Category Celta Vigo

European football: Leverkusen smash Bochum to reach 50 games unbeaten | European club football

The Bundesliga champions, Bayer Leverkusen, crushed hosts Bochum 5-0 on Sunday to stretch their unbeaten run throughout all competitions to 50 matches. Final Thursday Xabi Alonso’s staff, aiming for a treble of titles, surpassed Benfica’s longstanding European unbeaten document set from 1963 to 1965 with a 2-2 draw against Roma that despatched them by to the Europa League ultimate. Leverkusen didn’t ease off towards lowly Bochum, scoring twice late within the first half versus the final Bundesliga staff to beat them within the earlier season. Patrik Schick put the guests within the driving seat within the forty first minute and Victor Boniface doubled their lead with a penalty, with Bochum right down to 10 males following a straight purple card for Felix Passlack within the fifteenth minute. Amine Adli made it 3-0 within the 76th and Josip Stanisic added one other within the 86th with a low drive earlier than delivering an help for Alejandro Grimaldo to attain in stoppage time. Alonso stated: “I’m very glad with the consequence. It was necessary for us. Now we have now a brilliant aim on Saturday to win the title with none defeat. That has by no means…

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European football: Leverkusen go eight clear, Juve stumble and Barça get lucky | Bundesliga

Bayer Leverkusen scored as soon as in both half to battle previous hosts Heidenheim 2-1 on Saturday and open up an eight-point hole on the prime of the desk whereas additionally equalling a German report of 32 matches with out defeat throughout all competitions. The guests snatched the lead on the stroke of half-time with Jeremie Frimpong slotting in with a barely deflected effort. Florian Wirtz hit the crossbar within the 77th minute however then delivered an excellent help three minutes later for Amine Adli to stab in and make it 2-0. Heidenheim diminished the deficit within the 87th via Tim Kleindienst. Xabi Alonso’s group have but to lose a match this season – each in home and European competitions – and have equalled Bayern Munich’s report run of 32 unbeaten matches from 2020. Leverkusen are prime on 58 factors, eight forward of Bayern, who tackle VfL Bochum on Sunday. Robert Lewandowski’s penalty seven minutes into added time earned Barcelona a lucky 2-1 win at Celta Vigo in La Liga. The Polish ahead gave Barça the lead with a shot from the sting of the field simply earlier than half-time however Iago Aspas levelled within…

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Inside Spain: The Vinicius Junior racism row, Barcelona defender declares desire to stay

Inside Spain is a weekly instalment delivered to you by Soccer España, offering an perception into all the main tales popping out of the wealthy and intense climes of La Liga and past. This week in Spain, sadly, has been dominated by dialogue over racism acquired by Vinicius Junior. However what truly occurred, and what’s being completed about it? On Sunday night, Vinicius was racially abused by a number of followers within the crowd towards Valencia. The Brazilian actively identified the followers concerned, and making an allowance for that is tenth ‘official’ incident of racism in the direction of Vinicius, was visibly welling up on the time. Simply quarter-hour later, he can be despatched off, whereas the Valencia participant who had him in a headlock from behind acquired no punishment. Popping out on Twitter after the match, Vinicius mentioned that the ‘racists had their reward’ on social media, earlier than calling Spain a racist nation. La Liga President Javier Tebas then chastised him for guiding his ire on the league, mentioned that he ought to ‘inform himself higher’, highlighting that La Liga weren’t those answerable for handing out punishment. Vinicius pointed out that he was…

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European roundup: Barcelona reclaim top spot as Napoli do the same in Serie A | European club football

Pedri’s first-half aim gave Barcelona a 1-0 win over Celta Vigo at Camp Nou on Sunday to maneuver them again to the highest of La Liga however they needed to battle for the victory towards decided opponents. Barca are degree on 22 factors with Actual Madrid however have a greater aim distinction earlier than the pair face one another subsequent Sunday on the Santiago Bernabéu. It was the seventh consecutive league win for Barcelona. Celta’s Argentinian goalkeeper Agustin Marchesin made an unbelievable save within the tenth minute with the tip of his left hand to maintain out a superb long-range shot from Raphinha. Nonetheless, he was crushed seven minutes later by Pedri’s close-range strike from a rebound after capitalising on an error by defender Unai Nunez who tried to clear Gavi’s cross. Celta appeared significantly better after the break, taking management of the ball and creating a number of possibilities, however have been denied by goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen. Celta made a late push however Ter Stegen made three sensible safes to disclaim Celta an equaliser . First he stopped a one-on-one strike from Iago Aspas together with his proper foot after which, in added…

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European roundup: Werder Bremen’s late show leaves Dortmund rocked | European club football

Werder Bremen scored 3 times within the last minutes to come back from two objectives down and snatch a shocking 3-2 Bundesliga victory at Borussia Dortmund that ended the hosts’ profitable begin to the season. Targets from Lee Buchanan within the 89th minute and Niklas Schmidt in stoppage time introduced them stage earlier than Oliver Burke thundered a shot within the last seconds previous keeper Gregor Kobel. Dortmund’s Julian Brandt had fired a blinder previous Werder keeper Jiri Pavlenka in first-half stoppage time to take an sudden lead after a dire 45 minutes for the hosts the place nothing appeared to work. Werder, who had 10 photographs on purpose in contrast with Dortmund’s two by the seventy fifth minute, have been the extra adventurous aspect all through, their passing sport extra fluid and inventive and their assaults extra harmful. They have been caught out once more when Raphaël Guerreiro tried his luck from 25 metres out and beat Pavlenka with a low shot within the 77th minute. The guests, nevertheless, refused to surrender and scored what might need been a comfort purpose by England youth worldwide Buchanan’s excellent strike into the highest nook within the…

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