Weekend European wrapup
Weekend European wrapup
After a busy weekend in football here’s a look at the major continental European leagues.
In Germany, Wolfsburg blew a chance to gain three points on their rivals after losing 2-0 away to Energie Cottbus. With five games left to play, Wolfsburg leads the Bundesliga with 57 points, Hertha Berlin has 55, and Bayern Munich, Stuttgart and Hamburg all have 54. Cottbus moved to 15th spot and out of the relegation zone with 26 points.
Meanwhile, Arminia Bielefeld drew 1-1 draw at Borussia Moenchengladbach in a huge relegation battle on April 27th. The relegation zone currently sees Bielefeld with 25 points, Gladbach at 24 and last-place Karlsruhe with 22.
Over in the Spanish la Liga, Raul Gonzalez scored a hat-trick to lead Real Madrid over Sevilla 4-2. Real are now within four points of leaders Barcelona after their eighth straight away win. The top two teams kick off against each other in next Saturday’s “clasico” match. Madrid’s last loss was to Barcelona back in December.
Barcelona has 82 points and Real Madrid has 78 with five games left. Sevilla has 57 points and Valencia has 56.
In other games, it was: Getafe 1, Villarreal 2; Atletico Madrid 3, Sporting Gijon 1; Athletic Bilbao 2, Racing Santander 1; Espanyol 2, Real Betis 0; Recreativo Huelva 2, Mallorca 4; and Valladolid 0, Osasuna 0. Malaga and Deportivo drew 1-1 and Almeria beat last-place Numancia 2-1.
In the French Ligue 1 Marseille came from 1-0 down and beat Lille 2-1 on April 26th to stay in top spot with their sixth straight win. Marseille sits at 67 points with a five point lead over Bordeaux. Toulouse’s hopes of Champions League football next year were damaged after drawing 1-1 draw with Lorient. Toulouse has 57 points, four behind third-place Lyon, which has the final guaranteed Champions League spot.
Lyon, who is going after an eighth straight league title, drew 0-0 at home to Paris Saint-Germain. Other scores were it was: Nice 3, Saint-Etienne 1; Le Mans 0, Monaco 1; Auxerre 2, Caen 1; Le Havre 0, Grenoble 1; Sochaux 1, Valenciennes 1; and Nancy 2, Nantes 0. Saint-Etienne remained in the relegation zone with 32 points.
In the Italian Serie A Inter Milan still sit atop of the league by seven points after losing 1-0 at Napoli on April 26th. Second-place AC Milan, with two penalty goals by Kaka, gained ground on them after beating beat Palermo 3-0. Juventus had a rough time of it this week, being knocked out of the Italian Cup and being held to a 2-2 draw by last-place Reggina.
Inter is trying to repeat as champions and have 74 points, AC Milan is second with 67, Juventus has 65 and Fiorentina come in at fourth with 58. Genoa’s hopes of returning to the Champions League places were hurt by losing 2-0 away at Bologna. In other games, it was: Lecce 2, Catania 1; Sampdoria 3, Cagliari 3; Lazio 0, Atalanta 1; and Torino 1, Siena 0.
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