While some of us have barely gotten out of bed, the football world has not stopped turning to celebrate the transition to 2025. The first match of the year is already several hours old.
During the holidays, the fans most addicted to football often have to make up their minds and accept this forced withdrawal until the restart. Although if you look closer, there is always a match to watch.
In England, 2025 is starting with a bang: several Championship matches have already started, League One and League Two will be back from 4 p.m., before the Premier League match between Brentford and Arsenal at 6:30 p.m.
For those who couldn’t wait until then, there were even matches during the night. At five o’clock in the morning (Belgian time), there were some tempting Antigua and Barbuda championship matches to get your teeth into. But the Caribbean archipelago being behind us, the matches were played in 2024.
2025 has not started off with a bang
To find traces of the very first meeting of 2025, you had to look towards Australia. The year thus began…with a 0-0 between FC Auckland and Melbourne Victory.
Despite this sad draw, Auckland is guaranteed to retain first place in the Australian championship. It will be noted that Louis Verstraete played the entire match for the A-League leader. The former Imp, who passed through La Gantoise, Beveren, Ostend and Antwerp, is experiencing his first adventure abroad since this summer.
