tottenham, at Stamford Bridge. The London derby gave birth to a draw (2-2), snatched after additional time by the Spurs thanks to Harry Kane. We will especially remember the scuffle at the final whistle after the muscular handshake between the two coaches, Antonio Conte and Thomas Tuchel. The German didn’t appreciate that the Italian didn’t look him in the eye. Result: one red card each.
Liga: Barça hooked, Real is doing
After an XXL transfer window and the soap opera of the registration of newcomers, Barça was expected at the turn against Rayo Vallecano (0-0), at the start of its season. But the Catalans disappointed on Saturday evening on the lawn of Camp Nou. Holders in attack, Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha stumbled on the defense of Rayo, despite 21 strikes in total for the Blaugranas, and two goals disallowed for offside for the Pole. Barca are ninth heading into Monday night’s games.
Real Madrid started their campaign with a small victory on Sunday evening against promoted Almeria (2-1). Madrid residents were scared for a while. Led at half-time, they equalized thanks to Lucas Vazquez, before being delivered by a superb free kick from David Alaba just after coming into play a quarter of an hour from time. They temporarily take their place on the second step of the podium, just behind Villarreal, wide winner of Valladolid (3-0).
Serie A: the two Milanese clubs are off to a good start
For the resumption of Serie A, the two Milanese clubs launched their championship in the best possible way. Inter opened the ball on Saturday with a narrow victory over Lecce (2-1). Carried by Romelu Lukaku’s opener, the Inter players snatched the three points thanks to a goal from Denzel Dumfries after added time.
First three points in the bag
Prima vittoria in cascina #MilanUdinese #SempreMilan pic.twitter.com/ncVjlZpP5t
— AC Milan (@acmilan) August 13, 2022
For its part, AC Milan, defending champion, easily disposed of Udinese at San Siro (4-2). Despite the first goal conceded in the 2nd minute, the Lombards did not tremble to offer a small festival. The Rossoneri have taken the lead in the standings, notably while waiting for Juventus’ match on Monday evening, against Sassuolo.
Bundesliga: Bayern and Dortmund continue their faultless
Only two teams have two wins in as many games in Germany. Borussia Dortmund dominated Freiburg on Saturday at the Europa-Park Stadion (3-1). The Ruhr club were carried by their young scorers of 17 and 18, Youssoufa Moukoko and Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, and confirm their inaugural victory against Leverkusen.
Bayern also went there with their success on Sunday, against Wolfsburg (2-0). In addition to the scorers Jamal Musiala and Thomas Müller, Sadio Mané was particularly illustrated. The Senegalese could have scored twice, but both of his goals were disallowed for offside. Munich and Dortmund follow each other at the top of the Bundesliga table and are heading for a new mano a mano.