Belgians abroad: Manchester City blocked by West Ham, Real Madrid share against Cadiz for the return of Eden Hazard

Real Madrid share against Cadiz for the return of Eden Hazard

Real Madrid shared the challenge (1-1) in Cadiz on behalf of the 37th day of the Spanish football championship on Sunday. On the bench at kick-off, Eden Hazard entered the game in the 64th minute for his first minutes since his operation. Thibaut Courtois was left to rest for the people of Madrid. Hazard, 31, underwent surgery on March 29 to remove « an osteosynthesis plate in his right fibula ». Back in collective training since Monday, the Red Devil was entitled to its first minutes since February 19.

Mariano Diaz had given the advantage to Real Madrid after only five minutes of play before Ruben Sobrino equalized shortly before the break (37th). A few minutes before Hazard’s rise, Lunin, Courtois’ replacement, pushed back Alvaro Negredo’s penalty (61st).

In the standings, Real, already champion, is in the lead with 85 points, twelve more than Barcelona, ​​hooked on Getafe (0-0).

Behind, Atlético Madrid, which confirmed the departures of Luis Suarez and Hector Herrera, shared the challenge against Sevilla FC (1-1). José Gimenez had opened the scoring for the Colchoneros on a serve from Yannick Carrasco, who played the entire game. Youssef En Nesyri equalized late in the game for the Sevillians (85th).

In the standings, Atlético remains 3rd with 68 points, one more than Sevilla, assured of fourth place.

Real Sociedad, with Adnan Januzaj for 10 minutes, won 1-2 at Villarreal with goals from Alexander Isak (56th) and Martin Zubimendi (73rd) responding to the opening goal from Francis Coquelin (43rd) .

With this success, the Basque club has 62 points and is guaranteed to finish at least sixth. Sociedad can still take 5th place occupied by Bétis Sevilla (64 points).

Naples beats Genoa 3-0 and almost sends it to D2

By beating Genoa 2-0 on the 37th day, Naples pushed it a little further towards Serie B. With one game left to play, the Genoese (19th) have 28 points, three less than Salernitana (17th) but in the event of a tie, direct confrontations come into play and these have turned to their disadvantage. The only chance of the Genoese and that Cagliari (29 points), which still have two matches to play, also finishes with 31 points and in this case, they will benefit from their good results against the Sardinian team. The Neapolitans, with Dries Mertens for 73 minutes, are 3rd (76 points). This match was not friendly since Naples had to face the challenge of part of the supporters and that Genoa needed points to save themselves. Luciano Spalletti fielded the same team that won against Torino with the Hirving Lozano-Dries Mertens-Lorenzo Insigne trio supporting Victor Osimhen. Genoa came into the match better but Kelvin Yeboah sent the ball on the crossbar (13th) before losing his face-to-face with the opposing goalkeeper David Opsina (32nd). On the other hand, Osimhen gave the lead to the visited heads (32nd, 1-0).

On resumption, Naples did not sting a Genoa still well concentrated. The Genoese team still inherited big chances by Manolo Portanova, who did not target his shot from the right at close range (64th) and by Criscito, who missed his shot from distance (67th). All these failures ended up weighing as much as Lorenzo Insigne converted a penalty awarded for a hand fault by Hernani (65th, 2-0). Stanislav Lobotka scored his first goal in Serie A (81st, 3-0)

In Turkey, Besiktas won 0-2 in Goztepe as part of the 37th day. Dino Arslanagic played the whole game with the visitors and Michy Batshuayi got into the game (64th) with the Black Eagles. While he was reduced to ten following the exclusion of his French defender Valentin Rosier, Besiktas opened the scoring through Cyle Larin (27th, 0-1). Better still, Josef doubled the gap (32nd, 0-2) before being sent off (37th). At nine, the Black Eagles held on especially as Goztepe continued the game without his striker Adis Jahovic (75th). In the standings, Besiktas (58 points) is 5th and Goztepe is already in D2 (28 points, 19th).

Manchester City blocked by West Ham, who led 2-0 at rest

Sensation at the Olympic Stadium in London where West Ham, who led 2-0 at rest, held Manchester City and Kevin De Bruyne in check (2-2). In the standings, the Citizens (90 points) have four points more than Liverpool, who will play their match against Southampton on Tuesday. The Hammers (56 points, 7th) secured their European ticket. On a long ball from Lukasz Fabia?ski putting the Citizens defense out of position, Jarrod Bowen cleared Ederson and opened the scoring from the left after a 40-meter run (24th, 1-0). As City pushed more and more and Gabriel Jesus (36th, 37th) and OleksandrZinchenko (38th) missed opportunities, Bowen scored twice with a cross shot from the left (45th, 2-0).

The Citizens were not going to let slip the title without reacting and Jack Grealish reduced their delay by half a volley (49th, 2-1). The Mancunians kept up the pace but Fabia?ski repelled a left strike from Bernardo Silva (56th). On the other hand, Vladimir Coufal was going to have a bad pass: after having received a yellow card for a foul on De Bruyne (58th), the Czech defender deflected a free kick from Riyad Mahrez (69th, 2-2) into his goal. . But the Algerian international did not ensure when the referee awarded a penalty for a foul by Craig Dawson on Gabriel Jesus. While he had converted all his penalties this season, Mahrez missed this one (86th).

Brighton, with Leandro Trossard, for 87 minutes tied 1-1 at Leeds. Danny Welbeck gave the Seagulls the lead (21st, 0-1) and Pascal Struijk (90th + 2, 1-1) snatched a point, which allows the Peacocks to climb to 17th position (35 points) with only one Brunley’s lead unit. Brighton (48 points, 10th) was already focused on the next season.

Christian Benteke came on in the 78th minute when Crystal Palace shared 1-1 at Aston Villa, which opened the scoring through Ollie Watkins (69th, 1-0). In the standings, the two teams remain on their positions: the Eagles, who equalized by Jeffrey Sclupp (81st, 1-1) are 11 (45 points) and the Villans follow at one point (12th).

Watford, with Christian Kabasele, lost 1-5 at home to Leicester. At the Foxes, Timothy Castagne and Youri Tielemans, who was warned (55th), played the entire meeting without interest since Leicester (48 points, 10th) was saved and Watford (23 points, 19th) will continue their Championship history.

Wolverhampton, with Leander Dendoncker on the bench, lined up a sixth game without a win against Norwich (1-1). The Wolves, who had yielded in the fight for Europe, are 8th (51 points) and Norwich remains dead last (22 points).

Bologna lose Emilia derby, Arthur Theate replaced at half-time

Bologna was beaten 1-3 at home on Sunday by Sassuolo during the 37th day of the Italian championship.

Among the visitors, Arthur Theate, who was injured against Venice, did not return to the game after the break (46th). Two goals from Gianluca Scamacca (35th, 80th) and a return from Domenico Berardi (76th, 0-2) tipped the Emilia derby towards Sassuolo, who found themselves (50 points, 11th). The penalty transformed by Riccardo Orsolini (90th + 2, 1-3) had no repercussions for Bologna, which remains 13th (43 points).