Italy: Juventus - Roma (Saturday, 7:30 p.m.):
Roma will come to the big game of the cycle in Serie A with a perfect record that lies no less than Pinocchio on a bad day.
According to the results - 0:1 in both games;
The rivalry - the survivor Salernitana and the newcomer Carmonza;
And the conquerors - Brian Cristante and Chris Smalling, one can easily assume that Jose Mourinho's team is scraping victories tooth and nail.
But the truth is, Rome is just crooked.
It is customary to say this about Pisa, but the team from the capital city has not yet been able to reset the leg.
And at the top of the losers, is Paulo Dybala.
His statistics pages are completely empty at this stage of the season - 0 assists and 0 goals - but the Argentine leads the league in creating dangerous situations (17) and it seems that all he needs to break free is one ball in the net.
And here tonight (Saturday), as per the invitation, a game against his former team Juventus at the Allianz Stadium where he scored so much in the past.
Without the injured Niccolò Zaniolo, Dybala's task will be more difficult, but at some point the cork has to open and Roma have to start telling the truth - certainly after seeing Lazio beat Inter at the Olimpico 1:3 on Friday.
Di Maria Volachovich.
Will the hosts arrive ready?, Photo: IPA
England: Brighton - Leeds United (Saturday, 17:00):
Those who want to refresh themselves from the steamy heat outside are welcome to look at the Premier League table - few things are more refreshing than this sight.
Although it is a very early stage, the top 6 currently includes only 50% of its original companies, with the other half even being at the bottom of the table.
And into this wonderful vacuum stepped two groups that deserve to be there.
One is Graham Potter's Brighton, an eclectic club that includes Englishmen, Germans, Dutch and Belgians, but also players from Ecuador, Japan and Zambia.
This postcard group produces great football, which after three games yielded 7 points including away victories over West Ham and Manchester United.
Brighton players after the League Cup trip, photo: Reuters
The second is Leeds United, who under Jesse Marsh look like Marcelo Bielsa's team but with defense and stability.
Rodrigo has resurrected and scored four goals already, Brendan Aronson is a great signing, and they are also yet to lose and have already beaten Chelsea.
Maybe later in the season it will be a mid-table battle, but right now Brighton vs. Leeds is a battle of giants that should not be missed.
Aronson.
A great acquisition by Leeds, photo: Getty Images
France: Nice - Marseille (Sunday, 4:00 p.m.):
Unfortunately for Maccabi Tel Aviv, Nice recovered and recorded its first victory of the season against the Yellows, which sent them to the group stage of the conference and halted the negative momentum.
The importance of this victory will be revealed on Sunday when Lucian Fabre's team go up for a home derby against Marseille, exactly one year after the derby between these teams exploded at the same venue due to riots that included throwing bottles and fans descending on the grass.
The people working have indeed changed - the coaches on both sides and quite a few players - but a derby is a derby and a rivalry is a rivalry.
And for Marseille, this derby is full of possibilities.
Both to continue the good start of the season and temporarily rise to first place and also to leave Nice without a win in the league.
how will it end
First of all, you have to hope that it will end at all.
Nice players celebrate against Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Looking for a league victory, photo: AFP
Spain: Valencia - Atletico Madrid (Sunday, 11:00 p.m.):
Let's say we have to choose one game where instead of the players playing 11 against 11, they sit on the bench and only the coaches are brought up.
One on one, whoever survives wins.
In that case, there is no more interesting game in Europe than Valencia against Atletico Madrid which is also the meeting between Gennaro Gattuso and Diego Simeone who come to this meeting after a loss in the previous round and when they are determined to return to the winning track.
Simona and Felix.
Who would you like to see play?, Photo: AP
If that's not enough, to make this game interesting, here are the two meetings from last season:
In the Venda Metropolitano, Valencia led 0:2 and was defeated 2:3 as Atlético scored twice in extra time.
In Masatilla, Atlético led 1:3 but it ended 3:3 when Valencia scored twice in extra time.
In short, it is customary to say about a game exactly like this: you must not blink.
Gattuso.
An energy bomb also on the lines, photo: IPA
Germany: Bayern Munich - Borussia Monchengladbach
(Saturday, 7:30 p.m.): Three wins, 15 right goals and nine different scorers create the feeling that this Bayern Munich is incapable of losing a league game.
It certainly feels that way, but if there's one team that lost all feeling against Bayern it's Borussia Monchengladbach.
Münchenwaldbach players.
They are not afraid of Bayern, photo: AP
Gladbach is the last team to beat the Bavarians at the Allianz Arena, 1:2 in January of last season.
Gladbach is also the team that knocked Bayern out of the cup when they defeated them 0:5 in October of last season and the team that ended up drawing against them in August, beat them 0:2 in a preparation game full of substitutes in the summer and who came back against them from a 0:2 deficit to win 2:3 in January 2021.
Daniel Parke's team started the current season very well and is with seven points after three rounds, and maybe it will be the one that will prove to everyone that it is possible to compete for this season's Bayern Munich.
Bonus: Argentina,
Boca Juniors - Atlético Tucumán (Sunday, 00:00):
If I had chosen Atlético Tucumán last week, I would have gone huge because not only did they defeat Barracks Central 0:4, they scored spectacular goals, including one from 70 meters .
But, it is worth betting on the leader of the table in Argentina one more time.
With coach Lucas Posinari and a very diverse and starless squad, "The Giant from the North" dreams of a first championship in its history.
Boca players.
Tucuman prepares a surprise for them, photo: AFP
Boca at Bombonera is a tough hurdle for Atlético Tucuman, but a win over Hugo Ivera's side would be a real statement of intent from Pucineri's side.
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