The match has come an end with a 4-0 final result, It was quite a better performance from Dutch team, after a poor result against Norway few days ago.

Memphis Depay was the star of the scoring two goals, in the one sided game...

---

It seem France are going to have to settle for a draw yet again, their second consecutive draw, it's yet another subpar performance for the team, Israel vs Austria has got to be the surprise of the day, as the Austrians are currently losing by 5-2.

There still quite a number of really decent players on that least to be honest, although their wages might be somewhat on the high, if not I guess some average teams can really make do of their services, at least for a short period..

I would have imagined Ribery has retired already, if not for this list.

Messi indeed was very fortunate not to have been injured, I was able to catch the highlight and was surprised that he didn't leave the pitch after the tackle. The Argentina team seemed to be getting everything since before the Copa America, they have a more complete team and
 the chemistry really is there.

As for the Premier League 10-day mandatory quarantine, that means Leicester City's duo Iheanacho and Ndidi, as well Man City's Mahrez would all miss the next couple of league matches as they all travelled.

I'm not sure the club have the financial capacity to have sanctioned that deal, regardless of how desperate they might, and forcing a deal might only set then back a few transfer windows back from what they're trying to achieve.

I'd rather the club just play out this season with the the already available players and work towards to next season, panic-buying brought the club to this situation, and panic-buying wouldn't bring it out.

It was some crazy day and some unexpected outcomes, Spain losing wasn't much of a surprise to me though, because I knew Sweden stood almost an equal chance of winning the game imo, I was more surprised at Italy being held to 1-1 draw by Bulgaria and Germany only being able to out 2 goals past Liechtenstein. England and Poland which  I expected to be a very close affair both out 4 past their opponents, although as for England the score line doesn't actually describe how exactly they had to struggle before finding their first goal and all goals had to come within a short time.

It's really is just a matter of shambles upon shambles for Barcelona, If Pjanic was supposed to be surplus to requirements, then why waste a young player like Arthur Melo to facilitate a deal, while even paying additional money for such deal..

I really can't remember the last time or player Barcelona signed that was an actual success, except Frenkie De Jong.

Ronaldo once again that he should never be underestimated, what a win and congratulations to him on his new record...

France are really playing awfully, I don't know if I'd blame the players or the coach himself, they really lack making clear-cut opportunities, and the understanding between the players is not as it should be, perhaps the coach needs to some changes to the team's tactics and approach.

I'd agree with Chelsea being the favorites but only slightly, However, they'd need to beat City at their long term consistency to win the league, a slightly over average performance all season wouldn't do it, they have to be on their toes all season long, and Liverpool would also be keeping a really close tab as well, It's really going to be a competitive league this season, I'd say... I really don't see Man Utd in the picture when the season started, and I'm afraid the addition of Ronaldo doesn't change my perspective, yet.

Technically Barca loaned him out, but logically they sold Griezmann, there's a compulsory clause added for Atletico to buy him next season, which I guess was done so that Atletico Madrid can have further opportunities to buy additional players and remain within FFP, in order words Barcelona sold Griezmann but are not going to get paid next season, something they had to agree so as to rid of his wages as well.

Luuk De Jong seem like a better choice imo, he's more of centre forward than Griezmann is, while the later is relatively not useful on the flank either, but since that can help reduce the situation of things at the club, then it is what it is.

The previous president (Josep Bartomeu) really made a huge mess of the club, honestly. Perharps Barcelona are trying to get whatever they can off Griezmann, since he was not able to live up to expectations, but given the situation of the club this season, I don't think that's by any means a smart, even if the club is not making Atletico stronger the sale, they're surely making themselves a weaker team.

I hope the deal falls through by all means, and Saul to Chelsea is already a completed deal.

Barcelona will undoubtedly struggle this season in the champions league, but I don't think it will be tough enough for them to exit the champions league early, like in the group stages.

PSG would make a really great team in UCL, I'd say they're more stronger now, collectively... I'd even tip them to win the CL this season  

It's been quite a busy day, haven't it ? I wonder what these teams making bids now have been doing all summer, stalking ?!

One of the deals I never saw coming was Saul to Chelsea, that literally came out of nowhere, as I felt Chelsea are a complete team with multiple options in every part of the pitch and are ready for the new season... As for Barcelona I wonder they are doing, letting Griezmann go would be such a joke, they've already let go of two players without replacement, Dembele is never fit, Ansu Fati can't be relied upon given he's just returned from a long term injury, signing Olmo would be an outright waste of unavailable funds tbh... I'll rather just make do with this team, savage as much as possible from the season first then come prepare better ahead of January or next Summer window.

With the move Mbappe failing to work out, Real Madrid have decided to strengthen other position of the field, They have completed the signing of Eduardo Camavinga as per Fabrizio Romano's story, the deal is worth Over 31M, that's a really great signing imo, Valverde and Camavinga looks like future of Real's midfield post Kroos-Modric era


Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/CTNxq-aow1g/

I knew the deal was probably not going to happen, I just don't assume he will sign or not sign a new contract and leave for free next summer, all I know is he'll likely not PSG for free..


Barcelona are literally in deeper shit than the media knows about, they are looking sanction a sale of Ilaix Moriba to RB Leipzig as well... Barcelona can't even keep hold of their youngest stars, Moriba was actually impressive last season and let him leave for just 16M is really absurd, imo.

I also dropped by 11 places to number 14th on the leaderboard, I knew it was going to be an awful week.

I hate when the week result are filled with draws, and we had 5 draws this week, some were not so expected imo.. Congratulations to Hilarious for the winning the round, he often thrives with those draw picks.

I really don't know what's more surprising over the weekend Atalanta and Sassuolo the usual heavy scoring/conceding teams both playing a goalless draw in their respective fixtures or Juventus dropping further points, all in all it was still not so a terrible week as I'm still second position overall.

Now we have to go 10 days without club football 

^

Oh Well, Villarreal have just taken the lead yet again and this time Luis Suarez is no longer on the pitch for Atletico Madrid, with just 13 minutes plus stoppage time left to play for.

After playing literally nothing for almost an hours Villarreal have taken the lead against Atletico Madrid with was their very first attempt and shot of the game. Crazy!

EDIT: Oh well, that didn't take long for Atletico Madrid to respond, with a goal from Luis Suarez.

And on he comes! Lionel Messi finally making is debut for PSG, it still pretty much feels like a dream though, but we've all gotta move on  

It's probably an already settled game, with PSG ahead by two goals, but I'll seeing out the rest of the game two catch a glimpse of Messi's debut performance.

EDIT: It's game over, there wasn't too much to see but I'm sure there is much more to look forward in the upcoming fixtures.

Another hard fought victory for struggling Barcelona in the end, the win keeps them on the same number of points with 4 other teams after 3 matches...


It's not going to be an easy game for either team, Atletico Madrid seem the favorites on the books, but Villarreal might pull an upset, even though they're yet to score after two games, they also haven't conceded any goal too.

I agree it's likely going to be a boring game and one short of goals, perhaps nil-nil draw (that'd Villarreal's third in a row), or a lone goal victory for either side.