Around the first four of the big four III

Article by Andrew Hill

Setback for True Madrid in La Liga, the Premier League continues with Manchester United on top, key win for Borussia Dortmund in the direction of Bundesliga championship, and in the Serie A Inter snatches second place from Napoli.

Barcelona raises lead to 7 points

On Saturday February 26 La Liga solo leader, Barcelona, visited Mallorca for match day 25 without 4 of their starters: golie Valdes, defenders Alves and Puyol, and their playmaker Xavi. Despite these important absences the group didn’t suffer them thank you to the excellent performances of their substitutes: Pinto, Adriano, Maxwell and Keita respectively.

At minute 37 Keita was responsible for aiding Messi in the very first target, after a outstanding pass on leading of the Mallorca defenders that saw how the best scorer in the championship headed the ball to the again of the web for his 26th goal of the period. In the 2nd fifty percent Villa and Pedro scored a single target every single for the final -three, and Barcelona attained 68 factors.

With this end result Real Madrid couldn’t find the money for to lose points on Sunday in their visit to Deportivo de La Coruña, but they did by tying – and watched how the five-position big difference against Barcelona was enhanced to 7.

Third and fourth spot, Valencia and Villareal respectively, went through the exact same scenario this weekend: the position-distinction among them was improved.

In their visit to Athletic, Valencia overcame an early objective from Llorente in the very first fifty percent, with two objectives in the 2nd one from Mata and Jonas for the 1-two win. As for Villareal, their go to to Racing was not as optimistic, but could have been worst, as they exactly where down twice in the score. In the 1st fifty percent Ariel gave Racing the lead, in the 66th minute Marco Ruben tied to one particular, two minutes later on Giovani gave the residence crew the lead once again, and in injury time Nilmar rescued one level for the final two-2.

With 51 points Valencia increased their two level lead to four in the battle for the third spot against Villareal that has 47.

Comfy win for Manchester United

The Premier League leaders, Manchester United, suffered no surprises in their visit to Wigan Athletic for match day 28, in a game that they controlled from starting to stop. Chicharito Hernandez opened the scored at moment sixteen and obtained one particular much more at minute 74. With 6 minutes to go Rooney and Fabio had ample time to add 1 more aim each, and the Red Devils now have sixty factors and a pending sport from Chelsea.

2nd area Arsenal stays in 56 factors as they will play till Wednesday versus fourth location (47 factors), Tottenham Hotspur, on the road. With this match Gunners and Spurs will be finishing round 28.

And third area Manchester City couldn’t recover from the loss in opposition to Everton very last week, and this weekend they tied to one at residence against Fulham. That is the fifth position the Citizens (fifty points) let slip in two games. Balotelli’s target at the 26th minute was not ample for the win, as Duff put the equalizer in the 2nd half for the website visitors.

Borussia Dortmund is unstoppable in Germany

Browsing the defending champions was not a dilemma for Borussia Dortmund to carry on with an unstoppable speed soon after 24 rounds in the Bundesliga. The very first 18 minutes of sport wherever the most exciting of the match as 3 targets in which scored: at moment 9 Barrios gave guests the lead, Dias tied at the sixteenth moment and two minutes later Sahin tipped the balance for the website visitors once again. And in the second half Hummels put the final 1-3.

In spite of this setback Bayern Munich continues in fourth area with 42 points, while Borussia took an additional huge action in the direction of the championship as they attained 58 points, twelve much more than their closest contender, Bayer Leverkusen.

No.2 Leverkusen (46 factors) was only capable to tie in their go to to Werder Bremen, in a game that they had been successful two- with eight minutes to go, thanks to the objectives sort Derdiyok and Rolfes in the 2nd 50 percent. But an own objective from Kiebling in minute 82 and anther from Prodl in damage time created the victory slip from their fingers.

This outcome benefited Hannover 96, that thanks to their on the street win diminished the distinction with Leverkusen to two points by means of a lonely aim from Schulz, with 1 moment prior to the end. That was ample for Hannover 96 to defeat St. Pauli. With this consequence Hannover now has 44 factors.

Milan’s win aids Inter climb to 2nd spot

Match day 27 was really positive for Inter in the Serie A thank you to the 2- street victory in opposition to Sampdoria, in combination with a loss from Napoli, benefits that permitted them to snatch the 2nd area in the standings, which they now occupy with 53 factors. Sneijder and Eto’o scored the ambitions in the 2nd 50 percent for the defending champions.

Napoli received the solo leader Milan with the chance of snatching the 1st location from them, but as an alternative they suffered a resounding 3- defeat that also expense them the second spot. They are now 3rd with 52 factors.

A penalty from Ibrahimovic opened the score for Milan, Boateng gave the 2- lead and Pato left Napoli knockout with the third target of the night. With this victory Milan achieved 58 points and continues as the leader of the Serie A.

Lazio suffered a setback in their pay a visit to to Cagliari because of to an personal goal from Dias that price them a 1- reduction. Regardless of this reduction the Biancocelesti retain on holding to the fourth area with 48 points.

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