Football: Unfamiliar league leaders across Europe as COVID-19 brings more disruption

PARIS: The struggles of Barcelona and Real Madrid do not augur well ahead of El Clasico, while there are unfamiliar league leaders across Europe as COVID-19 brings more disruption.There is a school of thought that this season represents the best chance in a long time for a surprise winner in some of Europe's biggest leagues, given the disruption caused to the calendar by the coronavirus pandemic.

Maybe a wind of change is sweeping through European football? It is possible, although there is still ample time for the superclubs to reclaim the positions they feel are rightfully theirs.Barca host Madrid in the first Clasico of the season on Saturday , but the fixture that was for a long time the most glamorous in Europe has lost much of its lustre.

Barcelona, meanwhile, went down 1-0 at Getafe. For all the talk of revolution at the Camp Nou, this is still much the same team as the one which was humiliated by Bayern in the Champions League in August, and new coach Ronald Koeman has a huge job on his hands.

Ibrahimovic was making his comeback after a spell quarantining due to COVID-19."They locked the wrong animal at home for two weeks," he said.

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