Germany: The bad operation of Bayer
In the race for the podium, Cologne played a bad trick on Bayer Leverkusen (1-0). Bayer, third in the championship, was beaten on their lawn by a goal from Schindler (67th) and lost precious points in their race after Borussia Dortmund (2nd with 45 points).
It only took one goal for Dortmund to win Sunday against Arminia Bielefeld. However, faced with a team diminished by cases of Covid-19, Borussia struggled to snatch victory thanks to a goal from Wolf (21st). Malen had been unlucky, hitting Ortega’s post twice. Dortmund thus returns to seven points behind Bayern, held in check by Hoffenheim on Saturday (1-1).
The good news to highlight is the return of Haaland, absent for two months through injury who will have played just under half an hour.
For its part, Leipzig crushed Greuther Fürth (6-1) at the end of the 26th day of the Bundesliga. Sacred performance for the RB since it was six different scorers who succeeded (Silva 17th, Forsberg 32nd, Laimer 34th, Henrichs 45th, Simakan 58th and Nkunku 69th).
England: Chelsea at the end of the suspense, the emotion of Yarmolenko
Chelsea waited until the 90th minute to win at home against Newcastle (1-0). Thanks to the goal of Havertz, the Blues have chained a fifth victory in a row in the league, enough to confirm their current state of form while uncertainty hangs over the end of the season for Thomas Tuchel’s men.
In England on Sunday, we also witnessed great emotion on the lawn of West Ham during their victory against Aston Villa (2-1). Ukrainian player Yarmolenko, who opened the scoring with a superb gesture, burst into tears after facing the heavy international context. He had been heartily applauded by the supporters when he entered the game shortly before the hour mark.
For its part, Arsenal carried out a good operation by beating Leicester (2-0). The Gunners had opened the scoring by Partey (11th) and had resisted the return of the Foxes before sealing their fate on a penalty transformed by Lacazette (59th). With this success, they chained a fifth consecutive success and took fourth place in the championship at Manchester United.
Spain: Sevilla slowed down by Rayo Vallecano, Barcelona power 4
Sevilla was put in a lot of trouble by Rayo Vallecano but snatched the point from a draw on Sunday (1-1). The Rayo even opened the scoring by Bebe as soon as the locker room returned (46) before Delaney sounded the revolt by equalizing (63). Dolphin in La Liga, the Sevillians have again dropped points in the title race …
FC Barcelona did not have to force their talent to dominate Osasuna (4-0) at the end of the 28th day of La Liga. The Barcelonians had already made the break at half-time thanks to a double from Torres in seven minutes (14th, 21st) and a goal from Aubameyang six minutes later (27th). Puig also decided to join the party by adding a fourth goal to Barça’s victory (75th). Note that the French international, Ousmane Dembélé, delivered two assists.
This victory allows Barcelona to regain the podium.
Italy: Naples regains victory, Inter were hot
By winning in Verona on Sunday (2-1), Naples proved that it had not abandoned the title race, returning to three points from the leader. Osimhen scored twice to give Napoli victory even though Faraoni came back to score in the final quarter of an hour. But the Veronese failed to materialize their efforts after Ceccherini was sent off.
Earlier in the day, Fiorentina won on the smallest of marks against Bologna (1-0) thanks to Torreira.
Inter Milan can breathe after their draw snatched from Torino in added time (1-1). Led since the 12th minute and a goal from Bremer, the Interists struggled to equalize before Sanchez’s goal (90th + 3), enough to leave Torino some regrets.