Overview
- Atlético Madrid beat Sevilla 3-1 on Saturday with Álex Baena scoring twice and Ademola Lookman adding another, while Julián Álvarez was left out of the squad and the club said it will not sell him to Barcelona.
- SV Elversberg opened its first Bundesliga season with a shock 3-2 victory over Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday, with American forward Cole Campbell among the scorers as the newly promoted side held on after a late Leverkusen rally.
- Juventus made it two wins from two in Serie A after a 2-0 victory over Parma in which substitutes Nico González and Teun Koopmeiners struck to secure the points.
- Fiorentina suffered a heavy 3-0 home defeat to Frosinone during its centenary week, and Lens lost 2-1 at Strasbourg even as Florian Thauvin reached 100 Ligue 1 goals.
- The weekend underscored two wider trends to watch: transfer and squad disruptions can leave top teams functioning without key stars, and rapid club rises can produce high-impact upsets, as seen in Elversberg’s climb from fourth-tier football to the Bundesliga in four seasons.