Chapter 980 Master Huan, please do me a favor!
While Yang Huan was busy running around various major transfer markets in Europe, the new season of the European league also kicked off one after another.
The first two major leagues to start the war were the Premier League and Ligue 1.
The Saints will face Newcastle away in the first round, which is also Ancelotti's first game back in the Premier League.
Although Yang Huan was very busy, he still took time out to travel with the team to the away game to cheer for Ancelotti.
As a result, the Saints beat the Magpies 4-0 away from home without any danger and got off to a good start in the new season.
The trident of Suarez, Hazard and Sanchez was as powerful as ever. Di Maria provided two wonderful assists immediately after returning to the starting lineup. Pogba successfully suppressed Fabregas, started in midfield and scored a goal. The performance of the Saints team was impressive.
Immediately afterwards, the Saints defeated the visiting Everton 3-0 at home and won their first home victory of the new season.
In late August, the Saints beat Watford 2-0 away from home, winning three consecutive games.
The Saints have kept a clean sheet in all three games and scored nine league goals. Their form can hardly be described as poor.
The front trident continued their excellent performance from last season, which was very admirable. In the midfield, Pogba replaced Fabregas in the starting lineup in all three games, which was extremely impressive.
This also amazed many Premier League football experts, who believed that the Saints' lineup was so luxurious that even superstars of Fabregas and Di Maria's level could only compete for a starting position.
"We found out sadly that the world's top star, super Messi, who cost the Saints 150 million euros, couldn't even make the roster!"
This has also become a joke for fans all over the world to make fun of the Saints. There are even many joke writers who write jokes based on the Saints. The reason is simple: who made the Saints refuse to let Messi play in the game?
Look at Tottenham Hotspur, they also won three games in a row. Cristiano Ronaldo has already scored five goals in three league games. What about the promise to let Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo compete in goals?
Although there is an outcry from the outside world and there are endless speculations about whether something has happened to Messi, the Saints' attitude is firm.
Ancelotti said in an interview with the media, "Messi has returned to his best form!"
That's clearly unsatisfying, isn't it?
Even many Saints fans feel depressed. Is the world's top star, who was brought in at a cost of 150 million euros, going to sit on the bench and look at the water dispenser?
But no matter what, the Saints' three-game winning streak suppressed all doubts.
Ancelotti's team basically continued the playing style of the Bielsa era, but the Italian coach still made a lot of changes in tactical details and routines.
Especially after Pogba replaced Fabregas as the starting midfielder, Southampton's midfield control became stronger, but their ability to attack from behind was not weak at all. In fact, to some extent, Pogba's attack from behind was a bit brutal.
With three consecutive wins, although the Saints are temporarily behind Tottenham Hotspur, which also won three consecutive games, in the standings, their performance is not inferior at all, and the North London team has shown surprising form from the beginning.
Van Gaal's results are quite impressive as he got the reinforcements he wanted.
While the Saints are making great strides, Koeman's Monaco is also performing well in the French Ligue 1.
Monaco won 2-1 away against Nice, 1-0 at home against Lille, and 2-0 away against Toulouse. Although they did not play the unrestrained and fluent offense of the Martino era in these three games, they won by playing steadily and won three points in each game.
Currently, in the French Ligue 1 standings, Monaco has also relied on goal difference to surpass Paris Saint-Germain, which has also won three consecutive games, and has firmly maintained its leading position in the French Ligue 1 standings.
After the Premier League and Ligue 1 started, the Bundesliga also kicked off.
But Tuchel's team was obviously unlucky, as they faced Bayern Munich in the first round of the league, away at the Allianz Arena.
In the end, Tuchel's team lost to Bayern Munich 1-2 and left the Allianz Arena with regret.
Although they lost the first North-South derby of the new season, Tuchel's team did not perform at a disadvantage at the Allianz Arena, especially after Dzeko joined the team, the Hamburg team showed an offensive strategy that was obviously more three-dimensional than last season.
The team's only goal came from Dzeko receiving a quick pass from Douglas Costa on the left and passing it back to Götze, who calmly shot the ball into the goal, equalizing the score.
But afterwards, the lack of tacit understanding caused by the major surgery on the back line finally gave Bayern Munich a chance.
Thomas Muller's winning goal at a crucial moment helped Bayern Munich defeat Hamburg.
After the game, the German media generally gave Hamburg high praise, believing that Tuchel's team created more opportunities in the game, but there were problems in both the midfield and the defense.
Tuchel also said after the game that the team will not suffer a setback because of losing a game, Hamburg will perform better and better, and he has firm confidence in the strength of his team.
As it turned out, a week later, Hamburg returned to the Volksparkstadion to face Stuttgart.
Just ten minutes into the game, Douglas Costa dribbled the ball brilliantly on the left, broke through Stuttgart's defense, made a wonderful pass to the right, and Kingsley Coman scored at the back post to open the scoring for Hamburg.
Just seven minutes later, Gotze made a wonderful through pass in front of the penalty area. Dzeko stopped the ball and passed it to Douglas Costa, who pushed the ball in front of the goal and scored again, making it 2-0.
Before the end of the first half, Kingsley Coman broke into the penalty area and made a wonderful pass to the front point, and Dzeko scored again.
Score.
In the second half, Dzeko intercepted the ball in the frontcourt and used his personal ability to pass the ball behind him, and Gotze scored with a single shot, making it 4-0.
Hamburg used this 4-0 victory to wash away the frustration of losing in the first round at the Allianz Arena.
Not only that, in the third round of the league, Hamburg challenged Cologne away. With goals from Kingsley Coman, Gotze, Dzeko and Douglas Costa, the team once again defeated Cologne 4-0 and won two consecutive victories.
Although Tuchel's team had to settle for fourth place in the standings due to their defeat in the first round, their outstanding record of scoring eight goals and conceding no goals in two games was enough to surprise the entire Bundesliga.
More importantly, the newly introduced central defender Dante immediately took the starting lineup, filling the vacancy left by Alderweireld's departure and shouldering the burden of the back line.
Although he made a big mistake when playing against Bayern Munich, which led to the team's defeat at the Allianz Arena, Dante's performance in the next two games was remarkable and satisfactory.
If Hamburg's performance in the Bundesliga is ups and downs, then Inter Milan in Serie A can be said to be invincible.
Although De Bruyne left this season, Pjanic and Jovetic were introduced. The strength of the Nerazzurri has not weakened but has been strengthened. In the first round of the league at the Glory Stadium in the Nerazzurri City, with goals from Aubameyang, Dybala and Pjanic, they defeated Atalanta 3-0 and won their first league victory.
A week later, Klopp's team challenged Carpi away, and finally defeated Carpi 5-1 with goals from Juanito, Dybala, Aubameyang, Felipe Anderson and Pelle, winning two consecutive victories in the new season.
But if Inter Milan's two consecutive wins were not unexpected, then Juventus' two consecutive losses were somewhat surprising.
This team, which is hailed as Inter Milan's number one rival in Serie A this season, was unexpectedly upset by Udinese in the first round of the league, and then lost to Roma away, suffering two consecutive defeats.
This made countless Zebra fans feel devastated.
The league has just started and Juventus is already six points behind Inter Milan. How can they continue to play in this league?
The same situation also happened in La Liga.
Simeone's team won both games in the new season, a 4-0 victory over Las Palmas and a 3-0 away win over Sevilla, winning two consecutive games. At the same time, they also ranked first in La Liga with the goal difference.
Barcelona also won two consecutive games, but both were small wins of one to zero.
After losing Messi, Enrique's team obviously still needs to adapt and run in.
But Real Madrid's situation is worrying.
Although in the transfer market, Ramos was retained, but Casillas was released. At the critical moment, Manchester United announced that De Gea would stay in the team, and Real Madrid's poaching plan failed.
This directly resulted in Casilla being the only goalkeeper available in Real Madrid.
But the problem is that Casillas is still fucking unreliable.
The first round away game against Sporting Gijon was full of dangers. Although the game ended in a 0-0 draw, more blame was directed at head coach Benítez and the team's offensive end.
But it was frustrating that they drew 2-2 with Real Betis away in the second round.
In the first half, the team was already leading 2-0 thanks to goals from Gareth Bale and James Rodriguez.
But at the beginning of the second half, Casillas gave the opponent a penalty kick because of a mistake in his attack. Then he made a mistake in cooperation with his teammates in front of the goal, and the opponent seized the opportunity and scored a goal to equalize the score.
After the game, all the media in Spain aimed their fire directly at Casillas, as well as Florentino in the presidential stand, believing that it was the poor operation of the management that caused the team to lose the key opportunity to introduce De Gea.
Casillas is undoubtedly not qualified to be the main goalkeeper of Real Madrid, so Real Madrid urgently needs to introduce an outstanding goalkeeper to fill the vacancy of the main goalkeeper at a time when the transfer market is about to close.
Time is really too tight. There are only a handful of outstanding goalkeepers in the entire transfer market, especially big-name goalkeepers. It is almost impossible to sign them, and there is no time left for Real Madrid to operate.
So, Florentino naturally set his sights on his old acquaintance Yang Huan at this time.
Everyone knows that Yang Huan has the largest talent pool in Europe. Florentino did Yang Huan a favor for Cristiano Ronaldo before. Now, he also hopes that Yang Huan can return the favor and help him through the difficulties.
For this purpose, Florentino went to Monaco in person.
Ostensibly, he was coming to attend the Champions League group stage draw ceremony and watch the European Super Cup.
But in fact, he appeared in the stands of the Stade Louis II with only one purpose.
"Master Huan, do me a favor and sell me a goalkeeper!"
When Yang Huan heard this, he was completely stunned.
For a figure like Florentino to say such things, one can imagine how precarious his position in Real Madrid is now. Is it just because the league didn't start well?
Yang Huan knew that things were definitely not that simple!