English football, from the Premier League to grassroots football, was postponed last weekend following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
It left fans with no choice but to get their weekly dose of football by watching matches across Europe, MLS, and beyond, with many tuning in to watch games in leagues like the Bundesliga and La Liga.
Most English football returns this weekend, with just three Premier League games postponed. Still, we've decided to list which games are worth watching before the international break because we know you.
Two easy choices, but for different reasons. Union Berlin is the early leader of the Bundesliga, and given what we know about their resources, it seems like a moment in time that can only last so long.
On Sunday, they will defend their place at the league's top at their bear pit in Kopenick. Be careful with their speed in attack, because they give quite a show, and the performance in the stands too.
They will face Niko Kovac's ailing Wolfsburg, who have only one win in the Bundesliga this year. Bochum fired his head coach last week and cleaned up his technical department, and Kovac could be close if he can't take points from East Berlin.
That's Sunday Borussia Dortmund gave Schalke a gleeful kick on their way to relegation, beating them 11-0 on aggregate in their last three games.
Bundesliga is better, more competitive, and will make the 45km trip in the hope of beating a BVB team that Schalke made look very ordinary a week ago. Regardless of the outcome, this will be one of the great occasions of the German football season.
It's a Super Sunday in Serie A, so cancel your plans, open a bag of taralli and make yourself comfortable.
Inter will be in Friuli and are in a much better mood than they were a week ago when Simone Inzaghi received a vote of confidence after defeats to Lazio, AC Milan, and Bayern Munich.
The dark clouds over the San Siro have cleared after back-to-back wins against Torino and Viktoria Plzen in the Champions League.
Francesco Acerbi's dominant performance in the Czech Republic suggests Inter may be well on plugging the holes in their defense.
They have been the revelation this season in Serie A and have won four games in a row, defeating teams from Europe such as Roma and Fiorentina.
In mid-afternoon, the focus turns to the Brianteo, where Monza's new caretaker manager, Raffaele Palladino, will debut on the bench against Juventus.
It is unknown which of these two teams has been the biggest disappointment in Serie A this season. Monza finished the transfer window with the highest net spend in Italy and only has one point to prove it.
Juventus is in the midst of a crisis, and speculation about the future of Max Allegri is mounting even though president Andrea Agnelli never fired a manager during his 11-year tenure.
Paulo Dybala used to help Juventus get rid of teams like Monza. He is now rendering Rome the same service.
The Argentine striker has been involved in six goals in eight games for his new club, and Atalanta's visit to the Olimpico on Sunday night will test Roma's title credentials. Atalanta is not in Europe this season and is one of three teams that remain undefeated in Serie A.
League MVP Rafael Leao will not be on suspension after receiving a second yellow against Sampdoria last weekend for attempting a bicycle kick so audacious it nearly severed a defender's head and was deemed to have It had been a dangerous move.
So the focus shifts to someone who could end this season as the next league MVP; Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
The Georgian winger is quite simply the most exciting player to watch in Europe at the moment.
The LaLiga weekend begins with Real Valladolid hosting Cádiz on Friday night and continues until Sunday night's derby between Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid at the latter's Estadio Metropolitano.
Madrid has won all seven games in La Liga and the Champions League so far in 2022-23, but Carlo Ancelotti's side will still want to get key attacker Karim Benzema back from injury in time biggest test of the campaign yet. Now.
La Liga leaders Real Madrid will face their rivals Atletico Madrid at the Estadio Metropolitano on Sunday.
The increasingly surreal situation in which Atletico striker Antoine Griezmann is always a second-half substitute to pressure Barcelona into accepting a lower price to sign him permanently next summer adds to the interest in the game.
While Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois will also be in the spotlight, with Atletico fans angry that the former player said before last year's Champions League final that he was now on "the right side of history."
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