The situation
The Iron Throne, for now, is for Madrid. King of the five -great- kingdoms of European football: Spain, England, France, Italy and Germany . A total of 98 teams make up their elites and of them, only one has not yet bled. Madrid signs a plenary session in the League, six wins in six days; gallops at a firm and impeccable pace. This is the best start for the white team in the entire 21st century, having surpassed Pellegrini’s record in 2009-10, when the streak lasted five days (they lost in the sixth, 2-1 at Pizjuán, the night of the stoppage from Casillas to Perotti). The current Madrid, in fact, chain nine victories if Champions and European Super Cup are counted.It is three wins away from signing the best start in its 120-year history. He walks undefeated, unpolluted. And in his favor, he says that the starting schedule looked complicated: the first three days he had to play away from home. He won in Almería ( 1-2 ), in Balaídos ( 1-4 ) and in Cornellà-El Prat ( 1-3 ). To this must be added two wins at the Bernabéu ( 2-1 against Betis and 4-1 against Mallorca ) and the recent one at the Cívitas Metropolitano ( 1-2 ). Full. And that there is a huge stain on the curriculum: not a single clean sheet. “Well, in Champions at least yes! It is a pending task, we have to improve there”, Courtois himself joked after the victory against Leipzig. A fact that speaks ill of the rearguard and, at the same time, extols the attack. Even having conceded in the six league games, Madrid has won absolutely all of them.
Unique
And nobody can say that in the five big European leagues. In the Premier the current leader is Arsenal , with a renewed team and a fervent Arteta, more plugged in than ever. His boys have won 18 of the 21 points they have played: they stumbled at Old Trafford ( 3-1 ). The only teams that can say that they haven’t lost yet are Manchester City and Tottenham… but they have drawn . Both twice. More worrying is the situation of Liverpool and Chelsea, with four and three punctures respectively. And outside of Europe, right now. Looking at France , PSG is the leader with 22 points and one setback: draw at home against Monaco( 1-1 ). Those from Galtier have not yet lost, like Marseille and Lens. His is a small cut.