City’s dominance in the Premier League, Mbappé’s new Real in La Liga, PSG’s Ligue 1 and the unknown Bayern in the Bundesliga: European football restarts

Script respected: the first trophy seasonal ended up in the pocket of the Real Madridthe Super Cup Uefa, 2-0 to Atalanta with the first goal in white by Kylian Mbappe. Even the last one, the Championshad landed in the gang’s bulletin board Charles Ancelotticlimbed to the top 30 Trophies as a coach. In between, an all-Spanish summer, with the triumphs Europeans of the senior national team and the Under 19s, more They Olympic in Paris. Spain and Spainas long as there is food. And Spain it is: tonight (7pm), off to the Leaguein Bilbao, with Athletic-Getafe. The curtain rises on the major European championships. Tomorrow it’s the turn of Premier League (Manchester United v Fulham) and League 1 (Le Havre-PSG), Saturday 17 August to Italy (Genoa-Inter and Parma-Fiorentina). The Germany he takes an extra week of rest, but in the meantime the national cup takes off.

League, Premier, Bundesliga, Series TO, League 1: the football that counts is that of these five tournaments, even if those that do the best business are those of Portugal and Holland. Europe has a five-party system at the top, waiting for the inauguration of the Champions at 36. Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayer Leverkusen, PSG, Inter are the reigning champions and the favorite mandatory: it will be up to Barcelona, ​​Atletico Madrid, Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Bayern, Borussia Dortmund, Monaco, Milan, Juventus and Atalanta to stand in the way of the repeat plans. In the case of Manchester City, it would be a total of five. PSG would score a poker.

The Real is not only the team to beat in Spain, but also in Europe and the world. A taste of what Ancelotti’s group will be like was seen in Warsaw, against a beautiful Atalanta: when the Bellingham-Mbappé-Vinicius trio started to put on a show in attack, the game was over. Real Madrid is a war machine, where the only unknowns are the post-Kroos situation and the need to add a player in defence, but in this case the name of Laporteparked in the Arab championship. Real to follow in all sauces: Liga, Champions, Club World Cup in the new 32-bit version planned for the USA from 15 June to 15 July 2025. At home, only Barcelona Hans Flick and the eternal Atletico Madrid Diego Simeon They can hinder the Blancos, but the forecasts award the title to Real Madrid with a sideral distance over the competition.

In England, the City He started again as a protagonist, winning on penalties against Manchester United Community Shield and carrying Guardiola at a height 39 trophies as a coach. And it is Pep, the oldest manager in the English championship – in charge since the summer of 2016 – who is the central figure of the Citizens’ season. His contract is expiring and never before has there been such a whiff of Goodbye. The trial begins in September in England, for 115 alleged Financial Fair Play Violations internal in the period between 2009 and 2018, with a sentence expected in January 2025 – there is even talk of relegation -, could represent the decisive push towards the divorce consensualManchester United of Ten Hagthe spendthrift Chelsea of Enzo Maresca and the Arsenal of Calafiori – above all – they are candidates for the role of opponents of City.

In Germany, the Bayern Of Company He wants to take revenge for the humiliation he suffered in the last match Bundesliga under the blows of Bayer Leverkusen Of Xabi Alonso: the biggest unknown is the Belgian coach himself, with a promotion and a relegation with Burnley on his CV. In France, there is no credible opponent in sight for the PSGbut the Parisians must overcome the post-Mbappé. In a short time, the dream trio, composed of Messi-Neymar-Mbappé, dissolved: it was not enough to win the Champions League.

Italy with its accounts in disarrayof the national team in pieces and of the battle in the Football Federation restarts with Inter in front of everyone. Inzaghi enjoys himself Lautaro Martinezbest player in Serie A, but he has to manage a squad that is a year older. The main opponent, at the moment, seems to be Milan: the red and blacks of Fonseca are pushing hard on the market. The question stadium will be one of the catchphrases of the Milanese year, while in Rome it is no longer news. In those parts, the real topic is the possible farewell of Dybala: two years ago welcomed like an emperor at the Colosseum in the EUR and now shown the door to be handed over to the championship Arabic. In Rome nothing is eternal, except Rome. Juventus And Naples they swim in the seas of the market, but the question that unites them is very simple: what will be the impact of Thiago Motta and of Antonio Count in two teams in full reconstruction?