NATIONAL BREAK IN GIANT LEAGUES: CITY AND BARCA KEPT THE SUMMIT

The fierce football excitement in Europe's top five leagues took a national break due to international matches. Entering the national break in this tough marathon, the owners of the summit in England, Spain, Italy, Germany, and France became completely clear. In the English Premier League, Manchester City gave its opponents no respite. Pep Guardiola's students left all of the first five matches they played with victories, collected exactly fifteen points, and sat in the leadership seat without making any missteps. In Spanish La Liga, the Catalan giant Barcelona exhibited a flawless performance. Winning all of the first seven matches it played, Barcelona collected twenty-one points and captured the summit alone and gloriously. In the German Bundesliga, the Borussia Dortmund wind blew very strongly. The team got four victories in the first four matches it played and entered the national break completely without losses and in high morale with twelve points. In Italian Serie A, the capital team Roma attracted all the attention with the highly stable football it exhibited. Obtaining four victories and one draw in the first five league matches, Roma reached thirteen points in total without facing defeat and became the sole owner of the summit in the tough league. A similar statistical picture occurred on the French Ligue 1 front. The Monaco team got four victories and one draw in the first five weeks it played, collected thirteen points, and settled in the leadership seat undefeated. The strong teams that established themselves at the summit in these five prestigious arenas made their fans happy with this superior performance they exhibited and clearly showed their seriousness in the championship race to the world. With the restart of the leagues after the national break, whether these teams would maintain their high form status began to be awaited with great curiosity by football authorities. The sports press brought the flawless continuation of the trio of Manchester City, Barcelona, and Borussia Dortmund to their giant headlines as the most striking starting statistic of the new season.

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