Barcelona's early victory

In the 35th round of the championship of Spain, “Barcelona” could formalize the 26th victory in history ahead of schedule. The Catalans could do it on their own, beating on the Camp Nou Levant, and with the help of Atletico, if he suddenly lost to Valladolid. However, Real Madrid got the upper hand, and Ernesto Valverde's wards had to go super-motivated against a difficult opponent, who won two victories in the last four personal meetings.

True, the mentor of "Barcelona" still could not resist the fact that before the Champions League to give rest to Lionel Messi. The Argentine started the game on the bench with Sergio Busquets. Their partners honestly tried to open an account themselves - the entire first half was dictated by the home team, and the moments at the Levante goal arose one after another. But still the team had to call on Messi. It took him 17 minutes to do his job. The attacker during the prolonged attack hit the ball so precisely that it was impossible to reach him.

The Levante did not give up after that. The guests spent the rest of the match on another side of the field and deserved at least a draw. But the final whistle still announced the victory of “Barcelona” not only in the match, but throughout the championship of Spain. It happened in the presence of over 90 thousand fans. The Catalans reduced the number of victories in the example from Real to seven - so close they have not been close to the most titled team since the 1970s.

Exit "Liverpool" in the lead

In the English Premier League, leapfrog continues between the two leaders, Liverpool and Manchester City. The last months, both teams alternately alternate on the first line. After the second day of the 36th round, it was the turn of the mersisaydtsev to lead the standings.

Liverpool, which also continues to play in the Champions League, hosted the Huddersfield United outsider, losing eight games in a row, while the winning streak of wards Jürgen Klopp has grown to nine games. The home team had predictably not experienced any problems - in the very first minute Nabi Keita opened the scoring, and after it, Mohammed Salah and Sadio Mane were doubled.

For Salah, it was the hundredth game for Liverpool, and during that time he scored 69 goals - more than anyone in the team’s history. Merseyside won a ninth victory in a row, which has not happened to them for 13 years. At the same time, they set the club record for points scored during the season - 91 points have not yet submitted to the team. In any previous season of the English Premier League, such an amount would provide Liverpool with a championship. However, on Sunday, Manchester City can earn even more points if it beats Burnley away. After that until the end of the season there will be only two tours.

At the same time behind the two leaders continues to grow a huge abyss. All applicants for the third and fourth place so often lose points that even the Spanish “Seville” asked the management of the Premier League to give her an extra ticket to the Champions League, which the British do not seem to need.

This once again confirmed the defeat of Tottenham against West Ham. Despite the proximity of the first meeting with “Ajax” in the Champions League semi-final, the Londoners played the strongest composition and could not answer the only goal of Michael Antonio. Wards Mauricio Pochettino still remain in third place with a three-point advantage over Chelsea, but with such a game can quickly lose their stock.

Lost Championship "Borussia"

The central event of the 31st round of the championship of Germany was the Ruhr derby between Borussia Dortmund and Schalke. The hosts were determined to go around the Bayern again, until she had played her game, and come out on top, and the guests needed at least some glasses to keep a registration in the Bundesliga. Never before between the two teams before their meeting was the abyss of 42 points, which made Borussia the indisputable favorite.

Dortmund really did justify the status at first. At the 14th minute, Mario Goetze opened the scoring with the filing of Jade Sancho - the 19-year-old English wunderkind scored the 14th scoring pass for the season. But during the celebration a lighter from the stands of the Gelzinkirchens flew to his head, because of which he needed medical assistance. Guests were inspired and in the next 14 minutes went ahead.

After the break, their leadership was consolidated - Marco Reus, for the first time in his career, received a straight red card for a dangerous tackle, and his team was immediately punished for this by the third missed ball. Soon, the “Borussia” remained completely at two hands due to the removal of Marius Wolf. By some miracle, Axel Witsel managed to reduce the backlog five minutes before the whistle, but Bril Embolo set the final score - 4-2 in favor of Schalke. Now Dortmund is one point behind Bavaria, which will play Nürnerg on this tour. The chances that the Munich will miss the seventh consecutive championship, is now extremely low.

Goal anniversary of Ronaldo

In the championship of Italy, the main intrigue was resolved a long time ago, and Juventus quietly played the season in the status of an early winner. Turints now only have to intervene in the showdown of the rest of the teams leading the fight for the European Cup. In the case of Inter occupying the third place, the Scudetto owners decided that they could share points with him.

In the course of the match of the 34th round, the Milanese even tried to win - a quick goal from Raja Naiggolan was a help. However, in the second half, “Juventus” equalized the score thanks to the beautiful goal of Cristiano Ronaldo after a no less spectacular rally with Miralem Pyanich. This goal was for the Portuguese 600th in his entire club career. He scored five times for Sporting, 118 times for Manchester United, 450 times for Real and now 27 times for Juventus.

Inter's draw allowed Roma to join the fight for third place. After the defeat of “Cagliari” with a score of 3: 0, the Romans reduced the gap to four points four rounds to the finish. However, in the near future they can be pushed by Milan and Atalanta - they have the match in reserve, and they are only two points behind.

The end of the series PSG

On Saturday, only one match took place in France - the country's Cup final between Renn and PSG. The Parisians won the trophy for the last four years, which is a record for the tournament. Rennes has not been honored with this honor since 1971, although five years ago it already played in the final and lost to Gengam.

As befits a favorite, PSG started the meeting very confidently. By the middle of the inning, Dani Alves and Neymar scored one goal each. But even before the break, luck began to gradually leave the reigning champions of France. Presnel Kimpembe cut the ball into his own net after a long attack at Rennes. After 26 minutes at the gate of Alfon Areola, who replaced Gianluigi Buffon, was another ball.

Rennes players felt that they could do something incredible, and did not allow the Parisians to come forward again. The match went into extra time, in which neither Neymar nor Edinson Cavani could not distinguish again. In the second 15-minute Kilian Mbappa unexpectedly let his team down. When it became clear that the penalty shootout could not be avoided, he slammed his straight leg into the opponent’s knee and received a red card. Without the champion of the world, PSG lost the penalty kick and Rennes celebrated the victory. For the first time in six years, the Paris club has not won two tournaments in one season.

Komlichenko on the verge of a record

Russian striker Nikolai Komlichenko was the hero of the last round of the main stage of the championship of the Czech Republic. The 23-year-old player of the Mlada Boleslav club scored a double in the match with Fastav and helped to win a crushing victory with the score 3: 0. In addition to the goal, in the 17th minute, Komlichenko's penalty realized also gave a pass to Tomas Przykryl, who put an end to the match.

A total of 30 matches of the national championship Komlichenko scored 24 goals and became the most productive player of the season over the past seven years. David Lafata, who has 25 goals, scored more than him in the modern Czech Republic. In the near future, Komlichenko will be able to beat his record. The season in the Czech Republic does not end at a double round-robin tournament - now all teams will be divided into groups to divide trips to European cups and in the second division.

Unfortunately, even the effectiveness of Komlichenko did not allow his team to fight for getting into the Champions League. Mlada Boleslav finished the first part of the championship in seventh place. Now the team has only a small chance to get into the second qualifying round of the Europa League. To do this, the club must win three consecutive wins in the European Cup playoffs.

Intrigue in Turkey

In the championship of Turkey the intrigue in the fight for the championship unexpectedly escalated. More recently, “Istanbul Basaksehir” was leading in the standings with a decent margin of six points over Galatasaray. But in the last three rounds, the team for which Fyodor Kudryashok, Serdar Taski, Arda Turan, Emmanuel Adebayor and Demba Ba are playing has been replaced. She scored just one point, hardly pulling a draw from “Rizespore” thanks to a penalty on the sixth minute added.

In this case, the Russian defender Kudryashov to the last failures of “Istanbul” is not involved - he was in reserve in the last four games. While the native of the Irkutsk region was out on the field, the Istanbul team missed on average less than 0.5 ball. When head coach Abdullah Avchi put him on the bench, this statistic has deteriorated twice.

Now “Istanbul” still remains the leader of the championship of Turkey, but if “Galatasaray” defeats “Konyaspor” in the 30th round, it will be equal on points and will take the first place due to the difference of goals scored and missed. In general, if the points are equal, first of all, the statistics of personal meetings is taken into account, but Istanbul and Galatasaray have played one match so far, in which a draw has been fixed. On May 19, the teams will meet again in the penultimate round.