Miranchuk's goal, Cheryshev's pass, Juventus fiasco and Real Madrid's salvation: the main events of the top football championships

Dispute over Italian silver

Alexey Miranchuk's Atalanta continues their hike for silver in the Italian championship.

In the 35th round, the Bergamaski played away with one of the country's weakest teams, Parma, which had lost the last five matches.

To remain the closest pursuer in relation to the title-winning Inter, Gian Piero Gasperini's wards needed to beat the home team.

Already in the 12th minute, Atalanta opened the scoring thanks to an accurate long-range strike by Ruslan Malinovsky.

But it was not possible to develop success for a long time, and in the second half Gasperini almost immediately made three replacements, including Miranchuk instead of the Ukrainian midfielder.

The coaching instinct did not disappoint the specialist, and Matteo Pessin and Luis Murel, who appeared on the field, scored three more goals together.

Parma responded with two goals in the last quarter of the hour, but Simon Zom's goal in the 88th minute was not the last of the match.

The point was set by Miranchuk, finishing off the ball in stoppage time after the unfinished attack of Mario Pashalich.

The Russian goal helped Atalanta set an interesting achievement - for the first time in Italian football, four substitutes scored four goals.

For the Bergamascans, it would be optimal if Juventus and Milan had a draw at the end of the day.

Then Gasperini's wards would be two points ahead of not only Napoli, but these two teams as well.

However, the Milanese beat last year's champions on their territory with a score of 3: 0.

For Juventus, this defeat at their home stadium was the second in a season.

Milan looked preferable to rivals throughout the first half and opened the scoring in stoppage time when Braim Diaz finished off the ball after a free kick.

After the break, he earned a penalty, which was left without implementation by Frank Kessier.

Ante Rebic and Fikayo Tomori scored next.

During the entire match, Juventus had only one shot on target of the Milanese, which, even if it hit the target, would not have affected the outcome of the match.

The game did not go at all for the leader of Turin, Cristiano Ronaldo - he had only two inaccurate strikes and only one successful dribbling attempt out of four.

Because of this defeat, Juventus dropped to fifth place in the standings, and Milan only because of the face-to-face meetings with Atalanta are inferior to her in the dispute for the second line.

Rescuing Real Madrid in the last seconds

In Spain, the main match of Sunday was the meeting between Real Madrid and Sevilla at the Alfredo di Stefano stadium. A draw between Barcelona and Atlético the day before allowed Madrid to take the lead in the national championship if they won. However, the wards of Zinedine Zidane had to rejoice that they themselves narrowly escaped defeat.

Sevilla managed to lead the score twice after a goal by Fernando and a penalty kick by Ivan Rakitic, who assisted the Brazilian defensive player in the first half. Real Madrid responded to the first goal with an accurate shot by Marco Asensio, who came on as a substitute, and the second almost led to the first loss in Example since January 30. The capital club was saved by Toni Kroos, who shot from a distance in the 94th minute. After his hit, the ball ricocheted off the heel of Eden Azar and nevertheless flew into the goal of Sevilla. Real Madrid continued to share second place with Barcelona and lost two points to Atlético three rounds before the end of the season.

The match between Valencia and Valladolid did not have such a loud signboard - both teams have not won since March and have not been fighting for high places for a long time.

Still, a pleasant event for Russian fans took place in their meeting.

Denis Cheryshev came on as a substitute in the 77th minute and played his 100th match with Valencia.

He marked this event with an assist pass to Thierry Correia, who scored the third goal.

For a Russian, this effective action was the first in 2021.

Unsuccessful draw for Eintracht Frankfurt

After Bayern's ninth consecutive victory in the Bundesliga, the only thing left for German clubs to do is to distribute tickets to European competitions and decide who will represent Germany in the next Champions League.

In addition to the Munich players, only Leipzig secured a place in the top four, and the fight for the two remaining tickets is still ahead.

On Sunday, Eintracht could say its word. In the 32nd round match against Mainz, Frankfurt, for the first time since 1994, could guarantee themselves a place in the top five, and at the same time displace Borussia Dortmund from the fourth line. To do this, Adolf Hutter's wards had to beat Mainz on their field. From the outside it might seem that such a task should not be too difficult - Bo Svensson's team is in the bottom half of the standings and does not claim anything at the end of the season.

However, Mainz lost the last time on February 28, and recently took three points from Bayern, which has not yet had time to celebrate the championship.

The guests started the match from a position of strength, and already in the 11th minute, Karim Onisivo opened the scoring with a long-range shot.

Eintracht Frankfurt could not avoid their first home defeat of the season for a long time, until five minutes before the final whistle, Australian Aydin Khrustich watched the shot and scored his first goal in the Bundesliga.

The meeting ended in a draw, after which Frankfurt began to lose one point to Borussia and three to Wolfsburg.

Now, two rounds before the end of the Bundesliga, it will be even more difficult for them to qualify for the Champions League.

Champions League for Manchester United

The fight for European competition continues in England.

Among the leaders of the standings, Manchester United was the first to play their match on Sunday.

To get into the Champions League, he had to beat Aston Villa away, and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's players coped with it.

True, at first the game was not in their favor - the first half of the Mankunians lost because of the goal of Bertrand Traore.

But after the break, Bruno Fernandes evened the score with his next penalty, and then Mason Greenwood brought the guests ahead.

The young striker scored his 16th league goal and became Manchester's top scorer in the Premier League U20.

The point in the game was put by Edinson Cavani, who distinguished himself in the 87th minute.

Manchester United are unbeaten in 25 consecutive Premier League away games and need to score two more points to repeat Arsenal's record. True, now this will only happen next season - in three of the four remaining rounds, Solskjaer's wards will play at home.

West Ham failed to claim the Champions League. The Londoners were fifth and could have narrowed the gap to Leicester to two points, but were defeated at home by Everton. The outcome of the match was determined by the 16th goal of Dominic Calvert-Lewin this season - with him the forward climbed to a clear fifth place in the list of the top scorers of the season. The Merseysides have won their fifth victory in London this season, which they have never achieved in their history. Everton are now one point behind the European Cup zone and have one more game in hand than most of the Premier League leaders.

Arsenal still have few chances to qualify even for the Conference League, but Mikel Arteta's team continues to fight even for such an opportunity.

Londoners beat West Bromwich 3: 1 at home and sent him to the Championship, while they themselves reduced the gap from the first seven to four points.

Already in the first half, Emile Smith and Nicolas Pepe scored for Arsenal.

The guests narrowed the gap thanks to an impressive goal from Mateus Pereira, who took the run from his half of the field.

But another accurate shot from Willian confirmed the victory of Arsenal, which delighted themselves after being relegated from the Europa League.

Monaco win and PSG misfire

In France, the fight for the Champions League is also in full swing.

Four teams are competing for three tickets to the main club tournament in Europe.

After a recent defeat by Lyon, Monaco let him close to the top three, so that in the last rounds, Alexander Golovin's team cannot lose points.

At least in the meeting with Reims, Niko Kovacs' charges coped with this task.

The Monegasques have won away with the minimum score thanks to a goal by Eliot Mataso.

For the 19-year-old defensive midfielder, this accurate shot in the 20th minute was the first in Ligue 1.

Golovin, who missed the last match due to coronavirus, did not make the starting lineup, but entered the field for the last ten minutes of the match.

During this time, he only managed to earn the second yellow card of the season.

PSG, after relegation from the Champions League, misfired in the national championship. The Parisians' four-game winning streak was interrupted in a meeting with Rennes. The injured Kilian Mbappé never returned to their squad, and without him Mauricio Pochettino's charges were only enough for one penalty shot by Neymar. The home team responded with a goal from Seru Girassi. Three minutes before the end, Presnel Kimpembe left PSG in the minority, and the Parisian team could not avoid a draw. The current French champion is already three points behind Lille two rounds before the end of the season. At the same time, Monaco may try to catch up with the capital club - the distance between them is only two points.