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England: Liverpool and Chelsea, reactions expected
In shock after their European defeats, and the brutal dismissal of Thomas Tuchel by the "Blues", the reactions of Liverpool and Chelsea are scrutinized during the 7th day of the Premier League.
Without pity with the German after the defeat in Zagreb (1-0), the new management of Chelsea intends to name his successor very quickly but the derby in Fulham (10th), from 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, arrives very quickly for Londoners 6th in already 5 lengths behind leaders Arsenal.
In Liverpool, Jürgen Klopp, totally annoyed after the rout in Naples (4-1), will not have much time either to find solutions before the reception of the 14th, Wolverhampton (4:00 p.m.).
But the big poster of the day remains the duel of the dolphins of Arsenal, Manchester City-Tottenham (6:30 p.m.), which started with a victory in C1.
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The "Gunners" do not enter the competition until Sunday against Everton (3:00 p.m.), while Manchester United, 5th at 3 points, will try at Crystal Palace to continue their recovery after four straight wins.
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Spain: affordable for tenors
FC Barcelona, on cloud nine after their start to the season and their 5-1 victory against Viktoria Pilsen in the Champions League, is approaching a trip within their reach to Cadiz on Saturday (6:30 p.m.) for the 5th day of La Liga.
An appetizer, three days before his poster against Bayern Munich for the 2nd day of C1 for the return of Robert Lewandowski to the Allianz Arena.
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Real Madrid, leader, will have to find resources without Karim Benzema, injured in the right leg Tuesday at Celtic Park (3-0), Sunday (2:00 p.m.) at the Bernabéu against Mallorca.
And Atlético Madrid, winner of a 2-1 blast against Porto on Wednesday in C1 thanks to Antoine Griezmann, receives Celta Vigo on Saturday (9:00 p.m.).
Note the move of Sevilla FC to Espanyol Barcelona, which could decide the future of coach Julen Lopetegui, in the hot seat after a catastrophic start to the La Liga season (1 draw, 3 losses) and a humiliating 4-1 loss against Manchester City.
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Italy: Atalanta dreams of a breakaway
While the European representatives of Serie A sweated this week in the Champions League, Atalanta Bergamo rested, installed alone in the chair of leader for the first time in the history of the club.
The "Dea" intends to take advantage of this season without continental commitments (for the first time in six years) to regain color after its disappointing 8th place, and hopes to remain alone at the top by receiving the promoted Cremonese on Sunday (19th with 1 point) , on the 6th day.
After his card against Liverpool (4-1), Naples (2nd) receives La Spezia.
Finally on Monday, to follow the reaction of AS Roma after the slap received last weekend in Udine (4-0): the Giallorossi are moving again, to Empoli (15th).
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Germany: Freiburg at the Mönchengladbach test
The surprise leader Freiburg (12 points) passes a test on Sunday during the 6th day of the Bundesliga with the reception of Borussia Mönchengladbach (9th, 8 pts), which for its part wants to avoid getting stuck in the soft underbelly of the classification like the past season.
Bayern Munich (3rd, 11 pts) will try to recover at the same time against Stuttgart, after conceding two consecutive draws in the league.
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The Bavarians, in search of an 11th national title in a row, however remain on a convincing success Wednesday in C1 on the ground of Inter Milan (2-0).
Dortmund (2nd, 12 pts) goes Saturday (3:30 p.m.) to Leipzig (11th, 5 pts), which has just changed coach after a disastrous start.
Marco Rose took over on Thursday from Domenico Tedesco, sacked after Tuesday's home defeat in the Champions League against Shakhtar Donetsk (4-1).
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