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Barcelona finally made a statement of intent in what has been a chaotic season when they came from behind to beat the La Liga leaders Real society 2-1 at home on Wednesday.
Brazilian forward Willian José gave the visitors the lead at point-blank range in the 27th minute, but Barça came back and leveled four minutes later when Jordi Alba smashed the ball into the squad with his weaker right foot.
Barcelona took the lead shortly before the break when Frenkie de Jong arrived in the area and hit a cross from Jordi Alba, initially seeing the goal disallowed for offside but later celebrating when it was awarded after a VAR review.
Real Sociedad missed David Silva and top scorer Mikel Oyarzabal and did not live up to the occasion, but had several opportunities to equalize, such as when Alexander Isak was frustrated by a good tackle from Barça’s Pedri and a great save. by Marc-Andre ter Stegen up close.
Cristiano Ronaldo had a penalty stopped as Juventus another Serie A draw was held in an entertaining match against Atalanta in Turin. A shocking shot by Federico Chiesa, his first league goal in a Juventus jersey, put the Italian champion ahead, but a powerful effort from Remo Freuler crashed off the crossbar and crashed into the net to give the visitors a deserved point. Ronaldo turned down a golden opportunity to put the hosts in front minutes later, but Pierluigi Gollini held his shot comfortably from point of view.
“You have to take the result home in these games,” said Pirlo, Juve coach. “We had many opportunities but we could not close them, when you leave the game at stake, anything can happen.”
Álvaro Morata made an extraordinary mistake early on, when the Juventus forward grabbed a loose ball six meters from an open goal and threw back a loose shot without causing damage.
A penalty from Romelu Lukaku was enough to give International a 1-0 win against 10 men Naples at San Siro and move the hosts to one point from Serie A leaders Milan.
Only one point and one place separated the two teams before kick-off, and the match was decided when David Ospina conceded a penalty midway through the second half, which Lukaku converted. The two captains made an impact in contrasting fashions as Napoli’s Lorenzo Insigne was sent off due to dissent after the penalty was awarded and Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic made some decisive interventions to keep his team ahead. However, Napoli pushed hard for the tie with 10 men and Andrea Petagna was denied a late draw when his shot hit the post in injury time.
Bayern MunichRobert Lewandowski scored twice to lead the champions to a 2-1 victory against Wolfsburg, keeping them one point behind Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen, who crushed Cologne 4-0.
Bayern, who travel to Leverkusen on Saturday, fell behind for the sixth straight league game when Maximilian Philipp flew home in the fifth minute, but Lewandowski scored on either side of the break to give his team their first win in the last three. matches. The Polish striker tied in first-half injury time for his 250th league goal, only the third player to reach that mark in the Bundesliga. He added another five minutes after the restart after a hot streak.
It was the first loss of the season for Wolfsburg, who had late chances to score, only to be denied by two notable saves by Manuel Neuer.
Mitchell Weiser and Moussa Diaby’s first goals are set Leverkusen on the way to victory in Suburb, before Patrik Schick and teenage Florian Wirtz struck in the second half to complete the win. RB Leipzig are tied at 27 points with Bayern after overcoming Hoffenheim 1-0 thanks to Yussuf Pouslen’s goal in the second half.
