The European
Football Season is well and truly under way with all major leagues having
played at least one weekend of games. The start to the English season is very
much along expected lines with Chelsea (who somehow always manage to garner the
easiest of opening fixtures) out to a perfect start. 3 wins out of 3 , with the Eden hazard-Juan Mata
partnership behind a rejuvenated Fernando Torres looking (at least at this
early stage) like it’ll be the attacking jewel of the season.
Man City have now essentially
become the New Man United with their ability to scrape points out of losing
scenario. Despite an iffy start to the season in terms of form , they manage to
rescue a point from Anfield , after an opening day injury time victory against
newly promoted Southampton. Robin van Persie provided an earlier trailor for
what might be another goal glut at Old Trafford as United overcame another
defensively uninspiring performance to win against Fulham. Surprisingly , among
the top teams, Arsenal have shown the most defensive mettle in the first 2
games. I can’t recall a Gunners team in recent years having visited the
Brittania and not conceding a single shot on target. Trouble is , they still haven’t
scored and didn’t really look like doing so against Stoke (last season they
scored their first goal in the 3rd game : a certain 8-2 defeat).
In Spain , Real
Madrid are off to a horror start with 1 point from 3 games. C-Ron needs to get
going early. Lio Messi already has 4 goals from 2 La Liga games. Moneybags PSG
played out an uninspiring third consecutive draw , while the only talking point
from Italy and Germany was AC Milan’s opening day loss.
torres is enjoying life in chesea in the absence of drogba / anelka , problem for chesea is what happens if he's injured . cant see sturridge stepping up. they need a solid reserve. hazard really doing well though.
ReplyDeleteThe problem for Chelsea as I see it is the 2nd striker....especially as Sturridge is rumoured to move to Liverpool....will the Schuerle or Hulk deals come through ? Plus Mata kinda tailed off towards the 2nd half of last season....will he (and possibly Hazard) suffer the same...too many Europeans in recent years have had this malady...Nasri, Silva, Nani all spring to mind.
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