The Dutch
Ajax started showing its class only in the second round of Eredivisie. The
champions moved with a course of a goal per 10 minutes until the score became
5-0. For the remaining time the opponent received some air to breath. The final
score is
6-1 and Ajax has only one team in front. Interesting that the first 10
official goals of the Amsterdam team this season are scored by 9 different people.
The top scorer is Tobias Sana with 2 goals. 
The English
Premier League was meant to have an intriguing start. Everton was the first to
compete against Manchester United this season. Here at Goodison Park was the
sensation of the week meant to be born. Sir Alex Ferguson’s side not only lost
the match, but was also lucky to escape a bigger defeat. Before scoring the
matchwinner by Marouane Fellaini, the home side had to hit the post a couple of
times and bother De Gea all the time. 1-0 and Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie
and others got something to think over during the week.
The Champions
of Champions from London have a 100% record after 2 matches against Wigan and
Reading.
The two
Champions League participants from Spain were drawn to start their season with
a match against each other. The not-much-changed Real Madrid was visited by
totally reconstructed Valencia. Everything went as expected until the 42nd
minute. A huge advantage and a scoring from the home side was all we had seen
by the moment Jonas from the guests cheated Xabi Alonso, Pepe and Casillas, to
send the ball into the net. The last two crashed into each other recklessly.
The Portuguese has not yet appeared on the pitch after that. That was the last
goal of the match.
But the most
important of all had to happen in Spain on Thursday. The first El Classico of
this season didn’t deceive our expectations. The two giants had to fight for
the Spanish Super Copa. The first half of the match between was developing as
if Barcelona and Real Madrid had never met before and they needed to observe
each other. But the second half was exactly what we were looking for. We saw 4
goals in the first 30 minutes of the second half and when everything was very
close to be decided, the two goalkeepers kept the intrigue in this
confrontation alive. Messi could not beat Iker Casillas from a very close distance;
the ball appeared in the opposite part of the pitch, where Victor Valdez
decided to dribble in front of Angel Di Maria. The result was the change of the
score into 3-2 in favour of Barcelona, who will pay the returning visit to
Madrid on the 30th of August. Messi and Ronaldo scored a goal each.
The season is underway!
We are
expecting the Italian and German leagues to start this weekend. Other big
expectations will be the top matches in France, where the champions and vice
champions will still be looking for their first win in the league. This time
they will meet heavyweights from Marseille and Bordeaux relatively. A local derby
is expected in Turkey: there is always something going on when Besiktas and Galatasaray
meet.
Finally,
next week we will know the names of the last 10 teams to setup this year’s
Champions League group stage. The draw of the group stage will take place on
Friday. It is very close now.
| Club | Matches last 7 days | Next match | Position in the domestic league |
| Ajax (Netherlands) | 19.08 NEC (A) 6-1 | 25.08 NAC Breda (H) | 2 |
| Arsenal (England) | 18.08 Sunderland (H) 0-0 | 26.08 Stoke City (A) | 10 |
| Man. City (England) | 19.08 Southampton (H) 3-2 | 26.08 Liverpool (A) | 5 |
| Man. Utd. (England) | 20.08 Everton (A) 0-1 | 25.08 Fulham (H) | 15 |
| Chelsea (England) | 19.08 Wigan (A) 2-0, 22.08 Reading (H) 4-2 | 25.08 Newcastle (H) | 1 |
| FC Barcelona (Spain) | 19.08 Real Soc. (H) 5-1, 23.08 Real Madrid (H) 3-2 | 26.08 Osasuna (A) | 1 |
| Real Madrid (Spain) | 19.08 Valencia (H) 1-1, 23.08 Barcelona (A) 2-3 | 26.08 Getafe (A) | 9 |
| Valencia (Spain) | 19.08 Real Madrid (A) | 26.08 Deportivo (H) | 11 |
| Bayern (Germany) | 20.08 Jahn Regensb. (A) 4-0 | 25.08 Gr. Furth (A) | - |
| Borussia D. (Germany) | 18.08 Oberneuland (A) 3-0 | 24.08 Werder Br. (H) | - |
| Schalke 04 (Germany) | 19.08 Saarbrucken (A) 5-0 | 26.08 Hannover (A) | - |
| Benfica (Portugal) | 18.08 Sporting Br. (H) 2-2 | 26.08 Vitoria Set. (A) | 5 |
| Porto (Portugal) | 19.08 Gil Vicente (A) 0-0 | 25.08 Vitoria Guim. (H) | 13 |
| Galatasaray (Turkey) | 20.08 Kasimpasa (H) 2-1 | 26.08 Besiktas (A) | 2 |
| Juventus (Italy) | - | 25.08 Parma (H) | - |
| Milan (Italy) | - | 26.08 Sampdoria (H) | - |
| Montpellier (France) | 18.08 Lorient (A) 1-2 | 26.08 Ol. Marseille (H) | 13 |
| PSG (France) | 19.08 Ajaccio (A) 0-0 | 26.08 Bordeaux (H) | 12 |
| Nordsjæland (Denmark) | 19.08 AGF (A) 1-0 | 24.08 SønderjyskE (H) | 4 |
| Olympiacos (Greece) | - | 26.08 Veroia (A) | - |
| Shakhtar D. (Ukraine) | 19.08 Chernomorets (A)5-1 | 26.08 Karpaty (H) | 1 |
| Zenit (Russia) | 19.08 Anzhi (A) 1-1 | 25.08 Rubin (H) | 1 |
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