Not only the premier English continues to run during Christmas. There are few days without football at the turn of the year. However, German football maintains its traditional winter delay and stops for several weeks, until after mid-January. Spain It will also stop until the beginning of 2025, where the Copa del Rey is the opening and the clash between Valencia and Real Madridpostponed by DANA, to be held on January 3.
Scotlandwhich follows the rhythm of England like other events of United Kingdomtaking advantage of the lack of matches on January 2 in the English Premier to complete a date in their league, with the main match of the season, the one that will face Rangers and Celticthe Old Firm. The world of football comes to a complete halt in Europe on the 25th On Thursday the 26th, day of Boxing Day, Belgium puts the 20th day on stage.
He Legs will wait for the crash Ghenttheir rival in the round of 32 of the Conference League, is playing in their field against Royal Union St. Gillois. This will be the closure of the Belgian League, which will not return to the scene until January 10, 2025.
Portugal He doesn’t go on vacation either. After the 15th date is completed on Monday the 23rd, a new date begins on Friday the 27th.
Italy still has an active date before the end of 2024. The weekend of Saturday, December 28 and Sunday, December 29 completes the eighteenth day. Last year Serie A was grouped together with the Premier, along with the Portuguese or Scottish League. Same on Monday the 30th.
There is no football on New Year’s Eve but there is the first in 2025 in the clash between Brentford and Arsenal, from the English Premier.
2025 explodes with intensity and incentives. On Thursday, January 2, in addition to Rangers-Celtic of Scotland, Italy puts the Super Cup in play. Inter and Atalanta meet in the first semi-final of the event. The second is scheduled for the 3rd of Friday, between Juventus and Milan.
This is when football in the old continent, with exceptions such as Germany, began to recover its usual activity. In addition to Italian Super Cup Ligue 1 continues the clash calendar between Nice and Rennes. Portugal continue, with two matches –Nacional-Porto and Vitoria Guimaraes-Sporting– and in Spain the ball got rolling again after the Christmas break.
The first weekend of January brings together the Premier, Serie A, its Super Cup final, Ligue 1, Portugal’s First Division and Spain’s Copa del Reyin. Also in Türkiye, which closed on Monday the 17th and will not return until January 5, the 18th.
However, Germany keeps the tradition and the winter break every year. The 15th matchday played at the weekend was the last of 2024. It does not return until Friday, January 10, with the duel between Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen.
Source: La Verdad
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