England: Pogba and Manchester United are still stalling
A third draw in the last five matches in the league: on Saturday, Manchester United experienced a new setback against Watford, yet 19th. And once again, the Red Devils showed their shortcomings in front of the opposing goals with 22 shots but only 3 on target. Only Ronaldo was very close to opening the scoring but the Portuguese found the amount (5th).
In the Mancunian bankruptcy, Paul Pogba was a step above the others. The Frenchman, positioned a little higher than usual, tried his luck twice and created three chances for his teammates. Raphaël Varane, alongside Lindelof in the central hinge, was rather clean on his few interventions.
Still, this draw is far from doing the business of Manchester United, still fourth but which sees Arsenal come back at great speed. The Gunners are only two points away and are three games behind Ralf’s men Ranknick.
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Spain: Karim Benzema still saves Real
Karim Benzema gave Real Madrid a 1-0 victory at Rayo Vallecano on Saturday for the 26th day of La Liga, and the Merengues consolidate their mattress in mind with nine points ahead of Sevilla FC, who host Betis for the derby Andalusian Sunday (4:15 p.m.).
Eleven days before the round of 16 return of C1 against Paris SG, it was once again the French striker who unblocked the situation for Real, by pushing into the net a ball slipped by Vinicius in the area at the end of the part (83rd).
Even if the players of the “White House” obtained the clearest opportunities, like this strike from Luka Modric on the post in the 73rd, the building trembled at times. Returning from the locker room, in particular, or even in the 80th: Courtois had to work twice to repel the attempts of the locals.
Germany: Moussa Diaby wears Leverkusen
Leverkusen won 3-0 at home against Bielefeld on Saturday, with Moussa Diaby once again scoring twice, strengthening their third place after 24 Bundesliga days.
The French neo-international Diaby, already four times called up for the France team by Didier Deschamps at 22, has brought his total goals to 12 this season, including seven in the last five matches!
In his very recognizable style, which he says is inspired by Lionel Messi, the 1.70m striker trained at Paris SG first looked for a one-two with a partner 25m from the goal, before resisting in the surface at the expense of two defenders to place a flick just above the goalkeeper (2-0, 57th). He then overwhelmed a defender on the right in the box with a prodigious thrust, before firing a cross shot at the far post from a difficult angle (3-0, 81st).
Italy: Juve revives with a decisive Rabiot passer
Juventus Turin restarted the machine on Saturday, not without difficulty in Empoli (2-3). For Allegri’s men, the accounting plan remains essential, while the Old Lady is in 4th place, five points behind Inter and seven behind AC Milan. Fortunately, Juve can count on their new striker Dusan Vlahovic, who scored twice against Empoli, first served by Juan Cuadrado (45th + 1) then by Alvaro Morata (66th). At the decisive passer radius, Adrien Rabiot had distinguished himself at the half-hour by giving the ball of the first goal to the former PSG Moise Kean (32nd).
But Empoli was able to pick up the score a few minutes later by Szymon Zurkowski, then reduced the gap at the end of the match thanks to Andrea La Mantia (76th) when it was thought that Juve had taken off.