The new season in Europe is already starting to take shape.
The most important teams in the world are in different parts of Asia and North America preparing for the official start of their leagues, which will begin between the second, third and fourth weekends of August.
In Spain, Jackson Martínez
will arrive to demonstrate his scoring power at Atlético, the champion of the Liga two seasons ago and a protagonist in the Champions League. The same will be done by Carlos Bacca, his goal is to lift Milan, a club with 18 international titles that wants to be the greatest in their country again.
The other two goalscorers of the Colombian National Team,
Falcao and Teo, will fulfill their dreams at the highest level. 'El Tigre' begins an adventure at Chelsea, the current champion of the Premier League. On the other hand, Gutiérrez returns to Europe, Sporting Lisbon is his destination.
The best young player of the last Copa America, Jeison Murillo
comes to grow, contribute and guard the defense of Inter, a squad that relies on a Colombian defender again after the successful passage of Iván Ramiro Córdoba through its ranks.
Others like James, Ospina, and Ibarbo
will play their second season with Real Madrid, Arsenal, and Roma, respectively. It will be the year of consolidation in three teams full of history.
Below we show you when and against whom Colombian players will debut in their respective leagues.
Spanish League:
Atlético de Madrid (Jackson Martínez) vs. Las Palmas: Saturday, August 22, 1:30 p.m.
Granada (Jhon Córdoba) vs. Éibar: Sunday, August 23, time to be defined.
Sporting de Gijón vs. Real Madrid (James Rodríguez): Sunday, August 23, 1:30 p.m.
Italian Serie A:
All matches will be on the weekend of August 22 and 23. Hours have not been defined yet.
Fiorentina vs. Milan (Cristian Zapata and Carlos Bacca)
Inter (Jeison Murillo and Fredy Guarín) vs. Atalanta
Juventus (Andrés Tello) vs. Udinese (Duván Zapata and Alexis Zapata)
Hellas Verona vs. Roma (Víctor Ibarbo)
Sampdoria (Luis Fernando Muriel) vs. Carpi
Sassuolo vs. Napoli (Juan Camilo Zúñiga)
Premier League:
Bournemouth vs. Aston Villa (Carlos Sánchez): Saturday, August 8, 9:00 a.m.
Chelsea (Falcao and Juan Guillermo Cuadrado) vs. Swansea: Saturday, August 8, 11:30 a.m.
Arsenal (David Ospina) vs. West Ham: Sunday, August 9, 7:30 a.m.
Portuguese League:
CD Tondela vs. Sporting de Lisboa (Teo Gutiérrez and Freddy Montero): Friday, August 14, 1:30 p.m.
Porto (Juan Fernando Quintero) vs. Vitória SC: Saturday, August 15, 1:45 p.m.
German Bundesliga:
Borussia Dortmund (Adrián Ramos) vs. B. Mönchengladbach: Saturday, August 15, 11:30 a.m.
Dutch Eredivisie:
ADO Den Haag vs. PSV Eindhoven (Santiago Arias): Saturday, August 8, 12:45 p.m.
French Ligue 1:
Toulouse (Abel Aguilar) vs. Saint-Etienne: Sunday, August 9, 10:00 a.m.
Turkish League:
Mersin vs. Beşiktaş (Pedro Franco): Sunday, August 16, 1:45 p.m.