Odegaard is Arsenal’s conductor and what Barcelona need for European glory again | SI FC

The team is back! Alessandro Eremiti, Luca Dallolio and Lyes Bouzidi return for the new season - and with plenty of football to get their teeth stuck into, they are wasting no time.

Martin Odegaard was at the heart of a sizzling Arsenal performance as they managed to blitz Xabi Alonso’s Chelsea - despite the Blues going a goal up. And have Arsenal finally worked out how to entertain, while winning games?

Over in Spain, Barcelona were in an unforgiving mood and put five past Valencia to stay top of La Liga, with Lamine Yamal scoring two. Does Hansi Flick have the final piece of the puzzle with Rodri looking the part in Catalan colours - will he provide the balance needed to take Barcelona on to European glory?

Barca’s victory was all the sweeter as they go three points clear of Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid who dropped points against Betis, with Kylian Mbappe missing a last-minute penalty to salvage even a draw.

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