Ederson’s Grossest Mistakes and Manchester Historic Achievement
In the central match of the game day, Manchester United defeated Manchester City at home. And the goalkeeper of the guests Ederson became the main anti-hero of the reporting meeting. The Brazilian, as a rule, rarely makes mistakes, but this time he had a terrifying duel. To begin with, he missed the ball into the near corner after hitting Anthony Martial. The Frenchman struck down in touch after a cunning "scoop" from Bruno Fernandes at the drawing of the standard.
At the beginning of the second half, Ederson almost made an even rougher blot. The transfer back in the performance of João Cancelu nearly became fatal, and the goalkeeper with great difficulty knocked out a shell from under the legs of Marciail.
But without another productive mistake, the Brazilian did not stay. Already in the time the referee added, he, trying to enter the ball into the game as quickly as possible, threw it at Scott Macktominey, and all that was left was to miss the target - 2: 0.
The Mancunians managed to win a second victory over the City in the current Premier League season. The team managed to do this for the first time in ten years - the last time this happened when it was still headed by Alex Ferguson. In addition, Manchester United became the third team to beat Josep Guardiola twice during the season as part of the national championship.
These fans.
Those players.
This club.
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Defeat from Chelsea and Ancelotti's unsuccessful return to Stamford Bridge
Meanwhile, Chelsea, despite the real epidemic of injuries (the team could not be helped immediately by eight base players), defeated Everton - 4-0 at home. Former London coach Carlo Ancelotti first arrived at Stamford Bridge after leaving the club and was mercilessly beaten.
For guests, everything went wrong from the very beginning. Already in the 14th minute, Mason Mount, having beautifully turned around with the ball in someone else's penalty area, opened an account. Pedro soon doubled the lead of the hosts. It is curious that earlier it was the Spaniard who assisted the partner. Prior to that, he did not have a single point for performance in the current Premier League season.
After the break, Willian and Olivier Giraud completed the rout. The Frenchman scored the 80th goal in the Premier League. In the end, Frank Lampard allowed himself to release two 18-year-old debutants, Faustino Anjorina and Armando Broe to replace. And their peer midfielder Billy Gilmore for the first time in his career got into the main team for the Premier League game and even became the best footballer of the match according to Sky Sports with an accuracy of 92.5%.
Inglourious defeat of Real Madrid and Tello's revenge for Barcelona
“Real” did not rest on its laurels for long after success in classic. As soon as the fans of the team celebrated the victory over Barcelona and the return of leadership in the Example, they were in trouble. After just a week, Madrid away managed to lose to the humble Betis, who had not won before for six rounds.
The most annoying thing for creamy ones is that it’s hard to call an accident. Wards Zinedine Zidane had an extremely unsuccessful match and lost in the case. It is enough that in the first half, the guests struck only one shot on target. Its author was a penalty shooter Karim Benzema.
By that time, “Real” was inferior with a minimum score, although it could well have missed more. In the second half, nothing has changed. “Betis” the game was given, and the owners realized that they could well snatch victory.
This is what happened. Moreover, the productive mistake in defense was made by the person from whom this was least expected - Benzema. Karim sank to his half of the field to help partners play the ball, but out of the blue gave it to an opponent. Immediately followed by a penetrating pass on the move, Christian Tello, and the attacker did not miss his chance. It is symbolic that for the “Barcelona” a week later the former blue-garnet footballer took revenge. Well, the Catalans, despite all the problems, returned to first place.
95 '⏱⚽ ¡¡FINAAAAL !! 👏👏 ¡¡Final del partido con victoria verdiblanca en el Benito Villamarín !! 😃
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Questionable round and confident victory of Juventus
In Italy, until the last it was not clear whether the matches of Serie A. would take place on Sunday. It came to the point that the first game of the day between Parma and SPAL was temporarily postponed by order of the Ministry of Sports due to the coronavirus epidemic, although the players were already in the tribune rooms and preparing to enter the field. But as a result, the meeting still took place, and the Italian Football Federation decided to play the round.
To the delight of the fans, the central match took place, in which Juventus hosted Inter. The importance of the confrontation was difficult to overestimate, because the Turin needed to maintain leadership in the standings, and the guests could almost be excluded from the championship race.
However, the first half turned out to be far from the most spectacular. At first, the owners owned the advantage. The wards of Maurizio Sarri created a couple of moments at the gates of the opponent, but Samir Handanovich acted above all praise. Then the game gradually moved to the center of the field.
But in the second half, Juventus did not postpone the matter and quickly opened an account. Cristiano Ronaldo after a cross from the front corrected the ball for Aaron Ramsey, but he simply did not have the right to miss.
And after 13 minutes, the Welshman gave the assist to Paulo Dybala, who beautifully beat the defender in the penalty area and just shot into the far corner. After that, the meeting could be ended. Inter had no chance of escape. This was perfectly understood on the team bench, and in the end, the nerves surrendered at the reserve goalkeeper Daniele Padelli. The goalkeeper received a red card for disputes with the judge.
Thus, Juventus retained leadership in the standings and a minimal advantage over Lazio. Perhaps the only fly in the ointment for Turin was the absence of goals from Ronaldo. The Portuguese interrupted an impressive series of 11 games in Serie A. But Cristiano spent the 1000th match of his career, except for two meetings for Sporting B (Sporting - 31, Manchester United - 292, Real Madrid - 438, Juventus 75, Portugal 164).
Goal of Ibrahimovic and Milan in a steep peak
And the goal of Zlatan Ibrahimovic did not help Milan to score points in the match against Genoa. “Rossoneri” allowed the opponent to excel already in the seventh minute, and the 37-year-old Macedonian veteran Goran Pandev scored. At the end of the first half, the advantage of the guests was doubled by Francesco Cassata.
After the break, the hosts finally seized the initiative and stormed the opponent’s goal, but managed to reduce the backlog only shortly before the final whistle. Ibragimovich from close range sent a shot on target and scored the third goal in the current season of Serie A.
“Milan” in the last five games of the national championship won only one victory. The conflict in the club’s leadership does not add to the fans’s positive. So, on the eve of the match, director Zvonimir Boban lost his post. He may soon be followed by technical director Paolo Maldini.
📰 A home defeat for the Rossoneri against Genoa in an empty stadium ➡️ https://t.co/BIDnFDyGeL
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Fourth consecutive victory for Bayern
For Bavaria, the next Bundesliga match with Augsburg was special, because the club celebrated its 120th anniversary. In honor of this, the football players of the team entered the field in a special form, and the fans prepared a special performance.
But the modest guests were not going to be strangers at this holiday and managed to pat the favorite's nerves. In the first half, the wards of Hans-Dieter Flick did not manage to print the opponent’s goal. But immediately after the break, Thomas Müller managed to open an account. And already at the time added by the referee, Leon Goretska put the point.
So the leading “Bavaria” won the fourth consecutive victory in the national championship and maintained a gap of four points from the Dortmund “Borussia”.