Posted August 14, 20214 yr Apologies if someone has already started a thread but I couldn't find one. This us the chance to comment on the various loeagues around Europe. In the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich are going for a tenth successive title. BT have lost the rights to Sky. Juventus are aiming to win Serie A yet again. That league is on BT. PSG (now with Lionel Messi) will be hoping to regain their title after Lille pipped them last season. That is also on BT. Atletico Madrid broke the Real / Barca duopoly last season in Spain. That is on LaLigaTV available via Premier Sports.
August 14, 20214 yr Author Messi isn't playing for PSG tonight but they went 3-0 up against Strasbourg within 30 minutes.
August 14, 20214 yr Gladbach held Bayern to a draw despite two v sus penalty calls going against them. Sadly the rights are split in Germany ⅓ ⅔ between DAZN and Sky and I already pay Sky 17,50€ I ain’t paying the same again to DAZN so I missed the match. Half of our opening three games are on DAZN so maybe my principles won’t last long
August 14, 20214 yr Author Twenty minutes into the second half and Strasbourg have pulled it back to 3-2.
August 14, 20214 yr Author A 4-2 win for PSG in the end, but a decent second-half performance by Strasbourg who were nearly relegated last season.
August 14, 20214 yr Looking forward to watching the Bundesliga for the first time on sky this season, the Dortmund game today was enjoyable!
August 16, 20213 yr Barcelona president Joan Laporta has revealed the Spanish club is 1.35bn euros (£1.15bn) in debt, describing the situation as "very worrying". The club's wage bill currently accounts for 103% of total income. Laporta blames predecessor Josep Maria Bartomeu for the debt, accusing him of leaving a "terrible inheritance".
September 11, 20213 yr Nice docked 2 points (one suspended) , told to play games behind closes doors and Marseille players and coaches banned. Game to be replayed at a neutral venue. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58494960
September 11, 20213 yr Author Juventus lost again, leaving them with one point from their first three games.
October 6, 20213 yr Meanwhile Barcelona's women's team are doing better 4-1 win in Champions League over Arsenal last night.
October 27, 20213 yr It’s ALLLLLLLLLLLLL going off in the German Cup tonight. In the 82nd minute Gladbach are leading Bayern (I know, I’m shocked too) BUT it gets more mental There’s been 5 goals in this game and ALL OF THEM WERE SCORED BY BORUSSIA MÖNCHENGLADBACH!!!!!! Unsurprisingly, Borussia Park is f***ing bouncing. Leverkusen lost to a lower League Team earlier and it’s just been a mental night and this Gladbach vs Bayern game has been the cherry on top of the cake
October 27, 20213 yr Ronald Koeman has been sacked as head coach of Barcelona after 14 months in charge at the Nou Camp. Barca have picked up just 15 points from 10 games in La Liga and have already lost twice in the group stage of this season's Champions League. They are ninth in the table, six points adrift of the joint leaders after losing at Rayo Vallecano on Wednesday. The loss was Barca's third in their last four games and it followed defeat in Sunday's Clasico to Real Madrid.
October 28, 20213 yr It was always a matter of when not if with Koeman at Barca, never had the credentials for such a top gig in the first place and the financial situation/Messi leaving was never going to help. A club in perpetual decline from now dare I suggest...
October 30, 20213 yr Xavi is "fully focused" on his job in charge of Al Sadd despite being linked with the vacant Barcelona manager's job, claim the Qatari side. Barcelona president Joan Laporta said he is in contact with the 41-year-old former Barca midfielder following the sacking of Ronald Koeman on Wednesday. Koeman was dismissed after a 1-0 away defeat by Rayo Vallecano. But Al Sadd tweeted: "Xavi has a two-year contract and is fully focused on the team's upcoming matches." Xavi is favourite to replace Koeman and Laporta said: "I have always said one day [Xavi] will be Barca's head coach but I don't know when.
October 30, 20213 yr Sergio Aguero was taken to hospital for tests after suffering "chest discomfort" as Barcelona drew against Alaves in their first match since the sacking of Ronald Koeman. Aguero went down clutching the top of his chest and received treatment for several minutes before being helped off the pitch just before half-time. Barcelona later said he was admitted to hospital to have a "cardiac exam".
November 1, 20213 yr Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his 400th league goal and won a penalty as AC Milan claimed a 2-1 victory over Roma in Serie A.
November 28, 20213 yr Belenenses' Portuguese top-flight match against Benfica was abandoned early in the second half because the home side had just six players on the pitch - having played the entire first half with nine men, including two goalkeepers. A Covid outbreak left Belenenses with 17 players unavailable and they were 7-0 down at half-time. And, after a delayed break, the team third from bottom emerged with just seven players before an injury immediately after the restart left them with just six - resulting in an immediate abandonment.
November 28, 20213 yr Erling Braut Haaland scored in a winning return for Borussia Dortmund at Wolfsburg to become the youngest player to reach 50 German Bundesliga goals. The Norwegian, aged 21 years and 129 days, struck a late volley after coming on for his 50th Bundesliga appearance.
Create an account or sign in to comment