Martial's hat-trick, Ramos third goal in 11 days and Atalanta's victory over Lazio: European football events of the day

Ural exit to the semifinal of the Cup of Russia

On Wednesday, June 24, the last quarterfinal match of the Cup of Russia took place. Yaroslavl "Shinnik" took the Yekaterinburg "Ural". Initially, the game was supposed to take place in early March, but it was postponed due to the poor condition of the lawn at the Shinnik stadium, and because of the epidemic of the coronavirus, they could only be held now.

As a result, the guests representing the RPL easily outplayed the opponent from the FNL - 2-0. For the entire match, the hosts did not create a single dangerous moment and could not strike a single shot on target.

Ural opened an account already in the 16th minute. Midfielder Yuri Bavin finished off the ball into the net after a save by Dmitry Yashin. During the game, the goalkeeper repeatedly saved his team, and if not for his confident actions, the intrigue in the meeting could have died much earlier.

However, he did not do without an error in the reporting match. In the episode with the second missed goal in the 80th minute, Yashin was not ready to hit Rafal Augustustynyk from outside the penalty area, and the shell flew right into the near corner. By that time, “Shinnik” was in the minority after the removal of Ivan Oleinikov.

The victory allowed Ural for the third time in four years to reach the semifinals of the Cup of Russia. In 2017 and 2019, the team from Yekaterinburg reached the decisive match, but lost to Lokomotiv twice. This time, another team from the FNL, Khimki, will try to prevent Dmitry Parfyonov’s wards from breaking into the finals.

Liverpool a step away from the championship and the 17th goal of Salah

In England, Liverpool took another step towards winning the first championship in 30 years. Merseysiders at Anfield defeated Crystal Palace - 4-0. The goals of Trent Alexander-Arnold and Fabinho turned out to be especially beautiful. The Englishman marked the first effective hit for the club from the penalty kick in the current season of the Premier League, and the Brazilian launched a powerful shot into the far corner from 30 meters.

Struck by the gates of others and the top scorers of the team Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane. The Egyptian scored the 17th goal in the Premier League and caught up with Pierre-Emerick Obameyang in the scorers of the tournament. Ahead only Jamie Vardi with 19 accurate shots. Manet overcame the mark of 15 goals in the championship.

Liverpool can guarantee themselves the title on Thursday, if the runner-up Manchester City loses points in an away match against Chelsea. At the moment, the teams share in the standings 23 points.

Manchester United won a landslide victory, fighting for a ticket to the Champions League. The Mancunians at home defeated Sheffield United thanks to a hat-trick by Anthony Martial. The Frenchman scored twice before the break, and recorded the last ball at his own expense 16 minutes before the final whistle, when he came face to face with the goalkeeper and beautifully threw it.

For the first time in seven years, the footballer of Manchester United managed to distinguish themselves three times in the Premier League match (in 2013, Robin van Persie did it in the game against Aston Villa). For the Frenchman, this hat-trick was the first in his career.

Also, the 24-year-old striker caught up with Marcus Rushford in the current season's scorers team competition (19 players in all assets of the tournament) and took third place in the history of Manchester United in the number of goals among football players under 25 years old. Martial scored 48 goals and beat Ryan Giggs (46). Ahead with a large margin from Anthony, Cristiano Ronaldo (84) and Wayne Rooney (92) settled down.

If Sheffield United, claiming to be in European competitions, made another misfire, then Wolverhampton, which was in sixth place, won the fourth victory in the last five Premier League matches. This time, the wards of Nunu Espiritu Santo beat the outsider of the Bournemouth tournament at home with a minimum score.

The only goal after an hour of the meeting chalked up the best scorer of the team Raul Jimenez. The Mexican head closed the canopy of the partner from the right flank and scored the 15th goal in the current championship of England.

Another outsider, Aston Villa, on the road broke the world with Newcastle - 1: 1 and extended the unbeaten streak in the Premier League to seven matches. Opponents exchanged scored goals after the break, and both players distinguished themselves on the spot. As part of the hosts, a minute after appearing on the field, Dwight Gale scored, and the Egyptian Ahmed El-Muhamadi equalized the score shortly before the final whistle.

Incredible Atalantes comeback and Inter's most offensive misfire

In Serie A, two main pursuers of the leading Juventus stumbled - Lazio and Inter. In a dramatic match, the Romans lost to the fourth-place Atalante - 2: 3.

Moreover, the metropolitan team scored twice already by the 12th minute, but this was not enough even to draw a draw. Wards Gian Piero Gasperini did not break the bad start, on the contrary, they seized the initiative and before the break, reduced the backlog due to the exact blow Robin Gozens. By the way, the German with eight goals is the most productive defender of Serie A.

In the middle of the second half, a magnificent long-range shot was marked by the Ukrainian footballer Atalanta Ruslan Malinovsky. The hosts won a free-will victory ten minutes before the final whistle thanks to a successful drawing of the standard position. After a perfect cross from the corner of the field, José Palomino sent the ball into the net.

No less dramatic was the meeting held in Milan between Inter and Sassuolo. “Neradzurri” were considered the clear favorites of the confrontation, but missed the victory over the middle peasant - 3: 3.

Guests opened an account in the fourth minute. Francesco Caputo with an accurate blow completed the team’s quick counterattack and scored the 14th goal of the season. Inter turned the match in the end of the first half. First, Romelu Lukaku scored a penalty and with 19 goals secured himself in third place in the Serie A scorers race, and then Cristiano Biragi put the hosts ahead.

A dramatic end came at the end of the meeting. Ten minutes before the final whistle, “Sassuolo” equalized with a penalty, but the team of Antonio Conte came forward again thanks to an accurate shot by Borja Valero almost from the goal line.

Nevertheless, the guests managed to recoup. After a corner kick, defender Gianjacomo Magnani, who came close, sent the ball into the net from close range.

Thus, after 27 rounds, Juventus will outperform Lazio by four points, and Inter by eight. In turn, Atalanta approached the team from Milan at a distance of four points.

Fifth place is taken by “Roma”, which on Wednesday won a strong-willed victory over “Sampdoria” - 2: 1. Three points to the Romans brought a double of veteran Edin Dzeko. The 34-year-old Bosnian has 14 goals in the current draw of the Italian championship.

The record of 15-year-old Romero and the yellow card of Smolov 

In the Spanish Example, Barcelona and Real continue to share first place. On the eve of the Catalans beat Athletic with a minimum score, and on Thursday the Madrid were stronger than the outsider of the tournament - Mallorca (2: 0).

In the 19th minute, Vinicius Junior realized a one-on-one exit and opened an account. And after the break, Sergio Ramos scored the third goal in the national championship over the past 11 days. The captain of the team implemented a free kick and scored the eighth goal in the current season. Examples. Thus, he broke a personal performance record in the tournament.

At the end of the meeting, Mallorca's head coach Vicente Paris Moreno released to replace 15-year-old midfielder Luca Romero. To be precise, the young man made his debut in Example at the age of 15 years and 219 days, becoming the youngest football player to ever take part in the match of the major league of the championship of Spain. Romero rewrote Sanson's midfielder Sanson's achievement, which has held since 1939.

“Celta” itself in the 31st round won the most important away victory over “Real Sociedad” (1: 0). This success was the second in a row for the team of Fedor Smolov. The only goal at the end of the first half from the penalty spot was scored by Iago Aspas. Thanks to the defeat of Mallorca, the Vigo team increased the lead from the relegation zone to seven points.

As for the Russian, this time he remained in the reserve and entered the field only in the 84th minute. For the allotted time, the attacker gave four passes, three of which are accurate, and received a yellow card for a tackle under the goalkeeper of the opponents.