England: Lacazette and Arsenal still shine
The Arsenal Gunners continued their good run, only marred by a defeat against Liverpool in the week, beating Aston Villa on Saturday (0-1). A way to consolidate their fourth place, now four points ahead of Manchester United, 5th, and still a late game to play.
Alexandre Lacazette, still incumbent, again did valuable work behind the scenes but struggled in the last gesture, like his bad choice in the area (74th). Apart from the goal of Bukayo Saka (30th), the French and his teammates lacked lucidity in the last gesture and the threat of an equalizer from the Villans hovered until the end of the match. But Arsenal held up well to claim a fourth victory in their last five matches.
Germany: Coman and Kouassi take part in the Bayern party
A second tenure with Bayern in the Bundesliga this season and… a first goal for young Tanguy Kouassi. Perfectly served from a corner by Joshua Kimmich, the former PSG rose higher than everyone to crucify Union Berlin with a second goal just before the half-hour mark (25th).
Before him, it was another Frenchman, in the person of Kingsley Coman, who distinguished himself: slightly off center on the left side, the striker struck hard from 25 meters to open the scoring (16th). Robert Lewandowski completed Bayern’s victory by going there with his double (45th, 47th). Bayern are thus 7 points ahead of their runner-up, Dortmund, who play on Sunday.
The results of the 27th day of the Bundesliga
Friday :
Bochum – Borussia Mönchengladbach 0-2 (game abandoned)
Saturday :
Greuther Furth – Freiburg 0-0
Hertha Berlin – Hoffenheim 3-0
Mainz – Arminia Bielefeld 4-0
stuttgart – Augsburg 3-2
Bayern Munich – Union Berlin 4-0
Sunday :
3:30 p.m.: Leipzig – Eintracht Frankfurt
5:30 p.m.: Wolfsburg – Bayer Leverkusen
7:30 p.m.: Cologne – Borussia Dortmund
Italy: Giroud decisive passer for the victory of AC Milan
Olivier Giroud, freshly called up to the France team to replace Karim Benzema, allowed Milan to win Saturday night against Cagliari (0-1). The Frenchman, served in the area, handed a good pivot ball to Ismaël Bennacer who scored the only goal of the match.
An oh so important goal since the rival of Inter drew earlier in the evening against Fiorentina (1-1). The Milanese thus consolidate their first place in the standings, with three points ahead of the Neapolitan dolphin and six over Inter.
Spain: Minimum service for Atlético de Griezmann
Atlético Madrid won with a short header on Saturday night against Rayo Vallecano (0-1) on a single goal from Koke (49th), served by the infernal Joao Felix.
Antoine Griezmann was not decisive but he was rather influential in the game of his people. He even tried four times, but twice Rayo goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski prevented him from scoring. Griezmann was best illustrated by his many defensive returns against a Rayo team who bravely played their luck. Thanks to this success, Atlético took a three-point lead over Barça. But the Blaugrana, who play their Clasico against Real Madrid on Sunday, are two games behind.