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International FootballMbappé scores three in forty minutes and the Bernabéu barely needs the ball
Real Madrid had 51% possession and 20 shots, eleven of them on target. Kylian Mbappé took a hat-trick, Vinícius added a fourth, and Real Sociedad's goalkeeper made seven saves.
International FootballValencia block eight of their own shots' worth of hope, and Betis win it on 83
Sixteen shots for Valencia, eight of them blocked, three on target and none in. Pablo García scored the only goal with seven minutes to play.
International FootballAubameyang scores again, Chupete answers from the spot, and the promoted sides split it
Málaga took 13 shots and put two on target. One of them was a penalty on 34 minutes, and it cancelled out Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's second goal in two matches.
Serie A
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International FootballBologna had 14 shots and 1.78 xG. Lazio had two injuries and won 1-0
Both goalscoring moves at the Dall'Ara belonged to players Gennaro Gattuso had not planned to use. Davide Frattesi came on for the injured Dele-Bashiru and settled it at 59'.
International FootballThree Malen goals, three Dybala assists — Roma's opening night had one address
Donyell Malen took the hat-trick and Paulo Dybala made every single goal of it. Niccolò Pisilli added a fourth late on as Fabio Grosso's first night as Fiorentina coach fell apart at the Olimpico.
International FootballTwenty shots, one goal and a crossbar: Spalletti gets away with it at the Stirpe
Bremer headed Juventus in front after 22 minutes and nothing else went in. Twenty shots, 1.99 expected goals, and a Frosinone header off the frame in stoppage time to end it.
Premier League
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International FootballChelsea were ahead after 31 seconds, 3-1 up by the hour, and still had to survive the last half hour
Xabi Alonso's first league game gave him three goals, three points and a goalkeeper he will want to talk to. Fulham had 61.5% of the ball and two goals that both went through Robert Sanchez.
International FootballFour goals in 31 minutes, a red card on 40, and Aston Villa still had 45 more to play
Villa turned up at the Amex without a recognised centre forward and left with none of it working: an own goal, two Hinshelwood headers 80 seconds apart, Joao Gomes sent off and not one shot on target.
International FootballBournemouth held for 80 minutes. Then Enzo Maresca sent on Rayan Cherki
Marcus Tavernier put Bournemouth ahead, Erling Haaland kept missing, and City looked like dropping points at home. Cherki's introduction produced both goals in the last six minutes.
Ligue 1
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International FootballLille score twice in the first half-hour, then let Angers have the ball for an hour
Giroud at 11', Tiago Santos at 31', and Davide Ancelotti's first league game as Lille coach was effectively over. Angers had 20 shots and Anthony Lopes had a busier afternoon than the scoreline suggests.
International FootballA corner at 14', a centre-back at the end of it, and Monaco win the opener 1-0
Eric Dier headed in from a corner inside the first quarter of an hour and Monaco spent the rest of the afternoon keeping it. Lionel Mpasi made six saves for Le Havre and still finished on the losing side.
International FootballA ruined pitch in Paris, two Rennes goals in Brittany, and Ferran Torres off the bench
PSG's home opener was moved to Roazhon Park after the Parc des Princes surface was ruled unplayable. They then went 2-0 down inside 38 minutes and needed a substitute's double to leave with a point.
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