And Matchday 1 Goes into the History Books

It’s that time of year again…

https://twitter.com/footymusings/status/644224110273409024

…when we all get giddy at the sound of this theme song.

Matchday 1 is in the books. What have we learned?

• Not only is Angel Di Maria loving in life in Paris, he got the honor of having the first Vine-able goal of the Champions League season
• AS Roma might could maybe be my Serie A team after Alessandro Florenzi’s delicious long-range goal against Barcelona. I’ve been feeling Roma since they beat Juventus a few weeks ago, but we’re still just talking. We’re not going together yet.
• Also, Premier League gonna Premier League in Europe.

Speaking of which, on the shade front, Soccer Twitter was in rare form

As the great McIlvanney wrote: "it's that time again when the PL's preening opinion of itself confronts the truth-telling mirror of Europe"

— Jonathan Northcroft (@JNorthcroft) September 16, 2015

As the season goes on, I’m sure there’ll be more where that came from.

Onto Matchday 2!