Bayern won all the tournaments in which they took part last season, scoring a huge number of goals and creating a lot of rout. Hans-Dieter Flick’s team won another trophy last week. They beat Sevilla in the UEFA Super Cup. Despite a 1:1 draw in regulation time, Bayern easily put the squeeze on the Nervion team in extra time and took the title. The 120 minutes play did not pass without a trace. Flick for the championship match with Hoffenheim was forced to use rotation, which turned into a disaster. Under the leadership of Uli Hoeness’s nephew Sebastian, the villagers defeated the German champion with a score of 4:1. The substitutes Lewandowski, Goretska and Koman could not help the team in any way. At the moment, Bayern are only seventh in the table with three points and their unbeaten streak was also interrupted, numbering at that time 32 matches in all tournaments.
If Tottenham spent a lot, then Chelsea became the record holder of the transfer market. However, the teams’ results are identical. Perhaps Chelsea are prettier. In the Premier League, the retirees beat Brighton (3:1), lost to Liverpool (0:2) and drew with West Bromwich (3:3) and defeated Barnsley in the League Cup (6:0). Chelsea spent about 250 million euros this offseason, which in the context of the coronavirus looks a lot of money. For 80 million euros, Kai Havertz was bought from Bayer, Timo Werner came from Leipzig for 53 million, the Blues paid 50.20 million for Leicester left-back Ben Chilwell, and 40 million was paid for the right winger Ajax by Hakim Ziyech. Chelsea acquired Rennes goalkeeper Edouard Mendy for 24 million and centerbacks Malang Sarr and Thiago Silva came as free agents. In fact, this is a full-fledged new team, so the players clearly need to play together. The last time Chelsea won the League Cup was in 2015. “Pensioners” in the final defeated Tottenham. Last season, Chelsea were eliminated in the round of 16, beating Manchester United (1-2). Before that, in 2019, the Blues reached the final of the tournament, where they lost on penalties to Manchester City. Billy Gilmour, Christian Pulicis and newcomer Hakim Ziyech are injured at Chelsea.
