Soccer Monday: WWC semis set, Messi’s Leagues Cup run and Newcastle makes a statement
Everything you need to know about what happened this past weekend
This was the first weekend of what will be a nine-month marathon of league matches across Europe that will occupy our time.
Games that mattered returned to the Premier League, La Liga and Ligue 1. At the same time, the Leagues Cup rolls on as does the Women’s World Cup, two tournaments currently in the knockout stage.
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