Real Madrid, Bayern, two other European heavyweights humbled

By Kehinde Okeowo

Although, there was no major upset in the English Premier League games played during the weekend, the only exception being Man United 1-1 home draw against Everton.

Champions of Bundesliga, FC Bayern Munich, French giant, Paris St Germain, Dutch Champion, AFC Ajax and the most successful and richest club in the world , Real Madrid were not as lucky.

In a game played at Allianz Arena , the home ground of Bayern, the German champion despite taking the lead, lost 2-1 to Eintracht Frankfurt in their first defeat of the season.

The match between Zinedine Zidane side, Real Madrid and Espanyol also ended 2-1 in favour of the home side, Espanyol. Meanwhile, Catalan giant, Barcelona had earlier suffered 2-0 defeat to Real Madrid’s rival, Athletico Madrid on Saturday.

Former French Champion , Paris St Germain, despite parading the trio of Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar, lost away to lowly placed Rennes, in a match they could not muster a shot on target.

To crown a miserable Sunday for the European giants, AFC Ajax of Amsterdam , former club of Eyinmba coach , Finidi George and reigning Dutch Champion, lost 1-0 at home to FC Utrecht.

It might take a while before we ever witness a Sunday or day, in which 4 European giants lost to a less fancied club. Therefore, it remains a day football lovers and pundits would talk about for decades to come.

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