MJ mistake in the last seconds, Inter comeback in 13 minutes and Benzema’s 19th goal: European football events of the day

Martial's 50th goal in the Premier League and Southampton saved 96 minutes

The unexpected defeat of Leicester from an outsider of the Bournemouth nuclear submarine gave Manchester United the opportunity to rise to third place in the standings. To do this, the Mankunians had to beat Southampton at home.

The match began for the wards of Ole Gunnar Solskher unsuccessfully. Already in the 12th minute, the guests took advantage of the loss of Paul Pogba near their own free kick and brought Stuart Armstrong to an almost empty net.

Manchester United recouped quickly enough. Marcus Rushford took advantage of Anthony Martial's discount and scored the 16th goal in the 2019/20 Premier League season.

And a few minutes later the Frenchman himself distinguished himself. This goal was 16th in the current national championship and 50th career in the Premier League. Martial is the tenth footballer in Manchester United history who has reached that mark.

Taking the lead, the hosts rather calmly controlled the meeting and did not allow the opponent to create dangerous moments at the gates of David De Gea, who played the 400th game in Manchester.

However, in the end, Sulscher’s wards physically “got hooked”, in addition, defender Luke Shaw was injured. As a result, in the sixth minute added, Southampton managed to escape from defeat. After a corner kick, substitute Michael Obafemi sent the ball into the net from the outside of the goalie.

Thus, MJ not only missed the chance to rise to third place, but also remained outside the top 4. The assets of the Mankunians and Leicester are 59 points each, but the Red Devils are inferior to the competitor in terms of the difference in goals scored and conceded.

But “Manchester City” to participate in the Champions League in the season 2020/21 does not hurt. On Monday, July 13, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne announced a verdict in the case of removing the club from European competition.

CAS canceled this decision by UEFA, as well as reduced the fine imposed on the “citizens” from € 30 million to € 10 million. UEFA previously suspended Manchester City from European cups for two seasons for violating financial fair play. In particular, the club was accused of financial fraud with sponsorship contracts. "Citizens" in response filed an appeal and eventually won the case.

The Union of European Football Associations, commenting on the decision of CAS, explained that the court found the evidence of violations of the rules by the club not sufficiently convincing.

“UEFA took note of the verdict of the CAS collegium, which pointed out the lack of convincing evidence to support all the decisions of the UEFA Institution on financial control of clubs in this case and noted that many of the alleged violations expired five years from the statutory time limit provided for by the UEFA rules,” statement on the organization’s website.

Two goals of Real Madrid in the 16th minute and Villarreal without the Champions League

In Spain, Real Madrid took another step towards the championship. In the 36th round, the Madrid team won the ninth consecutive victory in Example, defeating Granada away - 2: 1. To win the title to the team of Zinedine Zidane it is enough to score two points in the remaining two matches.

In the reporting game, “Real” scored twice by the 16th minute. Ferlan Mendy opened an account. The defender burst into the penalty area from the left flank and from an acute angle struck under the crossbar. This goal was the debut for the Frenchman for the “creamy”. By the way, Mendi is the 21st Real Madrid footballer who scored Examples in the current draw. This is the best indicator in the championship of Spain in the XXI century.

Doubled the score on the scoreboard Karim Benzema, who beat the defender in the penalty area and shot into the far corner. This ball became the 19th for the Frenchman of the season.

However, the players of "Granada" did not give up and immediately after the break, reduced the backlog to a minimum thanks to a goal by Darwin Machis. Until the end of the match, the hosts had several dangerous moments to recoup, but Thibault Courtois reliably acted on the last line of defense. And in the 87th minute, Sergio Ramos relieved the ball from the goal line.

Also on Monday in the Example, two more teams were determined, who will take part in the Champions League next season. In addition to Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​tickets to the main European Cup were given to Atlético and Sevilla.

They became inaccessible to Villarreal after the wards of Javier Calleja at home lost to Real Sociedad - 1: 2. The guests brought success to the draws of the corners. In the second half, after innings from a corner of the field, Villian Jose and Diego Llorente scored.

Five minutes before the final whistle, the experienced Santi Cazorla hit his 11th goal this season with a shot in the near corner. Examples, but the hosts did not have enough strength for that.

“Real Sociedad” this victory allowed to catch up with “Getafe”, ranking sixth in the standings. In the 36th round, the team from the suburbs of Madrid failed to beat the modest “Alaves” - 0-0 on the road. One of the outsiders of the tournament interrupted a series of six consecutive defeats in the national championship.

It is worth noting that the guests at the end of the match nevertheless hit the opponent’s goal, but the judge after a meeting with assistants on the VAR canceled the goal because of a hand game.

Belotti productive series and Godin's debut ball for Inter

In Italy, Inter interrupted an unsuccessful series: in the previous two rounds, the Nerazzurri lost to Bologna and lost the victory over Verona.

However, the meeting with Torino also began for them not in the best way. At the 17th minute, the Turin took advantage of Samir Handanovich’s gross mistake and opened an account. After a corner kick, the Slovenian goalkeeper released the ball exactly on Andrea Belotti's foot. The striker scored in the sixth match of Serie A in a row and scored the 15th goal in the championship.

However, immediately after the break, Inter managed to turn the tide of the match. For 13 minutes, wards Antonio Conte three times hit someone else's gate. In two cases, the hosts excelled after drawing standard provisions. In particular, the debut ball in the composition of the Milanese was scored by Diego Godin.

And in the 61st minute, a rebound from the opponent’s foot helped Lautaro Martinez interrupt the five-goal goalless series. Inter won a strong-willed victory and now shares second place with Lazio.