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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 5525153, member: 405"] I lost my post after Match Week 1, and now Match Week 2 is over. Here are my thoughts so far. (I haven't seen as many matches as I have with the Prem, so let me know if you think I'm off the mark with any comments ...) Looking back, these games / results stood out for me so far. Opening Week (2 weeks ago) Arsenal took care of business with a good 2-0 road win at Athletic Bilbao. PSG blasted Atalanta, a quality Italian side, 4-0. Liverpool won late to beat Athletico Madrid, 3-2, thanks to Virgil in stoppage time. Juve drew with Dortmund in a 4-4 shootout. Bayern "big boyed" Chelsea, 3-1. We were never really in it. City with a quality opening win over Italian champions Napoli, after Di Lorenzo got a red card early in the first half. Spurs with a tepid 1-0 win over Villareal in London after an early own goal from the visitors. Spurs didn't show much - 60% possession, but only 9 shots in 90 minutes. Marcus Rashford had a double for Barcelona as they beat Newcastle 2-1, with Anthony Gordon getting a late consolation goal. Newcastle were never really in it. (Not to ignore how crazy the fans were until Rashford's first goal, about halfway through the first half.) Real Madrid blasted their minnows in Week 1, Kairat Almaty from Kazahkstan, 5-0. Mbappe with a hat trick. In Week 2, Marseille blasted a pretty good Ajax team 4-0, as Patrick Aubameyang turned back the clock with a goal and a couple assists. Chelsea got an own-goal early against Benfica is Jose Mourinho's latest return to Stamford Bridge. That proved to be the difference in a boring win. Spurs blew an opportunity, drawing 2-2 with minnows Bodo/Glimt. Dortmund with a big win over Athletic Bilbao, with forrmer Chelsea guy Carney Chukwemeka getting a goal in their 4-0 victory. Arsenal dispatched with Olympiakos at home, 2-0. Napoli beat Sporting Lisbon at home, 2-1. Man City was held to a draw at Monaco, not a great start for them. Former Chelsea boy Renato Veiga got a 90th minute goal to secure a draw for Villareal at home against Juventus. Big result for them. The big result of Week 2 was Barcelona losing at home to PSG, who were without Ousmanne Dembele, while Barca did have Lamine Yamal, who was a doubt before the game. Overall thoughts - Bayern and Real Madrid both got off to great starts. Mbappe with 2 goals in their opening game with Marseille, after USMNT's Tim Weah had opened the scoring. Five goals in 2 games, but he twisted his ankle in La Liga today. Harry Kane with 4 goals for Bayern in 2 games so far. Chelsea was a quality win, and they blasted Pafos of Cyprus by 5-1. Tougher games await. Inter is looking good so far, with wins over Slavia Prague and Ajax away, by a total of 5 goals with none conceded. Lautauro Martinez and Marcus Thuram with 2 goals each so far, and Denzel Dumfries (who I really like as a RB) chipping in the other one. When I do watch Serie A, it's usually Milan to see Pulisic and former Chelsea or USMNT guys on the team (RLC, Timori, Musah before he was sold ...). I like Inter a lot - Lautauro Martinez is somebody that I wish Chelsea had signed a couple years ago when they were looking for a forward. Marcus Thurman is strong and powerful up front, and I kind of like the Italian way of playing double attacking centers, with a big guy and a quick one to play off of him. Romelu Lukaku was good at that for a few years in Italy, too. [/QUOTE]

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