At present, the five major leagues have basically finished a quarter of the schedule, the next few days are national team match days, the league is about two weeks away, perhaps this time, it is more suitable to review the trend of each team in the first stage. It can be said that after eight or nine rounds of competition, each of the five major leagues has initially outlined the general prototype of the first group. Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester City, Arsenal, Bayern, Greater Paris and other teams are unsurprisingly in the position where they should appear, and the strong recovery of Bayer Leverkusen, Nice and other teams is also eye-catching. The rise of the upstart and the strength of the giants make the competition behind destined to be wonderful and fierce.
Of course, there are still nuances in the performance of strong teams and strong teams. As strong as Manchester City, it will also lose to Wolves in the league, coupled with Arsenal's blocking, Manchester City actually suffered two consecutive defeats. Then there is Real Madrid, although still leading, but the loss to Atletico Madrid is enough to prove that they are by no means the best in La Liga. In contrast, Barca, Tottenham, Arsenal, Bayern, Bayer Leverkusen and other teams are even better, because, still in the second place, these teams have not lost in the league until now.
Of course, deliberately pursuing Milan's 58-game unbeaten run is completely unnecessary, and it is not something that can be done if you want to. So, losing may be a matter of time for them. In fact, in Ligue 1, there are several teams that have been unbeaten at one time, including the Nice we mentioned. Nice have been very consistent this season, with four wins and four draws in their current eight games, and are in second place, ahead of Paris.
In fact, there is another team in Ligue 1 that was also unbeaten until the 8th round, but a 3:1 game in the 8th round caused them to suffer their first defeat of the season. What defeated them was the Ligue 1 giant Paris. It is worth mentioning that this 3:1 burst the biggest and most boring undefeated bubble in European football this season.
This team is Rennes.
What was Rennes' record like before the 1-3 defeat to Paris? 7 wins, 2 wins, 5 draws. Does it feel like something is wrong? The unbeaten teams we mentioned earlier, without exception, are all in the first group, which is the Champions League zone. Only Rennes, with an unbeaten record, succumbed to the upper mid-table position, far from any European seat. What's the problem? Isn't it just because there are too many draws in them?
The same unbeaten record, the gap between Rennes and Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen and other teams is clear at a glance. Look at Bayer Leverkusen, 7 wins, 6 wins and 1 draw, only one draw, the rest are all wins. Undefeated and undefeated are not the same, Leverkusen's undefeated is full of the crushing feeling of the strong; Wren's undefeated is full of a reluctant sense of survival.
To be honest, a result of 2 wins and 5 draws is really not as good as splitting into 4 wins and 3 losses. Sometimes, being undefeated only provides a whitewashed sense of security, but it's actually insecure. Take Rennes, although undefeated, but the results are not good, even the Champions League can not enter, such an undefeated, is there substantial significance?
Therefore, in the first 7 rounds, Rennes' 2 wins and 5 draws are definitely the most boring undefeated bubble in European football this season. If Wren can really continue this boring momentum, what if they end the season unbeaten in 38 games? Not a mediocre ending yet?
To be honest, even Milan, who were unbeaten in 58 games that year, were actually ugly, with too many draws and too few goals, and they were not so strong at the time as they were soft and hard. Then there is the 49-game unbeaten Arsenal, which is full of a reluctant feeling, and they were really not as terrifying as the previous season.
Of course, for a team like Rennes, it is quite rare to be unbeaten in the first seven rounds. The 8th round was burst by the Grand Paris in time to burst this bubble of nothingness, which is actually a meaningless baggage. Next, let's see where this team can mix in Ligue 1.