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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
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The 3️⃣ standout players from the Conference League final
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here. They dreamed of it and for 45 minutes they had it in their hands, but Betis let their first European title slip away against a Chelsea that played at two gears are the protagonists left to us by the Conference League final: Special player. — Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) May 28, 2025 With two top-quality assists in just five minutes of the second half, he dismantled Betis' hopes. His genius activated Chelsea's physical power and that was enough to win. 20 - @isco_alarcon, del @RealBetis, ha sido el jugador que más pases ha dado en el último tercio del campo (20), el que más ocasiones creó (2) y el que más regates completó (2) en la primera mitad de la final de la UEFA #ConferenceLeague. Magisterio. — OptaJose (@OptaJose) May 28, 2025 The man from Malaga was clear-sighted and precise in a first half of authority alongside Abde, but paid dearly for the team dropping back against Chelsea's pace. Despite everything, he showed the class of player he is. 📸 Dean Mouhtaropoulos - 2025 Getty Images Real Betis missed his ability to unbalance on the left wing. The Brazilian wasn't exactly off his game, but rather went unnoticed in the final, with hardly any chances to get past Cucurella, who shut him down. 📸 CRISTINA QUICLER - AFP or Licensors
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Kylian Mbappé vs Robert Lewandowski: Who has more goals in all competitions this season?
Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappé on Saturday increased his advantage over Barcelona counterpart Robert Lewandowski when it comes to goals scored in all competitions this season. This comes owing to the Frenchman's efforts in Rea Madrid's latest outing. Los Blancos marked their return to action yesterday afternoon, playing host to Real Sociedad as part of the final round of fixtures of the La Liga campaign. Frontman Mbappé for his part featured from the off in the clash, and proved himself the star of the show by way of both goals in a 2-0 Real Madrid triumph. All told, the summer arrival in Spain has now found the net on a whopping 43 occasions across all competitions this season. With just one game of his own to play, Barcelona hitman Robert Lewandowski, meanwhile, sits three back, on 40 goals all told. The latter therefore requires a hat-trick against Athletic Club later today to draw level with Mbappé in the list of top goalscorers across Europe's top-five leagues in 2024/25. 1 – Most goals scored by players from the top five European leagues this season in all competitions:🥇 KYLIAN MBAPPÉ – 43🥈 Robert Lewandowski – 40🥉 Harry Kane – 38Insatiable. — OptaJose (@OptaJose) May 24, 2025 Conor Laird – GSFN
Yahoo
19-04-2025
- Sport
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📊 Borja Iglesias makes history with hat-trick in chaotic Barcelona clash
It has been quite the afternoon for Celta Vigo forward Borja Iglesias!Despite falling behind to Barcelona in the opening 12 minutes of their La Liga clash, Iglesias put his side back on level terms a few minutes later. He then scored a further two in the second half to complete a hat-trick and put Celta Vigo 3-1 up against the league leaders. For his second, he capitalised on a mistake from Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong before finishing a swift counter-attack with a run from his own half to score the third. In doing so, he became just the second away player to score three against Barcelona in the league in the 21st century. 2 - @RCCeltaEN striker @BorjaIglesias9 🇪🇸 is the 2nd away player to score a hat-trick against Barcelona in @LaLigaEn in the 21st century after Diego Forlan in May 2005. Panda. — OptaJose (@OptaJose) April 19, 2025 Amazingly, it made it two games in a row in which Barça have conceded three to the same player, following on from the loss to Borussia Dortmund. Barcelona have conceded two hat-tricks from Serhou Guirassy and Borja Iglesias just four days apart 🤯 — OneFootball (@OneFootball) April 19, 2025 His heroics could be in vain, though, as the hosts mounted a swift comeback of their own, with substitutes Dani Olmo and Lamine Yamal scoring in quick succession to level things up once again. 📸 Alex Caparros - 2025 Getty Images
Al Jazeera
30-03-2025
- Sport
- Al Jazeera
Barcelona vs Osasuna 3-0: LaLiga
Update: Date: 27 Mar 2025 - 22:51 (22:51 GMT) Title: Goodbye for now Content: That's it from our live coverage of Barcelona against Osasuna. Barca inflict revenge on their opponents for the 4-2 reverse earlier in the season with an emphatic display, which moves them three points clear at the top of the table. Defending LaLiga champions Real Madrid are next up for our LIVE coverage on Al Jazeera as they entertain Leganes on Saturday. Do join us for that one if you can. For now, though – from me, Kevin Hand – it's goodbye. Update: Date: 27 Mar 2025 - 22:47 (22:47 GMT) Title: Olmo injury concern confirmed by Flick Content: Barcelona forward Dani Olmo has picked up a leg injury that could rule him out of upcoming matches, coach Hansi Flick said after his team's 3-0 win over Osasuna. Olmo appeared to injure his upper right leg in the first half. The Spanish international walked off the pitch when substituted in the 28th minute after he had made it 2-0 from the penalty spot. 'It is an injury, and now in this schedule two weeks is a lot of matches, so it is not good,' Flick said. Update: Date: 27 Mar 2025 - 22:41 (22:41 GMT) Title: Our Barcelona vs Osasuna match report is live Content: Click here to read our comprehensive match report following Barcelona's win. Update: Date: 27 Mar 2025 - 22:40 (22:40 GMT) Title: Flick fires Barcelona Content: 75% - Hans-Dieter Flick 🇩🇪 has won 33 of his 44 games for @FCBarcelona in all competitions, equalling Tito Vilanova (75%). Of the managers with 10+ Barcelona's games, only Luis Enrique (76.24%) has a better percentage than the German. Star#Barcelona ❤💙#barcelonaosasuna — OptaJose (@OptaJose) March 27, 2025 Update: Date: 27 Mar 2025 - 22:34 (22:34 GMT) Title: Ferran Torres' post-match thoughts Content: 'Every match is a final from now on, and today wasn't different. We solved it quickly and soundly, and that's the important thing. Three points and move on,' Torres told reporters. Update: Date: 27 Mar 2025 - 22:29 (22:29 GMT) Title: Next up for Barcelona and Osasuna Content: Barcelona entertain Getafe on Sunday in LaLiga, in a game that we'll bring you live here on Al Jazeera Sport. It's another game on the road for Osasuna as they make the trip to Athletic Bilbao on the same day. Update: Date: 27 Mar 2025 - 22:18 (22:18 GMT) Title: Is Barcelona's name on the LaLiga trophy already? Content: +3 - Only three teams in the 21st century have claimed @LaLiga Champions with a +3-points over the leader with 10 games remaining: Atlético de Madrid in 2014 (three points), Real Madrid in 2007 (five), and Valencia in 2004 (four). Challenge#LaLigaEASports — OptaJose (@OptaJose) March 27, 2025 Update: Date: 27 Mar 2025 - 22:10 (22:10 GMT) Title: Barca three points clear of Real, but the goals are flying Content: Barcelona started the night clear of Real Madrid on goal difference. The three-goal win against Osasuna not only means they are three points clear, having now played the same number of games, but they now have a goal difference that is 19 better than their rivals. Update: Date: 27 Mar 2025 - 22:07 (22:07 GMT) Title: Lewandowski powers on for Barcelona Content: That's 23 goals for the season in LaLiga now for Robert Lewandowski. LALIGA´S TOP SCORER. #BarçaOsasuna — LALIGA English (@LaLigaEN) March 27, 2025 Update: Date: 27 Mar 2025 - 22:04 (22:04 GMT) Title: Photos: More images from the sidelines Content:
Yahoo
16-03-2025
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Antoine Griezmann equals all-time Lionel Messi La Liga record
Atlético Madrid star Antoine Griezmann has on Sunday evening secured for himself a fresh piece of Spanish football history. This comes owing to his appearance in the club's latest outing. Atlético are of course currently locked in action, in a crunch La Liga showdown with Hansi Flick's high-flying Barcelona. Griezmann, as expected, was afforded a starting berth by boss Diego Simeone, joining Julián Alvarez in a star-studded frontline for the evening's hosts. And, as a result, the Frenchman has etched his name ever further into the history books. Tonight's marks Griezmann's 520th La Liga appearance, spread across the frontman's spells between Atlético, Barcelona, and Real Sociedad. This is the same number as managed by Barcelona icon Lionel Messi during his iconic stint in Spain. And, as revealed by statisticians Opta, Griezmann has therefore joined his former teammate as the foreign player with the most appearances in the history of La Liga. 520 – @AntoGriezmann 🇫🇷 make his 520th @LaLiga game today, becoming the foreign player with the most appearances in the history of the competition after equaling Lionel #Messi. Principito. — OptaJose (@OptaJose) March 16, 2025 Conor Laird – GSFN
