With all the attention being paid to the football in Las Vegas this weekend, the other football across Europe’s top five leagues was jam-packed with numerous huge matches that could decide titles and also paint a picture to see how teams will prepare in the European competitions with the UEFA Champions League and Europa League returning after this weekend.
In Spain, we saw Real Madrid bring surprise packages Girona back to earth with a 4-0 thumping at the Santiago Bernabeu. Meanwhile in Germany, we saw Bayer Leverkusen continued their unbeaten run at the top of the Bundesliga following an impressive 3-0 win over Bayern Munich, and in France, Paris Saint-Germain defeated Lille 3-1 to continue top of Ligue 1.
On Sunday, 16-year-old Lamine Yamal salvaged a draw for Barcelona against relegation-threatened Granada. Declan Rice was magnanimous as anyone can be in a 6-0 win over your former club. And two titans of women’s football kept one another at arm’s length in Division 1 Féminine.
Here’s what else you missed in European soccer this weekend.
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SUNDAY REVIEW
The lead: Yamal bails out Barça
Barcelona‘s helter-skelter season continued with a 3-3 draw at home to a Granada side who are battling relegation and had…
