Antoine Griezmann está orgulloso de participar en la lucha por el título de LaLiga con el Barcelona, aunque tenga que seguir jugando fuera de su posición. El internacional francés marcó dos goles para que el Barça remontara un 2-1 en el campo del Villarreal, después de que Samuel Chukwueze abriera el marcador en el Estadio de la Cerámica.
Atlético Madrid tuvo un amargo viaje a San Mamés. El equipo de Diego Simeone cayó 2-1 ante el Athletic Club y en el despilfarro de puntos le puso una sobredosis de suspenso a la definición de LaLiga.
Si bien el empate 0-0 del Real Madrid ante Betis les había dado un respiro, el triunfo 1-2 de Barcelona sobre Villarreal metió una tonelada de ansiedad a los jugadores colchoneros. Y eso se notó en el encuentro.
En la desconexión, el Athletic usó la cabeza y castigó.
After a six-month spell at the top of LaLiga, Atlético Madrid has ceded control of the division to Barcelona with only five matches remaining (although the two clubs meet on May 8).
On Sunday, Atlético slumped to a 2-1 defeat to Athletic Club at the San Mamés following Iñigo Martínez’s dramatic 86th-minute winner. After an early stretch of 15 wins in 16 games that made Atlético’s title look almost certain, Los Colchoneros have won only five of their last 12 to allow Barça (15 wins in 17) the chance to go top on Thursday against Granada.
Sevilla kept itself in the LaLiga title race by defeating Granada 2-1 at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán on Sunday, although Spain’s fourth-place side had to withstand late pressure following Roberto Soldado’s penalty and hold out for not one, but two full-time whistles.
Ivan Rakitić gave Sevilla a 1-0 lead from the spot in the 16th minute, and Lucas Ocampos made it 2-0 in the 53rd off a feed from Papu Gómez. However, in the 90th minute, the VAR spotted a Marcos Acuña handball and Soldado said game on with four minutes of stoppage time to play.
El libro de anécdotas del fútbol añadió esta tarde una nueva historia al capítulo de lo surrealista y lo desopilante. Todo gracias a Burgos Bengoetxea, árbitro del Sevilla vs Granada, en la jornada 33 de LaLiga 2021.
MANCHESTER, England — The European Super League collapsed on Wednesday as eight of the 12 founding members from England, Italy and Spain abandoned the breakaway project under massive pressure from fans, politicians, soccer officials and even the British royals.
Founder and Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli told Reuters he was reluctantly calling time on the new league after six English clubs withdrew on Tuesday, with Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid following suit and AC Milan indicating they would too.
MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City started the process of withdrawing from the breakaway European Super League on Tuesday less than 72 hours after agreeing to join, with Chelsea also reported to be quitting in a major blow for the proposed new competition.
City confirmed they wanted to pull out while fellow English club Chelsea were reported by local media to be preparing the paperwork to leave a project backed by U.S. investment bank JP Morgan and headed by Real Madrid president Florentino Perez.
In the wake of 12 of Europe's major soccer clubs planning an independent Super League we look at a selection of previous sporting breakaways and how they turned out.
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Los minutos de Héctor Herrera en el Atlético de Madrid no han sido abundantes este año. El Zorro, sin embargo, hoy aprovechó la titularidad que le dio Diego Simeone para convertirse en el motor de un equipo que se sacudió de los fantasmas que lo perseguían. Los colchoneros, sin los lesionados Luis Suárez y João Félix, vencieron por 5-0 al Eibar y se aseguraron una semana más al tope de LaLiga.
El primer gol del Atlético demoró, pero llegó, con el mediocampista mexicano como protagonista. A los 41', Herrera pivoteó un tiro de esquina de Kevin Trippier y habilitó a Ángel Correa.
Barcelona have leapfrogged Spanish rivals Real Madrid to become the world's most valuable soccer club with a valuation of $4.76 billion, according to a list published by business magazine Forbes on Monday.
Real Madrid, who have topped the list five times in the past, edged Barcelona 2-1 in El Clásico on Saturday but find themselves second best off the pitch with a valuation of $4.75 billion.