Barca Girona is fun. Harsh VAR call to send Lenglet off imo, an example of slo-mo/stills distorting the incident.
Eredivisie week 6
Nothing to report. Ajax are second in the table. See you next week.
Oooooft.
One point from four for Barça off Girona and Leganes.
Leverkusen v Dortmund
Roma v Lazio
Juve v Napoli
Real v Atleti.
Ooooooft.
Hertha vs Bayern tonight as well who are the top 2 so got some tasty potential that, you also missed the Hamburg derby on Sunday which is going to be great
Eredivisie week 7
The red mist descends. Six sending offs this weekend, including for Premier League legend Robin Van Persie following a bad tackle in the final minutes of Feyenoordâs home game against Vitesse. This may well mean no Klassieker for RVP. Their opponents received 2 reds, plus a broken leg for forward Tim Matavz.
Ajax had no trouble with Fortuna Sittard away, and saw the league return of Kasper Dolberg who scored the second goal after Ziyechâs opened the score. All looking good for tomorrowâs Champions League battle away at Bayern Munich.
PSV won as well, so no changes at the top of the table.
Sanchoâs a ÂŁ50m player already. Genuinely think he could go on to be one of the worldâs very best footballers. Iâve heard the argument that City were powerless to stop him going because heâd ran his deal down and he was stinking the training ground out attitude-wise. Always suspected that was a bit of PR on their part regards the latter at least, but both of those issues are surely a result of a lack of minutes. They could have easily given him 15-20 cup games, dead rubbers and sub appearances.
Really exciting from an England point of view. I could easily see him jumping ahead of Rashford, Lingard and maybe even Sterling for England by the end of this season. A team featuring Sancho, Maddison, Barkley if he maintains his form and maybe Foden could be pretty oooooft.
Got a bit of insomniaâŚso Iâve been looking into how easy it would be to watch some la liga/serie a tomorrow. Turns out a 7 day free trial at eleven sports will do just nicely⌠£5.99 a month after that is great value, especially for someone who doesnât have Sky/BT.
Seems to have more games from Spain rather than Italy? Wouldâve been a bigger issue last year, as serie a was fascinatingâŚbut it looks more like a Juve procession this year ( although, in terms if narrative, its a difficult league to beat). Could be a fascinating la liga year, especially if someone takes advantage of below par Real/Barca. Valencia - Barca tomorrow is huge
There isnât a standout team in Europe this season. Napoli, Bayern, Barça, Madrid have all gone backwards a bit. Not seen enough of City or Liverpool but they both probably overachieved last year. Seems madness not to be piling on Juventus or Atleti for the Champions League. Gut feeling is the latter.
Havenât atleti had a pretty uninspiring start as well though, canât see past Juve or Barca personally
Reckon this could be an opening for Liverpool or City. Or annoyingly, PSG.
As of right now Juventus look by far the strongest. But predictions made in October wouldâve looked very daft for most of the recent winners, and Bayern/PSG have shown that going unchallenged in domestic competition isnât beneficial for big European games
Godin has been weirdly really out of sorts for Atleti this season, and Costaâs been through a long drought in the league. Iâd fancy either of them to step up for two-legged knockouts, but if not theyâve got no chance.
Also think sounds like Barca/Messi are really focused on it as a priority this season, and the performance against Spurs as a response to their recent form underlined their potential. Complacency and fatigue have been their undoing in recent seasons, and it doesnât seem like either will be a major factor this year. Messi can win them it by himself if he steps up in the major games
Bayern losing at home to Monchengladbach and now Barcelona behind at ValenciaâŚ
Scum club. Nice stadiums
4 goals in 13 min for Mbappe
Theyâre eight points clear already. Genuinely think heâs better than Neymar. In fact, i think thereâs an argument that heâs currently the worldâs second best footballer.
Monaco have won one game so far.
Yeah, agree on all points. Might have to leave PSG to be recognised as the best in the world though
personally, in terms of who Iâd prefer to be on my team, Mbappe comes above Messi.
havenât seen a player as exciting as him since Ronaldo/Messi, probably.
Heâll go to Real with a big-name manager next summer, surely? Doubt theyâd have gone for Lopetegui had they been able to secure a big-name replacement for Ronaldo. Him as a sort of placeholder coach followed by a ÂŁ400m splodge iâd have thought.
Eredivisie week 8
Ajax continued their excellent run and destroyed AZ in a 5 - 0 goalfest at home. Losing manager John van den Brom described his teamâs performance as stupid and child-like. Ajax had such an easy day that they allowed 18 year old centreback Perr Schuurs to make his league debut.
Elsewhere PSV have no problems with VVV (4 - 0) but Feyenoord dropped points against Willem II as they could only manage a measly 1 - 1 draw. This means that Ajax now have a 2 point buffer in second place, but they are still chasing PSV who are 5 points ahead.
Next up is the international break with Holland playing Germany (on Saturday) and Belgium (on Tuesday 16th). The Eredivisie is back in action on 20 October when Ajax are away at Heerenveen.