Change of leader in Spain, two goals of Inter in six minutes and 100th goal of De Bruyne: events of the day in European football

30th FA Cup semi-final for Arsenal and Chelsea’s new standoff with Manchester United

On Saturday, Manchester United became the first semi-finalist of the FA Cup, and on Sunday the three remaining matches of this stage took place. There were no sensations: Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City also made it to the semifinals.  

Arsenal away victory over Sheffield United (2: 1) was not easy. The judges canceled two goals from the hosts because of an offside position, and the “Gunners” opened the scoring in the middle of the first half from the penalty spot, which was realized by Nicolas Pepe.  

Sheffield managed to recoup shortly before the end of regular time. After putting the ball in, a partner from out and a few ricochets, David McGoldrick scored from goalie square.

From the need to play overtime, Arsenal saved Daniel Ceballos. In the first minute added, he picked up the ball in someone else's penalty area and delivered an accurate shot from an acute angle. So the Londoners for the 30th time reached the semifinals of the FA Cup and repeated the tournament record set on the eve of Manchester United. In the next match, the Gunners will meet with a stronger rival - Manchester City. 

In turn, the townspeople beat Newcastle - 2-0. The favorite also managed to open an account only from the penalty spot. The one-foot sold by Kevin De Bruyne. This goal was the hundredth anniversary in the career of the Belgian at the club level.   

In the second half, the advantage of the Pep Guardiola team was doubled by Rahim Sterling, who struck the far corner from outside the penalty area. Now the British has 22 goals in all tournaments this season. 

Finally, Chelsea defeated Leicester with a minimum score on the road thanks to a goal from Ross Barkley and extended the winning streak in all tournaments to five matches. In particular, Frank Lampard wards beat Manchester City last week and helped Liverpool win the championship ahead of schedule. The series of Londoners began just with the victory over the Merseysiders in the 1/8 finals of the FA Cup.  

In the semifinals of the Chelsea tournament will meet with Manchester United. The teams will face off for the fourth time this season. Moreover, in the three previous cases, it was the Mancunians who turned out to be stronger.   

Also on Sunday there was one Premier League match. “Southampton” was stronger than the outsider “Watford” - 3: 1. Among the winners double marked Danny Ings. This allowed the striker to take second place in the tournament scorers tournament with 18 goals. Above is just Jamie Vardi from Leicester (19).

The hard victory of Real Madrid and Cheryshev on the bench

In Example, the leader changed on the last day of the week. On Saturday, Barcelona failed to beat Celta with Fedor Smolov in the lineup and provided Real Madrid a chance to reach a clean first place. 

The Madrid team took advantage of them, having beaten the “Espanyol” closing table in the away game with a minimum score. 

Wards Zinedine Zidane did not have the brightest match of the season, but one goal at the end of the first half was enough to score three points. Moreover, it was far from the most productive footballer of creamy Casemiro who managed to score. The Brazilian closed the spectacular transfer of Karim Benzema heel. For the Frenchman, this scoring pass became the 117th in the “Real”. 

The victory allowed the metropolitan team to break away from Barcelona by two points. 

But “Valencia”, the colors of which Denis Cheryshev defends, lost to “Villarreal” - 0: 2. The Russian himself remained on the bench and never entered the field.  

But the wards of Javier Revilla Caleja won a fourth victory in five matches after the resumption of the season. Moreover, in these four meetings, the team did not allow the opponents to hit their goal. The successful series helped Villarreal get closer to the Champions League zone.  

On Sunday, the main character in the hosts was Gerard Moreno. The attacker gave the assist to Paco Alcácer, and then distinguished himself after the discount of veteran Santi Cazorla. This goal was 13th for the striker in the current championship of the country and allowed him to catch Luis Suarez in the tournament scorers of the tournament. Ahead only Lionel Messi (21) and Karim Benzema (17).

Also, as part of the gaming day, Examples “Eibar” defeated “Granada” (2: 1) on the road. And the most productive match of the tour took place in Valencia, where Levante turned out to be stronger than Betis - 4: 2. The hosts scored four goals against the opponent by the 59th minute. At the same time, the ex-striker of Rubin Ruben Rochin chalked up a goal and an assist. 

Atalanta’s eighth victory in a row and Muriel’s double

In Serie A, the leader of the Inter fight almost lost points in the second match in a row. In the last round, the Nerazzurri broke the world with Sassuolo (3: 3), and in the 83rd minute of the match they lost to Parma. At the very beginning of the meeting, Gervinho led the hosts ahead, and they held this advantage for a long time. 

A successful rally of the corner helped to win back. Stefan de Vray corrected the ball in the net after the discount Lautaro Martinez. And the winning goal after a few minutes was created by the substitute footballers. Victor Moses on the right edge of the penalty area beat his opponent and made an ideal serve on Alessandro Bastoni, who could only turn his head up - 2: 1.

In turn, Atalanta, which ranks fourth in the Serie A standings, after defeating Lazio (3: 2), outplayed the outsider Udinese with a similar score.

This time, the favorite scored three points with great difficulty. 20 minutes before the final whistle, the score was equal - 1: 1, but the guests were saved by the substitute Luis Muriel. First, he perfectly fulfilled the standard position, and then was marked by an unexpected long-range shot, to which the goalkeeper did not even react.

Now the Colombian has 15 goals in Serie A. In turn, Atalanta midfielder Alejandro Gomez gave two assists and took first place among the best assistants of the tournament with 14 assists. 

The winner of the national championship series was extended by the owner of the Napoli Cup of the country. Neapolitans at home were stronger than the outsider SPAL (3: 1) and won their fifth victory in a row. The scorer in the history of the club Dries Mertens opened an account. The Belgian scored the 123rd goal per team. Also in the “Napoli” Jose Kalejon and Amin Younes who replaced. 

But the winning series of “Roma” in the championship was interrupted at around three matches. On Sunday, the Romans on the road lost to Milan, which is fighting for tickets to European cups - 0: 2. The meeting was not too rich in dangerous moments, and the guests in 90 minutes delivered only one shot on target. 

In the end, the hosts managed to seize the initiative and squeeze the opponent. In the 76th minute, the best scorer of “Milan” Ante Rebic from the second attempt sent the ball into the net. And shortly before the final whistle, the red-blacks earned a penalty, which was realized by Hakan Chalkhanoglu.  

Thus, “Milan” scored six points out of six possible in the Italian championship after the resumption of the season and entrenched in seventh place, which currently makes it possible to play in the Europa League.  

Two other matches were also eventful as part of Serie A.'s day of play. Sassuolo and Verona failed to open an account in the first half, but in the second half they scored six goals for two - 3: 3. At the same time, “Sassuolo” left the defeat in the seventh minute added, and the substitute Jeremy of God issued a double.

And Bologna interrupted the four-match losing streak in the national championship thanks to the victory over the outsider Sampdoria - 2: 1. Guests could not open an account for a long time, but in the second half they scored twice in three minutes.