Another misfire of Krasnodar and the proximity of Dynamo to European competition

In addition to the cup matches on Sunday in Russia, a postponed meeting of the 23rd RPL round between Krasnodar and Dynamo took place. It was difficult to overestimate its importance, as the southerners are fighting for getting into the Champions League, and two blue wins in a row helped to climb to sixth place, which will become the entrance to the Europa League if Zenit wins the country's Cup.

At the same time, in Krasnodar, Igor Novikov left many leaders in reserve. But from the first minutes young Roman Evgeniev, Igor Shkolnik, Vyacheslav Grulev and Maxim Danilin entered the field.

And already in the 17th minute Grulev forced the goalkeeper of the hosts Matvey Safonov to violate the rules. The goalkeeper shot down an opponent outside the box and received a red card. His place at the last frontier was taken by Denis Adamov, who made his debut in the RPL.

Quickly enough, the same Grulyov managed to hit his gate. The attacker sent the ball into the net thanks to a small rebound from the foot of Yegor Sorokin.

Having missed, “Krasnodar” finally took the ball under its control, but rarely created dangerous moments. For the whole game, wards of Murad Musaev inflicted only two shots on target, and Manuel Fernandes in one of the episodes hit the post.

Dynamo, in counterattacks, could repeatedly increase its own advantage. In the end, shortly before the final whistle, his former team managed to upset Joaozinho.

Thus, Dynamo, having won a third victory in a row, guaranteed itself the sixth place in the Russian championship at the end of the season. “Krasnodar” lost the chance to catch up with “Locomotive”, which in addition to silver medals will receive a direct ticket to the group stage of the Champions League. Southerners, however, in order to break into the qualification of the main European competition again and not depend on the outcome of the match by two points behind CSKA, it is necessary to beat Akhmat at home in the last round.

Kane's double and Inges's 21st ball

The struggle for trips to the Champions League and the English Premier League has intensified to the limit. On Sunday, the fourth-placed Leicester on the road suffered a crushing defeat from Tottenham Hotspur (0: 3) and now runs the risk of missing forward Manchester United, which has as many points and a meeting in reserve. Already in the first half of the match of the 37th round, the Londoners sent three unanswered goals into the opponent’s goal.

At the sixth minute, guest defender James Justin unsuccessfully put himself under the blow of Song Heung Min and became the author of an own goal. And closer to the break, Harry Kane managed to get a second double in a row, and in both cases he was assisted by Lucas Moura.

England striker brought to 17 the number of goals scored in the current Premier League draw.

In turn, Southampton forward Danny Ings, in a match with an outsider of the Bournemouth tournament, scored the 21st goal of the season and entered the net second place in the tournament scorers race. His team won an away victory - 2: 0, although Ings did not realize a penalty after an hour of the game.

The end of the winning streak of Real Madrid and five goals from Barcelona

In the championship of Spain on Sunday the matches of the final, 38th round were held. Having secured gold in advance, Real met on the road with Leganes, who needed a victory to get ahead of Celta, the colors of which are protected by Fedor Smolov.

The meeting began unsuccessfully for the hosts. Already in the ninth minute, Sergio Ramos, after filing from the standard, opened an account. This goal became for the Spaniard 11th in the current season Examples. Thus, he became the first defender in 26 years, who scored more than ten goals in one draw of the championship of Spain.

“Leganes” did not give up, and in addition to the first half, Briand Gil sent a shell into the net from an acute angle. But immediately after the break, Real Madrid stepped forward again thanks to an accurate shot by Marco Asensio. The outsider managed to recoup again 12 minutes before the final whistle. Roger Assale took advantage of the defenders error.

However, even a draw with the champion, “Leganes” was not enough to keep a residence permit in the elite, since “Celta” broke the world with the closed table “Espanyol” and was one point ahead of the competitor (Mallorca also left Primera according to the season results).

Smolov did not qualify for the match due to injury. But on the bench of the Catalans was another Russian football player - a pupil of Barcelona, ​​Roman Tugarinov. True, he never entered the field.

But the runner-up Barcelona finished the season on a major note. The Catalans away scored five unanswered goals against the Alaves. The leader of the “blaugrana” Lionel Messi scored twice and gave the assists, simultaneously breaking several achievements at once. Examples.

Firstly, for the record seventh time, he became the top scorer in the Spanish Championship. Secondly, in the 11th consecutive season, he scored at least 25 goals in the national championship. In the current season on his account was exactly 25 goals.

Finally, Messi gave 21 assists and set a new record for the championship of Spain. Lionel improved the achievement of the former teammate Xavi, who in the season 2008/09 made 20 assists.

IT'S OFFICIAL! Leo #Messi wins the 2019-20 Pichichi Trophy, the seventh of his career, a new, all-time @LaLigaEN record! 🐐 pic.twitter.com/laAlgFMeAT

- FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) July 19, 2020

The third place at the end of the season went to Atletico Madrid, which scored the same number of points with Sevilla (70 each), but was ahead of the competitor in terms of additional indicators. In turn, the wards of Hulen Lopetegui beat the “Valencia” with a minimum score and did not allow Denis Cheryshev's team to break into the European cups. The team finished only in ninth place.

In the Europa League from Spain next season they will play Villarreal, Real Sociedad and Granada, which for the first time in history made their way into European cups. To achieve such success, the team was helped by the cancellation of the final match of the Spanish Cup, the fate of which is still unclear. Thanks to this, the entrance to the European competition became the seventh place. Examples.

Curious foul of Spinazzola and strong-willed victory of "Napoli"

Meanwhile, in the championship of Italy, the struggle for medals continues. On Sunday, Inter had the opportunity to get ahead of Atalanta and regain second place. The away meeting with Roma ended in a draw (2: 2), but this did not stop the Milanese bypassing the Bergamos by one point.

Neradzurri managed to open an account already in the 15th minute. After the filing of Alexis Sanchez from the corner, Stefan de Vray sent the ball into the net of someone else's goal with his head.

Shortly before the break, Roma managed to restore the status quo. Leonardo Spinazzola joined the attack on the left flank and delivered an accurate blow. And at the beginning of the second half, the Romans took the lead. Henrikh Mkhitaryan from the goalkeeper line finished the ball into the net after Edin Dzeko's shot. For the Armenian midfielder, this ball became the ninth in the current season of Serie A.

In order to win a fourth victory in a row, the Romans did not have just a few minutes. At the end of the meeting, Spinazzola in his own penalty area inaccurately let go of the ball and hit the legs of Victor Moses. Penalty confidently sold Romelu Lukak.

The sixth-placed Napoli is back on the winning track. After two draws in a row, the Neapolitans at home won a difficult victory over the outsider of the Udinese tournament - 2: 1.

The teams exchanged goals scored in the middle of the first half, and Matteo Politano, who replaced, brought three points to the hosts. In the 95th minute, the attacker sent the ball into the net with a beautiful shot from outside the penalty area with a rebound from the bar. For the 26-year-old striker, this goal was the first of the season.

Of the other events of Serie A’s game day, the strong-willed victory of Sampdoria over Parma is 3-2. Before the break, Claudio Ranieri's wards missed twice, but in the second half they managed to turn the match around and achieved their fifth victory in their last six meetings.

The main character in the composition of the Genoese was the 37-year-old Fabio Quagliarella, who first leveled the score, and then gave an effective transfer to Federico Bonazzoli.

Finally, in the confrontation between “Genoa” and “Lecce”, probably, a team was determined that risks leaving Serie A together with “Brescia” and SPAL. Lecce was defeated and is now four points behind the saving 17th place four rounds to the finish.