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Bayern, Madrid and Naples held as PSG & Milan Win

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The spectacle of Saturday’s football served some big matches in Europe’s top leagues.

A top table conflict took place between Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich, with the hosts needing to win to close the gap on their opponents at the top.

Real Madrid was looking for their charge at the top of Laliga alive against Osasuna, pulling Atletico’s opponents last time.

Serie A Napoli leaders traveled to Lazio on what is a test for any team throughout Italy.

In the last races, Milan hosted Hellas Verona and Toulouse took over Paris Saint-Germain.

Read below to see the results from all over the continent.

Bayer Leverkusen 0-0 Bayern Munich

Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich fought in a tie in Bayarena, keeping Bayern eight points clear at the top of the Bundesliga.

Leverkusen came closer to the score, hitting the wood twice in fast succession in the first half.

Jeremie Frimpong and Nathan Tella also hit Crossbar, while the latter also saw a header was cleared by the line by Hiroki Ito in the second half.

Florian Wirtz tried a bold strike from the middle section that fell very wide, while in the dead times, the Volley of Amine Adli was dramatically denied Neuer, ensuring that Bayern had escaped with a point.

Bayern struggled to create any significant opportunities, with Jamal Musiala and Michael Olise just touching the ball in dangerous areas. The lack of aggressive threat meant that Lukas Hradecky had little to do with the goal of Leverkusen.

Health 1-1 Real Madrid

The ambitions of Real Madrid’s La Liga title received a hit as they were held 1-1 against Osasuna.

The Carlo Ancelotti side started strongly, with Kylian Mbappe putting them in front of the 15th minute.

Federico Valverde’s output runs under the right space created, allowing him to cut the ball back for Mbappe, who finished for the 17th La Liga goal of the season.

However, the turning point of the game came shortly before halftime, when Bellingham showed a straight red card for disagreement. International England’s protests on a free kick decision led referee Montero to send him, leaving Madrid with ten men for the whole second half.

Osasuna capitalized their numerical advantage and balanced in the 58th minute through Ante Budimir’s sentence. Eduardo Camavinga was judged to have taken Budimir into the box after a Var review and the striker pushed his spot-kick under the middle past Thibaut Courtois.

Despite the delayed chances, including an attempt to stop the MBAPPE, denied by Herrera, Madrid could not find a winner.

The draw extends the lead at the top at just one point with Atletico also designing, but Barcelona may go to the top with a win on Monday.

Lazio 2-2 Naples

Napoli’s races to keep the drivers continued as they allow another advantage to slip into a 2-2 draw against Lazio in Stadio Olimpico.

For the third consecutive Serie A match, Partenopei failed to secure three points after going forward, leaving both sides frustrated with a result that does not even benefit.

Lazio took the lead just six minutes when Gustav Isaksen fired at the cross. However, a poor clearance by Ivan proved Napoli a seven minutes later, such as Giacomo Raspadori in combination with Romelu Lukaku before drilling a low shot through Lazio Keeper’s feet.

Napoli finally took the lead with confidence just beyond the sign of time, as an adam Marusic ball ended up on the Lazio net. However, their advantage did not last, as Boulaye Dia leverages the game in the 87th minute after a smart help from Mattia Zaccagni.

AC Milan 1-0 Hellas Verona

AC Milan secured a 1-0 win that has won hard over a decisive Hellas Verona side in San Siro, with Santiago Gimenez’s late header prove the difference.

Milan dominated the Occupation and created the best chances, but Verona’s natural approach cut off their pace. Joao Felix, Tijjani Reijnders and Yunus Musah were all tested Lorenzo Montipo in the first half, but visitors were keeping steady.

Milan thought they had broken in the 33rd minute when Gimenez ran to a Malick Thiaw via the ball and found the net, just to exclude the target for offside.

In the meantime, Verona struggled to create an aggressive impulse, based on their aggressive defense strategy, which saw them committing several fouls.

The discovery eventually reached the 75th minute when Rafael Leao showed brilliant awareness to stick a pass over Montipo, allowing Gimenez to move into a blank net. Musah almost doubled the moments of lead later with a stunning long -range effort that avoids the intersection.

Toulouse 0-1 psg

Paris Saint-Germain secured a 1-0 win on a durable side of Toulouse, with Fabian Ruiz’s second goal the only strike in the race.

In the first half he saw the chances for both teams, with Toulouse looking at the most dangerous early. Magri and Cresswell examined both PSG Safonov residents, while at the other end, Beraldo saw a strong strike overturned.

Barcola also had a golden opportunity in a one-on-one situation, but the Toulouse holder made a critical storage to maintain the level of breaks.

The PSG began to dominate the procedures in the second half and was rewarded in the 52nd minute. A corner from the right found Pacho, whose header hit the cross, but the recovery fell kindly to the Ruiz, who fell into the house to break the impasse.

Visitors could have expanded their lead with a further chance of falling to Barcola and Lee, but both failed to turn. Barcola, in particular, refused twice by an excellent goalkeeper from Haug, while Doue hit his position with an open target at his mercy.

Despite Toulouse’s delayed push for equalizer, the PSG was held to claim all three points.



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