Fire up the basketball season treadmill and set it to marathon mode, or whatever other setting treadmills have to indicate that something will be long and some people will talk about it like it's a bigger deal than it is.

Spain debuted it's new Supercopa (where the winner gets a plaque) to start the new season, while Germany's spread of games saw businesslike wins, nail-biters and convincing upsets.

As we've been dying to do all summer, we microanalyse the goings-on!

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