Published on : 12/04/2021 – 11:17
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In Ligue 1, nothing has changed in the standings between Lille, PSG, AS Monaco and Lyon. Unlike La Liga where Real Madrid, on the strength of their success against FC Barcelona, took the opportunity to put pressure on their neighbor Madrid. Finally, in Germany, a largely overhauled Bayern Munich let the victory slip away, three days before its return match against Paris.
Ligue 1: the quartet of leaders won, Rennes winner of the derby against Nantes
Lyon woke up on Sunday April 11. While the Gones remained on two draws and one defeat in the league, they won 3-0 against Angers at the end of the 32e day. A large victory which reassures and which allows the Rhone club to stay in contact with the podium and the Lille-Paris-Monaco trio, all winners as well.
Lille has indeed spent the day quietly installed in his chair of leader conquered last week. The Northerners won their duel 2-0 against FC Metz on Friday evening. On Saturday, PSG and Monaco followed the tempo imposed by the 1is Ligue 1 by winning respectively against Strasbourg (1-4) and Dijon (3-0).
The race for the title (and the C1) remains crazy:
1️⃣ Lille (69 pts)
2️⃣ PSG (66 pts)
3️⃣ Monaco (65 pts)
4️⃣ OL (64 pts)The Top 4 won all their matches this weekend:
✅ Lille (2-0 vs Metz)
✅ Paris (4-1 vs Strasbourg)
✅ Monaco (3-0 vs Dijon)
✅ Lyon (3-0 vs Angers)– Football News (@ActuFoot_) April 11, 2021
In the race for the 5e place, qualifying for the European Cup, Lens did not tremble by dominating Lorient (4-1). Behind, OM were slowed down by Montpellier with an equalizer at the very end of the match (3-3) having made Sampaoli release a thunderous “Mierda” which needs no translation. Interlaced between its two competitors, Rennes can still believe it after its narrow 1-0 victory in its derby against Nantes.
Liga: winner of the clasico, Real puts pressure on Atlético
The suspense remains in the Spanish league: Atlético Madrid was hung 1-1 by Betis Sevilla (6e). A result that allows him to keep his leader’s chair one point ahead of Real Madrid.
Real who won the Clasico at home against FC Barcelona, yet undefeated for several months in the league. Karim Benzema scored the first goal (13e) thanks to a superb heel, then the German Toni Kroos doubled the bet on a deflected free kick (28e ). FC Barcelona remains in ambush, one point behind Zinedine Zidane’s men.
Premier League : Leeds braque Manchester City, United s’offre Tottenham
With a goal in added time, Leeds, reduced to 10 before the break, offered a prestigious victory (2-1) against Manchester City, reshuffled between two European deadlines. With 2 shots on target for 2 goals on one side, 29 shots including 7 on target for a single goal on the other, the hold-up is almost perfect. This defeat, however, has little effect for the leader, who keeps 11 points (and one more game) ahead of his runner-up United.
Manchester United won on the Tottenham lawn on Sunday. However, it was the Spurs who opened the scoring just before the break thanks to Son (40e). Paul Pogba’s teammates totally turned the tables in the second act. Fred equalized shortly before the hour mark before Cavani and Mason Greenwood offered victory to the Mancunians. In the standings, Manchester United are 7 points ahead of the 3e, Leicester.
West Ham took back 4th place in the Premier League, which will send to the Champions League next year, beating Leicester (3-2) on Sunday, whose 3rd place is threatened, after the 31st day. While Liverpool, then Chelsea, had dislodged the Hammers on Saturday by winning their respective match against Aston Villa and Crystal Palace, David Moyes’ men recovered their good with 55 points, one better than the Blues and two more than the Reds. Londoners also return to a small unit from the podium and the Foxes
Bundesliga: Bayern held in check, Leipzig does not let go
Three days before their Champions League return leg in Paris, Bayern, with an experimental team, were held to a 1-1 draw on Saturday at home by Union Berlin and saw Leipzig come back to 5 points on the evening of the 28th. day.
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The RB went to atomize Bremen 4-1, just to remind the “Rekordmeister” that he will not have to burn too many jokers in the last six days if he wants to lift for the ninth consecutive time the “Schale”, the trophy of the winner of the Bundesliga.
For its part, Dortmund, which welcomes Manchester City to the Champions League on Wednesday in an attempt to reverse the trend after its 2-1 defeat in the first leg, won in Stuttgart (3-2) thanks to the goals of its young Jude Bellingham, 17, Ansgar Knauff, 19, and his captain Marco Reus. This victory leaves little hope for Borussia, fifth at seven points from the Top 4, to come back at the end of the season to qualify in extremis for the next C1.
Serie A: eleven wins in a row for Inter Milan
The weeks go by and are similar in Italy: Inter Milan won Sunday against Cagliari (1-0) their eleventh consecutive victory to preserve their comfortable lead over the pack of pursuers. The first scudetto since 2010 always seems closer: “We are starting to see the finish line, but it is not yet reached”, underlined the trainer Antonio Conte, who recognizes however that his Inter cannot be any more hide behind his little finger “.
In this 30th day without direct opposition between the rivals for access to the Champions League, all the Top 4 candidates have, like Milan (2nd) in Parma (3-1) on Saturday, enforced the hierarchy: Juve ( 3rd) against Genoa (3-1), Atalanta (4th) on the lawn of Fiorentina (3-2), Naples (5th) in Genoa against Sampdoria (2-0), Lazio (6th) on the wire in Verona of Hellas (1-0) and finally Roma (7th) in front of Bologna (1-0).
Classification of this Serie A after the 31st day;
1/ Inter Milan : 74pts
2/ Milan : 63pts
3 / Juventus: 62pts
4 / Atalanta: 61pts
5 / Naples: 59pts
6 / Lazio (-1): 55ptsDespite the victory we are still in 5th place … 8 games to play and to win! ????
– Napoli Fan France (@NapoliFanFRA) April 11, 2021
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