The Juventus Championship and the Manchester City Revenge: the events of the day in European football

“Juventus” for seven rounds before the end of the championship of Italy secured the eighth consecutive title. “Manchester City” in the most important match of the Premier League beat Tottenham and took revenge on the opponent for the departure from the Champions League. A "Vitesse" Leonid Slutsky defeated "PEC Zvole" and interrupted the series without defeat. RT talks about the main football events of Saturday in the leading European championships.

18-year-old youth debut goal and unassigned penalty

In the main standoff of the game of the day, teams met that just a few days ago pleased the whole world with spectacular and productive football - Manchester City and Tottenham. On Wednesday, the Londoners in the dramatic match gave way to an opponent - 3: 4, but made their way to the semi-finals of the Champions League. After just a few days, the teams of Josep Guardiola and Mauricio Pochettino met again at the same stadium.

Both coaches were not without changes in the composition compared to the previous game. For example, the owners have only the second time this season, the submarine from the first minutes on the field went 18-year-old midfielder Philip Foden.

As a result, it was he who managed to open an account already in the fifth minute after the discount Sergio Aguero. True, the Argentine himself in this episode may have been on the sidelines. For the youngest talent, this goal was the debut in the Premier League.

After that, “Manchester City” almost until the final whistle controlled the course of the meeting and allowed the opponent to create only a couple of dangerous moments. In particular, the guests claimed a penalty for playing the hand of Kyle Walker, but the judge did not appoint him. Wards Guardiola also could easily increase the advantage in the long run, but could not score anymore.

However, the most important thing is the Tottenham revenge. In addition, the “citizens” scored three major points in the fight for the championship and won the 25th home match in all tournaments, which is a new club record. Londoners, by contrast, lost in five guest meetings in a row for the first time in 15 years.

The only spoon of tar for the winning side is the injury of Kevin de Bruyne. The Belgian suffered a knee injury in the first half and was unable to continue the game.

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Spanish scorer hat trick

In another match of the day the submarine game was fixed hat-trick. Three goals from Ayos Perez helped Newcastle beat Southampton and practically guarantee themselves to keep their place in the elite for the next season.

Perez himself scored twice in the middle of the first half (he scored twice in five minutes) and put an end to the match shortly before the final whistle. It is gratifying that the transfer to his account recorded the ex-striker "Rubin" and "Zenith" Jose Salomon Rondon.

The asset Ayios now appear ten heads in the current season of the Premier League. For the Spaniard, this hat-trick was not only the second in his career, but also the first in the elite division of the national championship.

End of the effective Messi series

In the Spanish championship, Barcelona won another victory, this time the Catalans managed to beat Real Sociedad. However, the San Sebastians at the Camp Nou did not try and managed to impose a serious struggle on the semi-finalists of the Champions League.

For a start, the hosts couldn’t open an account for a long time and managed to do it only in the last minute of the first half, when Clement Langlet locked head in with Usman Dembele from the corner. For the defender, this ball became the debut in Example as part of Barca.

However, the guests were not going to surrender, and after the break managed to win. Juanmi was allowed to run away to a rendezvous with the goalkeeper, and the attacker confidently realized the chance presented to him.

But to lose points in a match with a rival that is inferior in class was clearly not part of the leader’s plans, and literally in the next attack, the team again stepped forward. At the right moment, Barca leader Lionel Messi recalled himself, who recorded an assist at Jordi Alba. But the Argentine did not manage to score - he interrupted the five-match series in the national championship with goals.

For the sake of victory, the main pursuer of the Catalans, Atletico, also had to work hard. Madrid were incredibly glare to the loss of points in Eibar, but still pulled out of Victoria in the 86th minute thanks to a precise strike by Tom Lemar.

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The Unexpected Hero of Bavaria

In Germany, made a step towards the next championship "Bavaria". On Saturday, the Munich players beat Werder with a minimum score. At the same time, the wards of Robert Kovac had an indisputable advantage throughout the match, but the ball stubbornly did not go to the opponents' goal. In some episodes of Bremen rescued Jiri Pavlenka, and in a couple of moments from the faithful heads of the guests saved the crossbar.

In the face of such bad luck, the main hero of the meeting was unexpectedly the central defender of the hosts, Niklas Süle. For a start, he left the opponent in the minority. After an hour of play, Milos Velkovich hit Niklas with his elbow in the face, for which he received a second yellow card.

And 15 minutes before the end of the match, when some fans had already begun to think that Fortune had finally turned away from the “Bavaria”, three points were brought to her by a long shot to Zyule with a serious rebound. So Munich won the most important victory and now they can calmly wait for the match of the main pursuer - Borussia Dortmund - against Freiburg, which will take place on Sunday.

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Ronaldo's historic achievement

And in Italy, the fate of the gold medals was already determined seven rounds before the finish. Juventus could secure the eighth title in a row last week, but the reserve team lost to the underdog SPAL.

After the departure from the Champions League, the “Old Lady” footballers gathered and beat Fiorentina at home, making them unattainable for their pursuers. Moreover, in the sixth minute the hosts missed, but found the strength not only to recoup, but also to snatch the victory - 2: 1.

Now on the account of “Juve” appear 35 “scudetto”, if not to take into account the two champion titles, which the club was deprived of in a scandal in the middle of zero.

Turintsy - the first team of the top 5 strongest European leagues, which managed to win the national championship eight times in a row.

And Cristiano Ronaldo did become the owner of a significant achievement. The Portuguese is the first player in history to win the championships in England, Spain and Italy. On this occasion, the striking forward even promised that he would not leave Turin despite media rumors.

“It was a very good year, a year of adaptation. We won the Italian Super Cup, won the Scudetto. I feel happiness and joy, it was not easy to win. Am I angry about the departure from the Champions League? It is impossible to win always. We have done everything possible, but only one team can win the trophy. I did my best to help the team. I will try to do it again next season. Juventus is full of positive, because we won two important trophies. Next year will be better. I will stay in Juventus by a thousand percent, ”the site of journalist Gianluca Di Marzio quoted Ronaldo as saying.

Four balls for Slutsky

Saturday was also successful for several Russians who are trying to build a career in Europe, and the first one is Leonid Slutsky. Vitesse of the national coach in the home match of the Netherlands Championship defeated PEC Zwolle - 4: 1, thereby interrupting the unsuccessful series in six meetings without a win.

The main hero of the game was Brian Linssen, the Arnhem attacker, who managed to get a hat-trick. Now, on account of the 28-year-old Dutchman appear 12 goals in the current season of the national championship, and this hat-trick was for him only the second in his career.

Russian defender Vyacheslav Karavaev failed to score points for performance, and in the 56th minute he was completely replaced.

The debut goal Zhamaletdinova

Finally, in the Polish Championship, Timur Zhamaletdinov was the first to score for Lech. The domestic striker came on as a substitute at the very end of the first half of the match with “Jagiellonia” and scored a goal ten minutes before the final whistle. Exact blow Russians helped “Lech” to escape from defeat. Effective match ended with a score of 3: 3. Zhamaletdinova team is currently in eighth place in the top division of the national championship.

Timur was rented by a club from Poznan to CSKA in the winter, but so far he doesn’t get too much playing time. He never got into the foundation for the Lech matches and was content only with substitution in the end. The game with “Jagiellonia” was for the young striker the first in which he spent the whole time on the field, and Zhamaletdinov immediately managed to distinguish himself.