They were abundant all over Europe on Sunday away from the action of the Premier League.
La Liga Giants Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid were both in action, as they seemed to close the gap in Barcelona at the top of the table after postponing Saturday.
In Italy, Napoli had to win against Fiorentina to keep their hopes of winning the title Serie A alive.
In addition, Juventus welcomed Atalan for an evening conflict in Turin.
Read below to see how each game unfolded.
Real Madrid 2-1 Ray Vallecano
🏁 @Realmadriden 2-1 @Rayovallecano
⚽ 30 ′ @Kmbappe
⚽ 34 ′ @Vinijr
⚽ 45 ‘+3’ Pedro Díaz
👉 @Emirates pic.twitter.com/jfret7wsln– Real Madrid CF 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) 9 March 2025
Real Madrid moved the level to points with La Liga Barcelona leaders after securing a 2-1 win over Rayo Vallecano in Bernabeu.
Carlo Ancelotti’s men started strongly and almost took a premature lead when Vinicius Jr. hit the position with low effort. However, their discovery came to the half -hour sign, as Kylian Mbappe presented his splendor, cutting in his right foot before shooting in the far corner.
Just four minutes later, Madrid doubled their advantage, this time through Vinicius, who started a thin solo running before it ended.
Despite Madrid’s domination, Vallecano pulled one back before the half, when Pedro Diaz’s strong strike pulled out Crossbar and crossed the line, with a target line technology confirmed by the strike.
Despite the dive in hosts, they had the best chances of half, when Luka Modric put Vinicius extremely great for the Brazilian losing a sitter closely.
As the clock collapsed, Vallecano applied the delayed pressure, but their final traditions did not have the quality to confront Andriy Lunin on the Madrid target.
Lopez tried a speculative effort from the distance to the dying of the dying, but was widely trained, sealing Madrid’s victory.
Getafe 2-1 Atletico Madrid
Everywhere in Getafe. pic.twitter.com/7zlnkh8nfq
– Atlético de Madrid (@atletilenglish) 9 March 2025
Getafe made a stunning delayed return to secure a 2-1 win over Atletico Madrid in a dramatic conflict at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez.
After a tense and miserable first half, Atletico took the lead in the 75th minute through Alexander Sorloth, who converted a penalty after a handball from Omar Alderete.
However, the race took a decisive shift to the closure minutes. Mauro Arambarri balanced in the 88th minute, quickly reacting to a loose ball in the box and shooting at home to level the scoring.
Just a few minutes later, Angel Correa is sent for a reckless challenge, reducing Atletico to ten men and shifting the momentum steadily to Getafe’s favor.
Deeply in the interruption time, Getafe completed their return. Arambarri hit again in the 92nd minute, finishing closely.
The target was initially checked by VAR, but was maintained, sending the crowd to predators.
Atletico pushed for an equalizer in frantic minutes, but Getafe was held for a huge victory.
Naples 2-1 Fiorentina
⏹* full -time: #Napolitan 2-1 💙
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– Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) 9 March 2025
Napoli secured a vital 2-1 victory over Fiorentina to rejuvenate the challenge of the Serie A title, ending a five-member victory.
From the beginning, Antonio Conte men dominated processes. The hosts created early chances and eventually found the discovery in the 26th minute, when Romelu Lukaku fell into a recovery, ending clinically after David de Gea put a Scott Mctominay shot on his path.
Napoli continued to push forward and almost doubled the lead before halftime. Giovanni di Lorenzo hit Crossbar with a strong effort, while Leonardo Spinazzola denied De Gea’s quick reflexes.
In the second half, Napoli reduced the pace, allowing Fiorentina to return to the race. However, in time, Lukaku presented his strength and vision, holding his index before creating Giacomo Raspadori. The Italian front, without marking the box, fell home to double Napoli’s lead.
Fiorentina responded six minutes later, with Albert Gudmundsson leaning a wonderful strike in the corner after a smart move by Moise Kean. Visitors pushed for an equalizer, but fought to break a disciplined Napoli defense.
Napoli had the opportunity to seal the victory in the interruption time when Giovanni Simeone broke in the middle of the line, but Argentina filed a straight line on De Gea. Despite the late Miss, Napoli had stable to claim a victory.
Juventus 0-4 Atalanta
𝑨𝑷𝑶𝑻𝑬𝑶𝑺𝑰 𝑵𝑬𝑹𝑨𝒁𝒁𝑼𝑹𝑹𝑨 🖤💙
One for the books ♾️📜@Acqua_lete | #Juvueteanta 0-4 ft #Goatalanto pic.twitter.com/p0rylrgfxq
– Atalanta BC (@ATALANTA_BC) 9 March 2025
Atalanta gave a stunning performance to Thrash Juventus 4-0 in Turin, leaving the multitude of home with disbelief, as fans testified long before full time.
Gian Piero Gasperini’s side dominated from start to finish, while Thiago Motta’s Juventus has just gathered an answer to a miserable night for Bianconeri.
Visitors opened the scoring in the 29th minute, when Mateo Retegui converted a sentence of a sentence after McKennie’s treatment into the box.
Juventus struggled to gain any aggressive momentum, failing to record a single shot of the target in the first half, while Atalia approached to double the lead before the break with Lookman hitting the post and Ederson was missing closely.
Atalanta did not waste time after space, making it 2-0 within a minute of reboot. Marten de Roon fell on a loose ball after the shot of Di Gregorio Parried Lookman, breaking it on the net.
From there, the floods opened.
In the 66th minute, Zappacosta expanded the lead after a smart help from Kolasinac, placing the house from a tight corner. Juventus, now completely deflated, offered no answer, and the crowd of Allianz began to overflow quickly.
The humiliation was completed in the 77th minute in a strange way. Dusan Vlahovic, precisely as a substitute, slipped into the central circle, unintentionally sending Lookman through the goal. Nigerian’s strike is diverted by Kelly and is in the lower corner to make it 4-0.
Juventus eventually forced Carnesecchi late, with McKennie’s header designing a wonderful storage, but it was very little, too late.
