Introduction
This week was a very important one for football in Europe. The result of these tight games between strong opponents will have a big influence on the outcome of the domestic leagues they play, making football latest news quite interesting.
History
The most important duel this week was the one in Italy, between AC Milan and Juventus Turin. These teams are the leading candidates for the title, dominating the first two places this year. Milan was only one point in front before the game, with Juventus having a game less played. According to the football latest news at that time, Zlatan Ibrahimovici was ineligible to play because of a 3 game suspension. This was the third game, and Milan fans hoped the suspension could be reduced. It was not the case, so the team started without its best player. Also, other important players were missing.
Although Milan wasn’t at full strength, they controlled the game for the first 60 minutes, having quite a few chances to score. The goal came, after a miss guided shot by Antonio Nocerino that took a deflection. Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon had no chance to stop the ball.
Features
With the passing of time, the tension of the game started to grow, fueled by few referee mistakes. Milan scored a good goal to make it 2 – 0, but the side referee failed to see the ball passing the line with more than half a meter. After halftime, Juventus started to be more consistent and put pressure on the host team, helped by the inspired substitutions of their manager Antonio Conte.
First sign of revival was the goal scored by Alesandro Matri. It did not count, as the side referee signaled offside. The replay showed that Matri’s position was good. Only a few minutes later, Matri scored the equalizer with a strong volley shot, after a cross from the right side.
The result was favorable for Juventus, so Milan forced the issue by introducing football latest young star, El Shaarawy, but with no success. The final result was 1 – 1.
Tips and comments
According to the football latest news, Barcelona had a great chance to reduce the big deficit behind Real Madrid in the Spanish Primera. The team from the Spanish capital had to surpass their local rivals Rayo Vallecano. It was expected to see a balanced game, but Rayo did more than that. They held their ground very well, only a great individual execution from Cristiano Ronaldo made the difference, and Real won 1 -0.
Barcelona had to win the game against Atletico Madrid to maintain the deficit behind their long time rivals. The game started pretty well for them, Dani Alves scoring the first goal, but 5 minutes after halftime, Falcao scored the equalizer. Barca started to put pressure, and took the advantage, with the help of an inspired Leo Messi. The goal was somewhat controversial, starting many debates about it in the football latest talk shows. Messi took a shot from a free kick without waiting for the referee’s whistle, and so, took the opponent goalkeeper by surprise.
