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Bordeaux capped off a successful season by winning their first French league championship in 10 (1999) years by beating Caen away 1-0 in the last game of the season on May 30th.

They finished the season off in style and on a high as it was the 11th straight win for manager Laurent Blanc’s men. And it’s a good thing they won all 11, as they finished with 80 points, just three ahead of second-place Marseille, who beat Rennes 4-0 in manager Eric Gerets last game with the club. They also went unbeaten at home throughout the season and captured the League Cup as well.

Bordeaux, and Marseille automatically qualify for next season’s Champion League, while Olympique Lyon made it to the qualifying spot by coming in third place.

This is Bordeaux’s sixth league championship overall and they have a habit of leaving things to the last minute as their last title was also wrapped up on the final day of the season a decade ago. They also won the league in 1950, ‘84, ‘85, and ‘87.

Yoann Gouffran scored the winner against his former team as he headed in a cross from Benoit Tremoulinas in the 49th minute. Caen came close to tying things up with about 10 minutes to go in the game when Sambou Yatabare broke in on net. But he could only get off a weak shot and Bordeaux keeper Ulirch Rame had no problem making the save.

In the other French Ligue 1 games, it was: Grenoble 0-1 Sochaux; Lille 3-2 Nancy; Lorient 1-1 Le Mans; Nantes 2-1 Auxerre; Nice 0-0 Le Havre; Paris Saint-Germain 0-0 Monaco; Saint-Etienne 4-0 Valenciennes; and Toulouse 0-0 Lyon.

Toulouse ended up in fourth place and Lille took fifth, which means they both qualify for the Europa League next season, which is the new version of the UEFA Cup.

At the bottom end of the table, Caen, Nantes, and Le Havre were all sent packing into the second division for next season, while Lens, Montpellier, and Boulogne-sur-Mer were all promoted to the first division. Andre-Pierre Gignac ended up as the French league’s top scorer with 24 goals.

Over in Spain, Diego Forlan banged in his league-leading 32nd goal of the season to propel Atletico Madrid into fourth place and next year’s Champions League qualifying round with a 3-0 home win over Almeria. They only needed a draw to lock up the space over fifth-place Villarreal, who won 3-2 at Real Mallorca.



Champions Barcelona, along with second-place Real Madrid and third-place Sevilla had already secured the three automatic Champions League spots. Barcelona ended their treble-winning season with a 1-1 draw at Deportivo Coruna., where Samuel Eto’o scored his 30th goal of the season.

Fifth-place Villarreal, sixth-place Valencia, and King’s Cup runner up Athletic Bilbao made it into next season’s Europa League. David Villa netted his 27th and 28th goals of the season in Valencia’s 2-0 home win over Athletic Bilbao. Deportivo ended up in seventh, four points behind Valencia.

At the bottom of the league, Real Betis, Recreativo Huelva and Numancia are relegated to the second division.

Barcelona players didn’t even have to get out of bed today (May 16th) to win their 19th Spanish Primera Liga title as their arch enemies Real Madrid handed it to them on a silver platter by managing to lose 3-2 at Villarreal.

Second-place Madrid were attempting to win their third title in a row, but went into their game eight points behind Barcelona and came out of it eight points behind, with only two games left on the schedule. So you don’t really have to be a rocket scientist to realize the gig is up for Madrid, for this season anyway.

Barcelona play Real Mallorca on May 17th, but after a night of celebrating, who know what kind of shape they’ll be in, or if they’ll even show up at all for that matter.

Robert Pires, Ruben Cani and Joan Capdevila drove the final nails into the hearts of Real players as they each scored, while Rafael Van der Vaart and Gonzalo Higuain answered back for Madrid.

Real knew things weren’t going to be easy, especially after they found themselves behind 1-0 after only 16 minutes when Ariel Ibagaza delivered a cross and the 35-year-old Pires hammered home a powerful header from near the penalty spot.

That goal took the wind out of Real’s sails pretty early and they didn’t muster up much of anything for the rest of the first half as Villarreal took it to them.

For some inexplicable reason, Madrid manager Juande Ramos made the brilliant move of leaving his top scorer Gonzalo Higuain on the bench for the first 45 minutes and brought him on in the second half to replace Klaas Jan Huntelaar. It’s moves like this that drove the clueless Ramos out of Tottenham in the English Premier League by the way. Higuain wasted little time in making his manager look stupid as the Argentinian set up Van der Vaart to tie the game at 1-1.

Madrid couldn’t build on their momentum though, and Cani scored to give Villarreal a 2-1 advantage in the 62nd minute as he unleashed a shot that beat Madrid keeper Casillas. Things looked a little brighter in the 88th minute when Higuain made Ramos look even more foolish for leaving him on the bench for half the game while in a title race as he leveled the game at 2-2, even if he might have been offside.

The wall finally came tumbling down though just two minutes later as Capdevila ended all hopes of Madrid capturing a third-straight title as he tapped home the winner.

In other Spanish action, Sevilla and Deportivo Coruna are still fighting for European spots after drawing with relegation-fighting teams. Third-placed Sevilla (64 points) drew 0-0 at Osasuna to move five points ahead of fourth place in a bid to secure the third automatic Champions League qualification place for next season.

Deportivo stayed in sixth place with 57 points after Ivan Riki scored a late equaliser to draw 1-1 with Getafe at home. Getafe are in 14th spot with 38 points, which is one more than Osasuna has (37 points) and just four above the relegation zone.

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.

Most of the top English Premier teams were off this weekend because of the FA Cup semifinals. The league gets back into action on Tuesday (Apr. 21st) with a huge game between Liverpool and fourth-place Arsenal at Anfield. Well, it’s a huge game for second-place Liverpool as they’re still trying to catch Man United, who they trail by one point. United has a game in hand still, though You can bet Chelsea fans will also be watching this one closely

And speaking of Man United and Chelsea, they’re both in action on Wednesday, as United are at home against 14th- place Portsmouth, while third-place Chelsea host sixth-place Everton at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea trail Liverpool by three points and United by four.

The snail’s race at the bottom of the table is still going on too, with Middlesbrough (31 pts), Newcastle (30 pts), and West Brom (25 pts) taking up the last three spots in the league in the relegation zone. It appears that West Brom’s fate is probably sealed, but there still 15 points up for grabs, so we won’t write them off officially yet. Blackburn (44 pts), Hull City (34 pts), and Sunderland (35 pts) are all dangerously in reach of the bottom three.

Middlesbrough drew 0-0 with Fulham on the weekend, while Blackburn lost 1-0 to Stoke, and Newcastle were beaten 1-0 away at Tottenham. Sunderland helped their cause a little by beating Hull 1-0 at home.

It seems Newcastle’s year of rotating managers hasn’t helped the cause. It’s Alan Shearer’s turn now and they still look pretty hopeless, which is a little bit of a surprise as the club has some talent. Perhaps Newcastle’s owner should sack Shearer as well and make them play without a manager. This way the players have nobody to blame but themselves.

Over the English Channel in France, the Ligue 1 is still up for grabs with Marseille leading the back with 64 points, followed by Bordeaux at 62, Lyon with 60, and Paris Saint Germain at 59.

In the German Bundesliga, Vfl Wolfsburg leads the pack with 57 points, followed by Bayern Munich, and Hamburg SV at 54, Hertha Berlin with 52, and VfB Stuttgart in fifth place with 51 points.

In the Italian Serie A, Inter Milan seems to have a stranglehold on the league with 74 points. AC Milan, and Juventus are a distant second, 10 points back at 64. Genoa has 57 and Fiorentina rounds out the top five at 55 points.

Meanwhile, over in sunny Spain, Barcelona still leads La Liga with 78 points, followed by Real Madrid at 72. With seven games to go, these are the only two teams who realistically have a shot at the title as there’s a huge drop off to third place, where Sevilla sits, with only 57 points. They would have to win all of their games while Barcelona needs to lose theirs for Sevilla to have any kind of chance. Oh yes, they also have to make up a goal difference of 50 as well.

So the seasons are winding down, but the race is still open in most of them, both at the top and the bottom.