Gareth Bale scored for Real Madrid in a 3-3 draw with Levante; Tammy Abraham won two assists for Jose Mourinho's Roma; Nice and Marseille were severely suspended in the second half for spectator problems
Gareth Bale celebrated with Karim Benzema after scoring the goal
Gareth Bale scored for Real Madrid in a 3-3 draw with Levante, while Tammy Abraham won two assists for Jose Mourinho's Roma in a busy Sunday European match.
La Liga: Bale scored, but Real Madrid drew in horror
On Sunday, Gareth Bale scored his first goal in nearly two years for Real Madrid in La Liga, but substitute Vinicius Jr. stole the limelight in a 3-3 draw with Levante.
Bale got Real Madrid off to a good start in the fifth minute, with Ancelotti's side dominating for the remainder of the first half but finding themselves trailing 2-1 earlier in the second quarter.
Levante striker Roger Mattie equalised with Thibault Courtois in the first minute after half-time, before Jose Campana took the lead with a sensational volley in the 57th minute.
Carlo Ancelotti removed Bale, Eden Hazard and Isco from the post of goal, and substitute Vinicius came into play quickly, equalising in the 73rd minute, calmly completing the game after a deep defensive pass from Casemiro.
Levante regained the lead through Roger Peel after 79 free kicks, but Vinicius once again helped Real Madrid unblock, taking a bold shot from a small angle to equalize the score in the 85th minute.
With Levante goalkeeper Etofernandez flying out of his zone and handling the ball to stop a Royal counter-attack, leaving defender Rubenvizzo to put on gloves and protect the goal for the remaining minutes, more chaos is coming.
Atletico Madrid striker Angel Correa scored for the third time in two games to allow the La Liga champions to beat Elche 1-0 at home, an emotional reward for supporters at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium on Sunday.
Captain Cork presented the La Liga trophy to 25,000 fans at the stadium before kicking off his first Atletico home match with supporters since March 2020, although the party atmosphere was dampened by the hosts' poor start.
But Correa eventually gave Atletico the lead in the 39th minute, calmly tapping into the unguarded net with the outside of his boots after Elche goalkeeper Kico Casilla failed to properly handle Rodrigoda Paul's long pass.
Thanks to Mikkel Oyazabal's 68th-minute penalty, Real Sociedad rebounded from the first defeat by beating promoted Ma vallecano 1-0 after losing on the first day of Barcelona.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Serie A: Cristiano Ronaldo substitute, Jose Roma wins</h1>
Cristiano Ronaldo was banned for offside in the match against Udinese
Juventus boss Maximiliano Allegri said he decided to put Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench at the start of Sunday's 2-2 draw with Udinese.
Media reports have said Ronaldo had asked for a substitute in Juve's Serie A season opener in Udine, possibly to stay fit while he hoped to leave the club.
The Portuguese striker came off the bench in the 60th minute and nearly stole a dramatic stoppage-time winner, only to be left out of offside after a lengthy VAR review.
Allegri said after the match: "Ronaldo felt good. I spoke to him before the game and told him he would start on the bench. He let himself play and did well when he entered the pitch. ”
Jordan Vireto's double-header helped Roma beat his old club Fiorentina 3-1 in Sunday's season opener as Jose Mourinho regained victory as Serie A coach in a match that both teams ended with 10.
In the 17th minute, Fiorentina goalkeeper Bat lomier Dragovsky was sent off with a direct red card for a foul on Roma newcomer Tammy Abraham, much to the confusion of visiting coach Vincenzo Idalano.
In the 26th minute, Mkhitaryan broke the deadlock with an assist from Abraham and the home team went into halftime, with Roma taking a numerical advantage at the Olympic Stadium.
The situation took a turn when Niccolò Zagnolo started his first Serie A match in more than a year after a long injury suspension, receiving his second yellow card and being sacked after half-time before Nikola Mirenkovic equalised.
As the numbers balanced, Roma picked up pace and Tammy Abraham leveled out For Vireto to restore the home side's lead before the Frenchman rewrote the score to 3-1 after 11 minutes.
In another late kick-off on Sunday, goals from Lorenzo Insigne and Ergiev Hermas gave Napoli a 2-0 win over Venice at Napoli, even though the home side sent Victor Osimon off in the first half
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Bundesliga: Bayern lead Cologne</h1>
Bayern Munich's Sergi Gnabry scored twice to win their first Bundesliga victory of the season
Bayern Munich won their first Bundesliga victory thanks to a 3-2 win over Cologne thanks to a double by Gnabry and a goal from Robert Lewandowski.
In the 71st minute of the match, Gnabry blasted the ball past Cologne goalkeeper Timo Horn in the 71st minute of the match at the Allianz Arena to calm the tensions after the away team rewrote the score to 2-2 through Anthony Modeste and Mark Us.
The game began after Bayern paid tribute to club hero Gad Müller, who died last week at the age of 75, while Lewandowski rekindled the game by tapping Jamal Muhiara's pass after five minutes of rest.
Gnabry doubled their advantage with a side-footed goal from Thomas Mueller's low cross, but Modeste pulled a goal back almost immediately in the 60th minute, and two minutes later Us finished the game in style.
Earlier, the 10-man Berlin Union drew 2-2 with Hoffenheim, with Tyvo Avonii equalising in the second half and teammate Nico Gisselmann opening the scoring in the 10th minute.
Hoffenheim's Kevin Akpoguma equalised 1-1 in the 14th minute before Jacob Brunn Larsen thought he had sealed all three points with a good goal.
Towards the end of the match, Berlin defender Marvin Friedrich was sent off in extra time to bring down Sakis Adam young just outside the box and receive a second yellow card.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > League 1: Lyon were rejected by a two-goal reversal</h1>
Marseille head coach Jorge Sampaoli was led by colleagues
Due to clashes between Marseille players and home fans, who threw missiles at them and played, the Ligue 1 clash between Nice and Marseille was suspended in the second half on Sunday due to serious crowd problems.
When Marseille striker Dimitri Payet was about to throw a corner kick, beautiful supporters threw water bottles at him, and after the striker threw a ball at them, a full-blown brawl ensued as some fans rushed onto the pitch.
Both teams withdrew from the tunnel and the match was shelved for more than an hour before Nice president Jean-Pierre Revere called on Nice's supporters to stay calm through the sound system and the home players returned to the pitch to warm up.
But Marseille refused to join them, reporting that visiting players Matteo Gundoz and Luan Perez were injured in the battle.
Nice led 1-0 when the game was interrupted in the 75th minute, with Swedish striker Casper Dolberg leading them in the 49th minute after missing a series of chances in the first half at Marseille.
After second-half substitute Erbasan Rachani scored a brilliant assist to continue their good start in the top flight, Ligue 1 newcomer Claremont Fut counter-attacked from two goals to draw 3-3 at Lyon.
In the rest of the day, Montpellier beat Lorient 3-1 at home, Strasbourg drew 1-1 away to Troyes and Angers drew 1-1 at Bordeaux.
Metz was also forced to draw 1-1 at home to Reims, with coach Frederick Antonetti and his rival Oscar Garcia showing a red card in the 87th minute for a foul being challenged by referee Florent Bata.
After Moussa Dembele's double-header helped them take a 3-1 lead in the first half, Lyon appeared to be on their way to their first league win of the season, with Lucas Pakta joining another to cancel Sinari Diomand's oolong ball.
The home side missed a series of opportunities after halftime and was punished after Sweden-born Kosovo winger Rashani pulled a goal back with a brilliant shot before equalising with a brilliant header in stoppage time.
The result left Clermont, who had never played in the top flight before, to finish third in the table with seven points in three games, trailing second-placed Angers on goal difference.
After Friday's 4-2 win over Brest, Paris Saint-Germain topped the table with a top nine points. Angers also maintained their unbeaten record after Romain Thomas attacked Bordeaux in the 38th minute, with his striker Sekumara giving the home team a lead in the 10th minute.
Marshall Munnesi led Reims with a header in the game against the Mets, and in the seventh minute, Habib McGa equalised with a piercing long-range shot in the 14th minute.
A oolong ball by Dimitri Bertold gave Lorient the lead in Strasbourg, but the home side counter-attacked with Tege Savanier, Stephen Mavedidi and Andy Delot before the visiting mendes were sent off in the final stages.