European Roundup September 20th
- By just looking at the scoreline one may think Real Madrid were more impressive than Barcelona this post weekend. Three points is still three points but Barcelona are just ruthless. They go into a tough place to play in the Vicente Calderón stadium and after 30 minutes render the rest of the game meaningless.
- Been an awful start to the season for Atletico Madrid. One point in three games plus a 0-0 draw in the Champions League have Atletico Madrid quickly losing patience with head coach Abel Resino.
- Sergio Agüero and Maxi Rodríguez must think this season is a nightmare they won’t wake up from. When you add Atletico Madrid struggles with the situation in Argentina and both players must be under a whole lot of stress right now.
- As the title of this site suggests there is only one Sinnacle and only one Cristiano Ronaldo. There isn’t a player in my lifetime that I can remember who punishes weak opposition like he does. The 5-0 scoreline may be impressive but Xerez held the game tight until Ronaldo’s 75th minute header. Then the floodgates opened up.
First goal
Second goal
- With Kaka coming in many were questioning what role if any Guti was going to play this season. Well after two goals this week it appears Guti is enjoying his new role.
- Great to see Ruud van Nistelrooy bang home a goal. Class is class, van Nistelrooy is still lethal in the box.
- I know 99.9% of you don’t come to this site for me to talk about Portuguese soccer but a nice little story is brewing. Like Chelsea only with 1/100th of the budget Sporting Clube de Braga is off to a perfect start. Easy fixture list perhaps? Will they have already defeated Sporting and this weekend got the better of Porto 1-0.
- Nice job by Roma putting their defeat in the Europa league behind them to defeat Fiorentina 3-1. Claudio Ranieri will have this Roma side completing for a Champions League place by year’s end.
- Four weeks in and Inter Milan are still looking up at Juventus and Sampdoria. Now most people expect Sampdoria to fade but Juventus may prove a tougher nut for Inter to crack. Really like the way Ciro Ferrara has his side playing. They do the two things you want a club to do. Scoring first helps but when they do get the lead you have the sense Juventus is not going to give it away.
- Sorry Bundesliga didn’t catch any of your games this weekend. Did notice Felix Magath not enjoying his former squad Wolfsburg beating his current side Schalke 2-1.