Match Day: Five major leagues start new players inspecting goods, Arsenal is "ugly" wins Manchester United

From August 16th to 18th, the five major European leagues in the 2025-26 season rekindled the battle. The following is the international football match day last weekend.

90 million passes the ball, Liverpool was chased by two consecutive goals and then won the final victory. Slotte: I wanted to replace Jota but couldn't do it

At 16, 2:30 on August 16, the Premier League opening game started first, and defending champion Liverpool faced Bournemouth at home. In this game, as many as four players in the Reds made their Premier League debut, namely Wilz (Leverkusen/125 million euros), Ekitic (Frankfurt/90 million euros), Kolkz (Bornemouth/46.9 million euros), and Flynnon (Leverkusen/40 million euros).

After winning his first career goal in the Community Shield against Crystal Palace, Ekitic continued to perform amazingly. In the 37th minute, McAllister made a diagonal pass from the left side of the frontcourt. Ekitic received the ball and entered the penalty area after facing the goalkeeper, shot low in the far corner, and scored in a row. At 23 years and 56 days, Ekitic is the youngest player to score for Liverpool's first Premier League starter after Victor Moses (22 years and 278 days) in September 2013.

In the 49th minute, Ekitic turned into the team's fulcrum this time, and received the ball from the left side of the penalty area. Garkebo led the ball horizontally and then shot low to the bottom right corner to score, Liverpool led 2-0. In his debut in the Premier League, Ekitic is the second person in team history after Nunes (August 2022 against Fulham), and has become the first French player in Premier League history to complete his pass and shoot in his debut.

After that, Bournemouth scored two consecutive goals to tie the score. Chiesa Jr. completed the final victory with her first goal in the Premier League in the 89th minute, Salah secured the victory in stoppage time, and Liverpool scored a good start to the Premier League 4-2.

Speaking of being tied, head coach Slot's words hit people's tears, "Usually at 2-2, everyone knows which player I will choose (play). I wanted to change to Jota, but I can't do it this time." On July 3 this year, Jota, 28, died in a traffic accident at the age of 28.

Two disputes! Arsenal was "ugly" to win Manchester United, with 70 million god forwards shooting 0 goals, and the new Red Devils accomplice was praised

The first round of the Premier League in the new season ushered in a strong dialogue, with Manchester United facing Arsenal at home. Both sides spent huge sums of money to sign up this summer: Manchester United's starting lineup include Mbemo (Brentford/€75 million), Cunya (Wolves/€74.2 million), while Arsenal include Zubimendi (Real Sociedad/€70 million) and Yorke (Portuguese Sports/€65.8 million). The result of the

game was triggered by two controversial penalty: in the 13th minute, Arsenal took a corner kick from the left, Baindel made a mistake in the hitting ball under Saliba's push, Calafiori headed the ball into the goal line, VAR did not intervene, and Arsenal led 1-0. In this regard, foreign media expressed their opinions, and most of them consistently blamed the reason for conceding the goal because Baindel was not strong enough. Even Manchester United star Gary Neville believed that Saliba did not foul. After this goal was generated, the entries "setting ball FC" and "corner FC" became the hot search in England. Three of the Gunners' last four goals against Manchester United came from corner kicks and were scored by 3 different defenders.

The second controversy occurred in the 89th minute: Cunia was kicked down by Saliba when she received the ball from behind in the penalty area. The referee did not award a penalty, and VAR did not intervene. In the end, Arsenal defeated Manchester United 1-0 away, and for the first time in the Premier League in the history of the team, unbeaten in 6 games (5 wins and 1 draw).

However, except for the results, Arsenal is the suppressed side on the scene: in technical statistics, Manchester United/Arsenal's shot ratio is 22-9, shot 7-3, expected goals 1.59-1.05, ball possession rate 61%-39%, and pass success rate 83%-75%. The Gunners only have fouls and have a sharp lead in the Red Devils in terms of yellow cards.

In comparison of new players' performance, Arsenal is also eye-catching: Yorke, who was signed at a high price, was replaced in 60 minutes, leaving behind 0 shots, 11 goals lost, 44.4% pass success rate, 6 top-ups and 1 success, and 7 confrontations and 2 successes. He also failed to score in the first round of the league for the first time in the last five seasons.

As a midfielder, Zubimendi also performed poorly, with only touching the ball 56 times and passing 44 times throughout the game. In contrast, Manchester United, Cunha shot three times and successfully passed four times, with the most in the game. He and Mbemo shot five times in total, two more times than Arsenal. Famous vocalist Zhan Jun said: "Marteur United won the game and lost the game, and Arsenal was considered to have 'ugly win'."

De Bruyne made 3 goals with a stand-in, and the new No. 10 substitute scored in 7 minutes. Manchester City beat Wolves 4-0

and was also successfully inspected. This summer window, De Bruyne, Gallish and others left the team one after another. The Blue Moon Army signed Reindez (55 million euros) from AC Milan and Cherki (36.5 million euros) from Lyon. Both of them made achievements in the first round against Wolves, and Reindez even carried the whole game.

In the 34th minute, Reindes broke through the double team in the middle and passed the pass in the penalty area. Lewis knocked across the front of the left bottom line in front of the door, and Haaland easily scored into the empty goal. In the 36th minute, Manchester City intercepted the ball in the backcourt to counterattack, Reindes stepped forward at high speed from the left, and received Bob's pass from the penalty area and directly scored at the far corner. In the 61st minute, Reindes received the ball from the right rib and made a direct return. Haaland scored twice with a low shot. The Dutch midfielder directed 3 goals.

According to statistics, Reindes is the seventh midfielder in Premier League history to complete his pass and shoot in his debut, and is also the second player in Manchester City after Aguero in 2011. In this game, Reindez played the whole game, scoring 1 goal and assisting 1 time, and sending 2 key passes. The pass success rate was as high as 91.2%, and the running range covered almost half of the court, becoming the new "heart" of the Blue Moon Legion..

In the 81st minute, the new No. 10 Cherki, who came out of the bench, collided with his teammates in front of the penalty area and scored a low shot from the top of the arc. In the end, Manchester City defeated Wolves 4-0. It is worth mentioning that Cherki scored at 7 minutes and 6 seconds after the appearance, and completed the goal with his first shot.

The Red Army made a real fragrance! Dias's first appearance in the main match + winning goal + first championship, Bayern narrowly defeated the German Super League Cup

Dias, who left Liverpool this summer, was also recognized. At 2:30 on August 17, Germany's Super Cup vs. Stuttgart, Diaz scored a winning goal for Bayern, helping the team win the first championship of the season.

In the 18th minute, Kane used his opponent's clearance error and shot in the penalty area to break the deadlock. In the 77th minute, the moment belonging to Dias came. Kane passed the ball to the right in the middle, Gnabry rubbed towards the goal 45 degrees, Dias jumped high and headed to score, scoring Bayern's first career goal in his main match debut. After scoring the goal, Dias chose to express his condolences to the late former teammate in Jota's celebration.

Although Stuttgart scored a goal in stoppage time, Bayern finally won the game without any danger and won the German Super Cup, leading the team's 11th championship in the history of the team. After 14 years of career without a championship, Kane has now won two championships in three months.

Other games score

Premier League: Chelsea 0-0 Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Burnley (10 ', 60 'Richarlison, 66 'Johnson)

La Liga: Mallorca 0-3 Barcelona (red cards: 33 'Morelenes, 39 'Murric/7 'Rafinia, 23 ' Ferran Torres, 90+4 'Yamar), Espanyol 2-1 Atletico Madrid (73 'Rubio, 84 'Milla/37 'Alvarez)

Copa Italy: AC Milan 2-0 Bari (14 'Leo, 48 'Plicic)

Ligue 1: Nantes 0-1 Paris Saint-Germain (67 'Vitinia)