Estupinan smashed the ball into the net leaving Yann Sommer surprised and frozen. Allegri's tactical tweaks taking advantage of the wide areas - occupied by Luis Henrique especially - paid off. The gap to first place and Inter was reduced to seven points.
We didn't see the Barça of 1,000 passes in Newcastle. Did you see the 1,000 passes Barcelona makes every week in Spain? No. Newcastle are exceptional in their intensity and high pressing, playing man-to-man and with a wide range of tools.
The rigid gameplan that was supposed to evolve to suit the players available has been increasingly rumbled and results have spiralled downwards. As their hosts France prepare to try to clinch back-to-back Six Nations titles for the first time since 2007, England will do well to avoid finishing in the bottom two.
Everyone knows how much talent the young German has, but patience can only last so long. It has been enough time that people will start becoming more critical of Musiala, and unfortunately, he did not take advantage of a major opportunity starting in this match.
Of course, we would like to, we all want revenge against Barça. They don't usually show any mercy to their opponents. If they beat you by a large margin, it's for a reason. They are the current champions, leaders and favourites to win the league again.
The heartbeat of Borussia Dortmund's creativity remains Julian Brandt. When Brandt finds space between the lines, Borussia Dortmund's attack comes alive. His ability to receive on the half-turn, combine quickly, and slip runners into dangerous channels makes him a constant problem. If Bayern Munich's midfield press lacks coordination for even a moment, Brandt has the vision to punish it instantly.
"The head coach is always observing, not that emotionally involved on the sideline," Hurzeler said. "It's really more about overseeing things, like an analyst and making decisions from the stands. That's something that might be the future in football as well."
It is not easy to analyze a team that has just changed its coach. The system changes, but the players do not. We looked at the players and their individual performances in the last two days. Each player has a certain template, they can't change it. We focused on this kind of analysis.
A spell working under Wayne Rooney at Derby County was the springboard to his first permanent head coach role at Hull City, where he spent two years before being hired by BlueCo club Strasbourg in the summer of 2024. When Chelsea pulled the trigger on Enzo Maresca's 18-month tenure last year, Rosenior was parachuted into the Stamford Bridge job, joining a club that is synonymous with a rapid turnover of managers, where long-term expectations can seemingly never be met.
Image source, Getty Images "Football obsessive." Ask people who know Steve Holland well how they would describe the former Chelsea and England coach and the same phrase is repeated. "Football is his life," a source told BBC Sport. "Whether it's Champions League, thoughts on players or something else, he has a hell of a brain when it comes to football detail."
Stat of the National League's opening weekend: Mayo kicked the same number of two-pointers in the first half in Salthill on Sunday - three - as they did across their six championship matches of 2025.
