Zeros for Barcelona and Asensio's incredible comeback
The leader in the standings Examples Barcelona on Friday interrupted a series of three consecutive victories in the championship. The Catalans away did not manage to beat the third-place Sevilla - 0-0.
From the duel of the 30th round, examples at Ramon Sanchez Pisjuan were expected, including the 700th goal in the career of Lionel Messi, but the Argentinean had a bad game. The tenth issue of blue-garnet was constantly under the control of the defenders and got the opportunity to break through on goal only with standards. So, in the middle of the first half, the ball after it hit from the penalty kick knocked out of the goal line Jules Kunde.
Shortly before the break, Messi had a conflict with Diego Carlos. The Argentine stood up for Luis Suarez and pushed the opponent. He fell on the lawn, but the judge in this episode did without cards.
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- MARCA (@marca) June 19, 2020If in the first half, Barcelona possessed an advantage, then in the second half Sevilla looked sharper. Marc-Andre ter Stegen had to enter the game several times.
At the end of the meeting, the guests went all-in: central defender Gerard Pique moved on the attack. As a result, the leader almost missed the time added by the referee. Jordi Alba unsuccessfully knocked the ball right on Sergio Regilon, who from several meters struck ter Stegen in his hands.
But the main pursuer of the Catalans “Real” on the eve won a major victory and reduced the gap from “Barcelona” to three points. Wards of Zinedine Zidane at home in the framework of the 29th round largely defeated “Valencia” Denis Cheryshev - 3: 0.
The first half ended without goals scored, and the guests even scored a goal, which was canceled due to the controversial offside at Rodrigo, who delivered the exact shot.
Broke the opponent’s resistance Karim Benzema. At the 61st minute, after a neat discount performed by Eden Azar, the striker hit the bottom into the far corner.
The second goal in 13 minutes was scored by Marco Asensio who replaced. The Spanish midfielder missed almost the entire season due to a severe knee injury and appeared on the field for the first time in more than a year. The return of the 24-year-old football player turned out to be memorable. With the first touch, he hit the gate of Jasper Silessen, and in the end helped Benzema make a double. Forward from the left leg struck an unbreakable blow under the crossbar.
Two accurate shots allowed Karim to rise to fifth place in the list of the best scorers of “Real” in history. With 243 goals, the Frenchman beat Ferenc Puskas. The first line with 450 goals is Cristiano Ronaldo.
As for Cheryshev, he came on as a substitute in the 69th minute and had a not-so-memorable game.
The third victory in a row after the resumption of the season won “Villarreal”. This allowed the team to settle in seventh place. Moreover, in all three matches, the wards of Javier Reviglia Calleja were successful with a minimum score. Following the “Celta” and “Mallorca” the team beat “Granada”.
The only goal in the debut of the meeting was scored by the best scorer of Villarreal Gerard Moreno. After removal from the side of the partner, he grabbed the ball, burst with him into the penalty area from the right flank and just shot down into the far corner. The forward scored the 12th goal in the Example and reached third place in the tournament snipers race. Moreno is second only to Messi (21) and Benzema (16).
Significant contribution to the success of “Villarreal” was made by goalkeeper Sergio Asenho, who extended the “dry” series to 290 minutes. The goalkeeper made a particularly memorable save in the fourth minute, when Roberto Soldado shot back from the goalkeeper's corner.
In a parallel meeting, the direct competitors of Celta came together in the struggle for survival - Mallorca and Leganes. In anticipation of the full-time match, the first team lagged behind the Russian team by two points, and the second by four. Thus, the most favorable outcome for Celta would be a draw.
As a result, the rivals split the world - 1: 1. Moreover, both goals were scored by beautiful shots from free-kicks. I opened an account in the ninth minute, “Mallorca”. Salva Sevilla from the standard struck the bottom under the bouncing wall, and the ball flew into the near corner.
Leganes managed to escape from defeat three minutes before the end of regular time. Oscar Rodriguez from 25 yards from the penalty area fired a shot into the far corner with a rebound from the crossbar and chalked up the ninth goal of the current season. Examples.
Manchester United Rescue and Ings' 16th Goal
An extremely interesting match between Tottenham and Manchester United took place in the Premier League on Friday, the value of three points in which it was difficult to overestimate. The Mankunians are fighting to get into the Champions League, and Londoners are striving to get the right to speak at least in the Europa League.
For the head coach of Spurs Jose Mourinho, this meeting was especially important because he did not spend the most successful part of his career at Manchester United. An important help for the specialist was the return of Harry Kane, who recovered from his injury. Forward for the first time since January 1.
In turn, the guests were finally able to count on Marcus Rushford, who also had not played since January due to health problems.
With a 22-year-old striker at the head of Manchester, he began an active meeting and in the first minutes created a couple of dangerous moments. In one of the episodes, Marcus shot into the near corner, but Hugo Lloris hit the ball with his foot.
And in the middle of the first half, Tottenham scored a goal not arising from the logic of the game. Stephen Bergwijn picked up the ball in a strange half, walked away from two opponents and, breaking into the box, hit hard. The shell at the hands of David De Gea flew into the net.
Leading in the long run, the owners in the corporate style retreated to the defense. Wards of Ole Gunnar Solskher was not easy to crack the opponent’s defense, and several times the Londoners were rescued by Lloris, who made six saves in this match.
Manchester United managed to recoup only from the penalty spot, which was appointed for a foul on Pogba Field ten minutes before the end of the meeting. 11-meter sold to Bruno Fernandes. The midfielder has already scored the sixth point for performance (3 goals + 3 assists) in six Premier League matches. Since his debut in the Premier League, he has participated in the most goals scored among all Premier League players.
Not only that, shortly before the final whistle, the Portuguese earned another penalty for his team, but referee Jonathan Moss changed his mind after watching the replay. Thus, both teams lost important points and tied for the first time since December 2014.
In another match of the game day, the Southamton nuclear submarine, having suffered four defeats in five rounds of the championship, defeated the Norwich 3-0 closure standings on the road.
The hosts kept their goal intact throughout the first half, but immediately after the break they missed twice with an interval of several minutes. First, Danny Ings delivered a beautiful outgoing kick to the far corner, and then Stuart Armstrong from outside the penalty area struck the goalkeeper under his supporting leg.
For Ings, this goal was already 16th in the current Premier League season. In the tournament scorers race he caught up with Sergio Aguero and Mohamed Salah and is second only to Pierre-Emerick Obameyang (17) and Jamie Vardi (19).
The point in the match put the midfielder of “Southampton” Nathan Redmond. 11 minutes before the final whistle after the transfer of a partner, he burst into the penalty area and just shot into the far corner.