The European Leagues Round .. The shock of Barcelona and Man United .. And a big win for Milan and Saint Germain
Yesterday, the European leagues witnessed very big surprises, as Barcelona missed two points at the opening of its season in the Spanish Football League, after a negative draw against Rayo Vallecano in the first stage competitions at its stadium in Camp Nou on Saturday.
This is the third time in a row that Barcelona has failed to win over its rival, as the last two matches ended with Rayo Vallecano winning 1-0.
Barcelona has high hopes for the current season, after it was the undisputed star of the summer transfer market, and therefore hopes that the new contracts will contribute to bridging the gap with Real Madrid, after it ended last season 13 points behind.
The Catalan club concluded a series of remarkable contracts, including the deadly Polish striker Robert Lewandowski, who arrived from Bayern Munich, and participated as a key player in the opening meeting.
The Leeds United winger also joined the Brazilian Rafinha and Ivory Coast Franck Kessier from AC Milan, while he strengthened his defense by signing French Jules Conde and Danish Andreas Christensen, knowing that Conde missed the meeting for not being registered yet in the "La Liga" lists, waiting to collect enough money for the Comply with the spending restrictions imposed by the Spanish League on the club.
The match witnessed the expulsion of Busquets, depriving Barcelona of his services in the next match.
Barcelona was lucky to avoid losing after Falcao scored a goal through Falcao in the fifth minute of stoppage time, before the referee announced that there was an offside in moments that took the breath of Blaugrana fans.
England
inflicted Brentford's second loss in a row to Manchester United and Dutch coach Eric Ten Hag with a harsh result that may increase pressure on the latter, who took over the leadership of the team after the end of last season, succeeding German Ralf Rangnick.
After falling in the first official test at the hands of Brighton 1-2, Ten Hag faced another nightmare, as his team conceded four goals in just 25 minutes of the first half.
Belinda Joshua Da Silva (10), Danish Matthias Jansen (18), Ben Mei (30) and Frenchman Brian Mbomo (35) took turns scoring the four goals amid hysterical joy at Griffin Park.
This is the third time that United conceded four goals in the first half of a league match, after Tottenham in October 2020 and Liverpool in October 2021.
France
Paris Saint-Germain continued its strong performances, achieving its second victory in a row when it defeated its guest Montpellier 5-2, including a double by Brazilian star Neymar, in the second phase of the French Football League, which witnessed a difficult draw for Monaco against Rennes 1-1.
And the Mali capital team, Valais Sako scored a hat-trick (39 own goals), Neymar (43 penalty kicks, 51), and Kylian Mbappe (69), while Tunisian Wahbi Khazri scored Montpellier's only goal (58).
With this victory, Saint-Germain raised its score to six points at the top of the standings, while Montpellier remained eighth with three points.
Italy
Milan started the campaign to defend its title with a broad victory over its guest Udinese 4-2 in the first phase of the Italian football league, while its rivals Inter achieved a last-gasp victory over Lecce 2-1.
At the San Siro stadium, the Frenchman Teo Hernandez (12 from a penalty kick), the Croatian Ante Rebic (15 and 68), and the Spaniard Ibrahim Dias (46), while the Brazilian Rodrigo Picao scored (2) and the Moroccan Adam Masina (45 + 4) scored. ) My goal guests.
With this inaugural victory, Milan snatched the first three points in its journey towards defending its title, while Udinese remained empty-handed.
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