The first matchday of the 2024-25 season in Europe's top five leagues is over, and the Premier League, Serie A and La Liga giants take turns to make their debuts, and the final plot is also different. Some were killed, some reversed, some won heartily, and some killed their opponents, which can be called a double heaven of joy and sorrow!
The first to appear in the Premier League is Manchester United, who play away to Brighton & Hove Albion. These two teams have never drawn in the Premier League, so there is bound to be a winner, and this one is no exception! The two teams exchanged attacks and defence after the opening kick-off, but United lacked a real finisher in the penalty area, and repeated attacks were to no avail, and Brighton opened the scoring instead.
In the 32nd minute, Mikasa crossed from the left side of the penalty area, and Welbeck grabbed the goal in front of the goal, 1-0! This time the United player missed the cross and Welbeck was left unguarded. Ten Hag was the first to make changes in the second half, bringing on Zirkze for Mason Mount, which also paid off. In the 60th minute, Diallo counterattacked and burst into the penalty area to shoot, and the ball hit the defender's leg and went into the net, 1-1! In the 70th minute, B Fei crossed, and Garnacho pushed the empty goal at the back point and was knocked into the net by Zirkze, but the latter was offside and the first goal was invalid! In the 95th minute, Adingra crossed, Joao Pedro nodded and struck back, and this time the Manchester United backline leaked again! 1-2, Manchester United swallowed their first defeat of the season.
Manchester City played promoted Ipswich Town in this round, and Guardiola told McKenna with practical actions how big the gap between the Championship and the Premier League is. Ipswich scored on the counter-attack in the seventh minute, Smodic pushed home, but the goal also "angered" Manchester City. Haaland scored from the penalty spot in the 12th minute, De Bruyne scored from a distance in the 14th minute, Haaland scored in the 16th minute, and three goals in 3 minutes. In the 88th minute, Haaland completed a "hat trick", and a 4-1 victory allowed the Blue Moon to reach the top.
Tottenham played Everton in this round, and Kulu assisted Bissouma to open the scoring in the 14th minute, and the game was completely in Tottenham's control after that. In the 25th minute, Pickford was tackled by Son Heung-min in the penalty area, who easily pushed the goal; In the 71st minute, Romero received a header from Maddison's corner kick, 3-0, and in the 77th minute, Son Heung-min counterattacked and burst into the penalty area to push the near corner, 4-0! Tottenham bounced back strongly with a big win at home.
The focus of this round is naturally Arsenal away to Villa. Villa have undergone a deep reshuffle of the squad in the summer window, and Arsenal have also made key additions. The goal came in the 67th minute of the second half, when Saka made an inverted triangle cross from the right side of the baseline, and substitute Trossard scored with a low shot, 1-0! Villa fought back, but Arsenal seized the opportunity to add another goal. In the 77th minute, Saka made the ball, and Thomas scored with a powerful long-range shot, 2-0! After two consecutive wins, Arsenal also moved up to third place in the standings.
The focus of La Liga is undoubtedly Barcelona vs. Athletic Bilbao, Nico vs. Yamal, and the two have also changed from teammates to rivals. The first goal came in the 24th minute, when Barcelona's opening set-piece was cleared, Yamal took the ball outside the penalty area and shook his angle to shoot from a distance, and the ball drilled into the bottom right corner of the goal! With this world wave, Barcelona leads 1-0!
In the 42nd minute, a foul in the Brazil penalty area sent a point, and Sanchet took the penalty to shoot, 1-1! In the 75th minute, Pedri crossed from the left side of the penalty area, Lewandowski swept the goal in front of the goal, Barcelona won 2-1, and temporarily rose to the second place in the La Liga standings after winning two consecutive victories.
Milan both drew with each other, and there is a new plot in this round. Inter won their first win of the season with a 2-0 win over Lecce thanks to goals from Darmian and Cha 20. Once again, Milan suffered the nightmare of conceding a goal at the end of the game. Milan conceded a goal in just two minutes against promoted Parma in this round. Valery takes the ball on the left and crosses, Dennis Mann outflanks it in front of goal, 1-0! Parma get off to a dream start;
In the 67th minute, Rafael Leao assisted Christian Pulisic to equalize; After that, Milan attacked aggressively and accidentally lost the back. In the 77th minute, Parma counterattacked, Almqvist assisted Cancelleri to break, 2-1, Parma gave Milan its first defeat of the season! After two rounds, Inter Milan is temporarily at the top of the table, Parma is second, and Milan is in 15th place with 1 point.