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da 888casino: Recently, it’s been the case that English football hits crisis point around this time every year. The club sides are given no hope of European glory and the national side is about to take to the field amid sighs or general low-level groaning about the make-up of theÂXIÂand its tactics.Liverpool face Dortmund and Man City face PSG as they look to make the last stand for Britain in Europe. A full-on footballing Brexit looks the most likely option, and when Leicester win the league and Watford win the FA Cup, the humiliation of England’s footballing royalty will be complete. But we don’t usually do revolution, do we?This week’s Euro roundup has a hangover that won’t be cured by pastry and rye bread alone and is longing for a fix of hash browns and real bacon. But it was worth it to celebrate England’s coefficient victory – because that’s all that matters.
Germany
Both Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund kept up the heat in the Bundesliga kitchen this weekend. Both teams are still burning up the league, the cup and their respective European competitions, but Bayern keep their five point lead intact after victory over Cologne.
Elsewhere, Schalke 04 kept up their chase for the Champions League with victory over Gladbach who fell out of the top four and are now level on points with Leverkusen in sixth. Hertha berlin’s victory over Ingolstadt leaves them six points ahead of fifth place, and a good shout for Champions League football next season. Whatever you think of the quality of their team, the Olympiastadion is a worthy Champions League venue.
At the bottom, five teams are separated by just a point, as the relegation battle becomes a battle royale. Wins for Frankfurt and Hoffenheim saw those two capitalise on the fact that the next nine (!) teams above them dropped points. Hannover aren’t mathematically doomed, but they are in almost every other way.
Winners – Hoffenheim and Frankfurt, for whom survival now looks much closer.
Losers – Gladbach, whose defeat sees them drop out of the Champions League spots.
Italy
Juventus’s big win over city rivals Torino keeps them a neck ahead in the two horse race for the Serie A title. No Italian clubs remain in European competition, which eases England’s coefficient worries majorly, but it means Serie A should be a fascinating race – both teams won, Juve just can’t stop winning, but Napoli have Gonzalo Higuain. Gigi Buffon’s run of clean sheets is over, but he did manage to break that record before he was beaten.
Elsewhere, Roma scored a late-ish equaliser against Inter Milan to keep their stranglehold on the final Champions League spot. Inter and Fiorentina – who dropped points too – are now both five points behind Roma who look almost-certainties for Champions League football next season, providing they can negotiate the qualifying round.
At the bottom, Palermo drop into the doomed spots, after their 0-0 draw with Empoli, and it’s surely only a matter of time before they sack their seventh manager of the season.
Winners – Roma, who negotiated a tricky game against Champions League rivals Inter to leave themselves in pole position
Losers – Fiorentina, whose draw over Frosinone of the doomed spots meant they couldn’t capitalise on both Roma and Inter dropping points.
France
After a 9-0 win last week, the win that clinched the Ligue 1 title, perhaps this was the perfect week to play the Champions-elect – their eyes were very much fixed on other competitions after drawing Manchester City in the quarter finals of the Champions League. And so it proved. Monaco sneaked home past the distracted giant with a 2-0 win, and a goal from Eastern Europe’s favourite braided Brazilian, Vagner Love. He’s scored four goals in his last five Monaco appearances.
That victory kept Monaco five points clear of their nearest challengers for Champions League football next season, but with Nice, Rennes, Lyon and St Etienne all winning, the race is on for Europe. It turns out that Ligue 1 is more interesting than you think: there are six teams battling it out for that third and final spot.
At the other end, though, Marseille’s depression continues as their 5-2 defeat at home to Rennes on Friday night (yes, that does sort of sum up their season…) leaves them closer to relegation than it does to Europe.
Troyes and Toulouse are cut adrift, whilst Gazelec Ajaccio are fighting manfully against doom.
Winners – Monaco, whose win over PSG was unexpected, but keeps them above the scrap for third place.
Losers – Nantes, whose defeat to Lyon leaves them six points off the Champions League pace this weekend.
Spain
Usually, a weekend involving a Barcelona draw, an Atletico Madrid defeat and a convincing Real Madrid win would be significant. Not so this time, however, as Barcelona still have a nine point lead over Atleti and 10Âover Real. Barca’s winning run continues, and so does their inexorable march to another treble….
Elsewhere, Villarreal’s creditable 2-2 draw with Barcelona was enough to capitalise on Sevilla’s defeat at the Bernabeu. They have a six point gap over the rest of the chasing pack in the race for the final Champions League spot.
Gary Neville’s Valencia™ are seeing their season unravel completely now, knocked out of Europe, no chance of qualifying for it next season and in real danger of slipping back into the relegation scrap if they don’t get a move on. They’re back to just six points above the drop and are yet to keep a clean sheet under Neville.
Speaking of the doomed spots, and Spain is surely the most exciting relegation battle around, with the bottom five separated by just four points. Levante look the most doomed, but a win for Sporting Gijon over Atletico Madrid keeps their hopes of survival alive.
Winners – Villarreal, whose point this weekend leaves them in pole position for a Champions League spot through their league position.
Losers – Atletico Madrid, who couldn’t capitalise on Barcelona dropping points and were beaten by a team in the relegation zone instead.