Napoli and Real perform, Bayern and Juventus off topic

Published on : 19/09/2022 – 10:41

PSG alone at the top of the championship

The Parisians chained, Sunday, September 18, a fourth victory in a row in Ligue 1 by dominating Olympique Lyonnais (6th) at home (0-1) on a goal from Lionel Messi after a service from Neymar (5th). The flamboyant connection between the two players since the start of the season is enough to delight PSG, alone at the top of the championship as the international break begins.

The Parisians are two points ahead of Olympique de Marseille (2nd), held back by Rennes on Sunday at the Vélodrome (1-1), and three points over Lorient (3rd), winner Friday at Auxerre (1-3). Les Merlus, who struggled to stay last season, impress with six wins in eight league games. RC Lens (4th, 18 points), which drew against FC Nantes (0-0), follows them by one point and AS Monaco (5th, 14 points) remains in ambush, strong in its net success in Reims (0-3).

Real Madrid winner of the derby against Atlético

Real Madrid celebrated at the Metropolitano. The Merengues won the derby in the Spanish capital against Atlético Madrid (1-2) on Sunday thanks to two goals from Rodrygo (18th) and Valverde (36th) despite the reduction in the score of Hermoso (82nd) ​​for the 6th day of Liga. They thus regain the lead in the standings ahead of FC Barcelona, ​​winner of Elche (3-0) on Saturday.

Thanks to this success on the lawn of its neighbor Madrid, Real has continued its faultless course since the start of the season, with nine wins in a row in all competitions. The reigning Spanish and European champions recorded at the same time their best start to the championship since the 1987-1988 season.

In addition, Betis Sevilla (3rd) and Real Sociedad (8th) – two candidates for European places – respectively won (2-1) against Girona and Espanyol Barcelona. The clash of tacticians between Unai Emery and Julen Lopetegui did not find a winner: Villarreal and Sevilla FC settled for a draw (1-1).

Union Berlin remains in the lead, Bayern no longer win

Union Berlin won Sunday afternoon at home against Wolfsburg (2-0) thanks to their attacking duo Siebatcheu-Becker, and continues their dream start to the season at the top of the Bundesliga with a fifth success in seven days. . Urs Fischer’s team is the last undefeated in the German championship (five wins and two draws). With 17 points, it is two points ahead of Borussia Dortmund (2nd) who won the prestigious “Revierderby” against Schalke.

Bayern Munich (5th, 12 points) can no longer advance in the league. The Bavarian club lost Saturday afternoon in Augsburg (1-0) and cannot get out of the bad patch in which it has been in the Bundesliga for several days. After three consecutive draws against Mönchengladbach (1-1), Union Berlin (1-1) and Stuttgart (2-2), here is a defeat that stains the men of Julian Nagelsmann, the shadow of them- same in the league while everything is going perfectly in the Champions League with successes in Milan against Inter (0-2) and at home against FC Barcelona (2-0).

Finally, Freiburg could not do better than a draw at Hoffenheim (0-0) at the end of the 7th day of the Bundesliga and remains stuck in third place behind the Berliners and the BVB. Hoffenheim took the opportunity to move to 4th place with 13 points.

Arsenal head strong, City and Tottenham in ambush

Great start to the season for the Gunners. Arsenal resumed their march forward on Sunday by winning easily on the ground of Brentford (0-3) with in particular a goal from the head of their French defender William Saliba. With 18 points, the Gunners are closely followed by Manchester City (2nd) and Tottenham (3rd). The Citizens and the Spurs are at 17 points in seven days after their respective success against Wolverhampton (0-3) and against Leicester (6-2).

If Newcastle knew that it would probably be a little early to get involved in the fight for the Champions League this year, he can’t even get out of the soft underbelly. On Saturday, the Magpies lost two new points at home against Bournemouth (1-1). As a result of this fifth draw of the season in seven games, Newcastle (10th) have the same number of points as their newly promoted Premier League weekend opponent (12th with 8 points),

Finally, three matches of the 8th day were postponed to a later date due to events related to the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II: Brighton-Crystal Palace, Chelsea-Liverpool and Manchester United-Leeds.

Naples marks the spirits, Juve bows to a promoted

Two clubs are at the top of Serie A at the end of the 7th day: Naples and Atalanta Bergamo. The Neapolitans made an impression by bringing down AC Milan (1-2) at San Siro, for the first time since last January in the league – the end of a series of 22 matches without defeat. Matteo Politano put his people on the right path (55th) before Olivier Giroud – sharpened before finding the Blues – equalized (69th). But Simeone finally gave victory to Naples (78th). The player does not get carried away, however, and he was careful not to talk about the fight for the title after the match: “We only think about growing day after day”.

A single shot on target and a solid defense were enough for Atalanta, less flamboyant but more solid, to win a precious victory on the ground of Roma (0-1), to the chagrin of José Mourinho, excluded for having claimed too vehemently a penalty. The “Dea” won thanks to a precise strike from Scalvini (35th). The Giallorossi, deprived at the last minute of Paulo Dybala, collected the chances to equalize, but in vain.

Juve, for its part, is pale after seven days of the championship (four draws and one defeat): the Old Lady lost to Monza (1-0), which was red lantern before the match. If he said he was “amused” on Saturday by the hypothesis of his dismissal, Massimiliano Allegri, in the stands because suspended, is more than ever in turmoil after this start to the season even worse than that very average of last season. Angel Di Maria embodied the current feverishness of the Bianconeri, excluded for an annoyance nudge (40th). At ten, the Bianconeri cracked on a goal from Gytkjaer (74th) and came to make amends in front of their disappointed tifosi. “The fans aren’t happy, but neither are we,” commented Marco Landucci, Allegri’s assistant.

With AFP